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Summary of Toxic Parents 

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There are no perfect parents. Yet, many can do better than they are currently. Some parenting patterns have negative effects. Toxic parenting is when a parent’s actions cause harm to a child. Adult children of toxic parents often feel worthless, unlovable, and inadequate, making it extremely difficult for them to develop a positive self-image. However, it is possible to break the cycle of toxicity and reclaim your life. Susan Forward, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned therapist, lecturer, and author. She has experience consulting for medical and psychiatric facilities in Southern California, and provides group therapy and counseling to families. Craig Buck, the co-author, is a film and television writer and producer. He has written extensively on human behavior for many national magazines and newspapers. In this summary, we share practical knowledge that will help you realize how toxic parents might have affected you and how to overcome the hurt. “All of us develop our expectations about how people will treat us based on our relationships with our parents.” ~ Susan Forward, Ph.D.

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Parents determine the emotional and mental capabilities of their children

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Parental actions can either help a child learn to love, respect, and be independent, or to experience fear, obligation, and guilt. The adults we become are direct results of our childhood. So, while we must assume responsibility for our adult lives, we should not ignore the influence of childhood experiences. By understanding their importance, we can ensure that we focus on giving our children the best experience possible.
Irrespective of your childhood experiences, you can make different choices to get better results as an adult.
There is a long list of toxic parents, but they can be classified into the following groups:
• Inadequate parents who make their children perform adult duties
• Hovering parents who control every minute of their children’s lives
• Alcoholic parents whose children have to clean up after them
• Emotional abusers who use derogatory remarks that rob their children of self-confidence
• Physical abusers who take out their anger on their children, them blame them for it
• Sexual abusers who destroy their children’s innocence through overt and covert sexual overtures and acts
Therapy is most effective when it proceeds down a double track: both changing current self-defeating behavior and disconnecting from the traumas of the past. ~ Susan Forward, Ph.D.
This summary will help you recognize ways in which your parents might have hurt you and might still be hurting you. As a parent, you can choose a different strategy for parenting to ensure a positive and secure upbringing for your child.
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Toxic parents can be put into different categories based on the pattern of their negative behaviors

There are different types of toxic parents but regardless of type, their children are left with damaged self-esteem and a sense of worthlessness that often leads to self-destructive behaviors and inadequacy.
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Negative parenting can damage a child for life

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Parents who are sexual abusers destroy the very heart of childhood

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You can reclaim your life from your toxic parents

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Self-definition will change the relationship between you and your parents

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Stop assuming responsibility for the abuse you experienced as a child

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Confronting your toxic parents is the first step to your independence

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