7 Signs You Grew Up With A Toxic Parent & Didn’t Know It | JR Thorpe | Bustle.com – Lifestyle | Published: December 14, 2015
JR Thorpe knows a lot about toxic parents. She grew up with one. Toxic parents can be intentionally malevolent, but more often, they’re just self-centered and don’t understand that their children have their own conflicting emotional needs and desires.
7 Signs You Grew Up With a Toxic Parent and Didn’t Know It also highlight the messages in Susan Forward’s book titled Toxic Parents. Why does this matter? Because labels have power and with awareness we can not repeat and repair old, damaged relationships. Of course, some parent/adult-child relationships are simply best left separate. But it’s important to know that it may be possible to repair your relationship with that once-toxic parent if that would feel valuable.
At a minimum, for those who grew up with toxic parents, recognizing this and it’s impact on your current adult relationships may be fulfilling and worthwhile.