When you were a child…Did your parents tell you were bad or worthless?Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?Were you frightened of your parents?Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?Now that you are an adult…Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?Do yo… More >>
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
I would like to know who is addressing the issue of abusive children. I think that there are soooo many books that thrive on the weak-minded individuals who want someone to blame. Life is tuff and there are crappy kids AND crappy parents. People who read these type of books are probably out of control in many area’s of their life and also have a boss who they blame for a lack of success, a minister who failed their spiritual needs, and a dog who refuses to love them.
Life is a work in progress and blaming is easy.I met someone yesterday who won’t talk to his father for the rest of his life because his Dad did not like his girlfriend who treated the son badly. How did the father know that the girlfriend had a messed-up attitude toward his son? HE listened to what the son told him. The son called the woman his ” tar-baby”. But when the Dad said he did not want to associate with the girlfriend, he became his son’s enemy. Who is to blame for this situation?
This book cannot fairly give a blanket statement about parents—- people will recognize themselves in this book, just like horoscopes that are a “one size fits all” concept about how to live your daily life.
Rating: 3 / 5
I cannot rate this product due to not receiving it. When I looked up the tracking number it said it was delivered, however, I did not get the package. I have contacted the post office, but they could not do anything. If you could help me resolve this I would be grateful as I will not pay for something I did not receive. Thank you.
Rating: 1 / 5
A “solid majority” of the clients of Dr. Susan Forward (that is, PhD, not MD)are victims of their abusive parents. They walk into her office saying their childhoods were grand, and in the very next sentence reveal repeated beatings, incest, alcoholism. This is improbable, to say the least. About half the book is a catalogue of horrors inflicted on children by parents. There is no attempt to verify the accusations, nor any allowance for cultural relativity. Symptoms of abuse include pessimism, bad relationships, fear of abandonment, social insecurity, mood swings, perfectionism, and workaholism. That’s a solid majority of most people right there. Violence and criminality are not mentioned, though it is generally thought that abuse passes on through the generations. Naturally, adult children of parents who caused such mayhem are advised by Dr. Forward to elicit an apology from their progenitors, and to minimize or eliminate all contact. They are carefully coached to parry any “denial” by the parents they are accusing. I would advise all parents to read this book before investing in therapy for their children.
Rating: 1 / 5
As I read the book I suddenly relized that what it really is: a way out for people that are unwilling to accept that they are responsible for their actions. I wonder how many families have been torn apart by someone that has read this book and decided that they are not responsible for the decisions that they have made in their lives.
Rating: 1 / 5
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Rating: 5 / 5