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 Toxic Parents 

Toxic Parents

Latest Toxic Parents Articles

Common Signs Of Toxic Parents And How To Handle Them

Common Signs Of Toxic Parents And How To Handle Them

Rania Naim Rania Naim
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Toxic parents can often translate their behaviors as love or protection but they seldom stop to think about how these behaviors can affect their children or how they will grow up to see the world.

I Won’t Be Telling My Mom ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ And That’s Okay

I Won’t Be Telling My Mom ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ And That’s Okay

Jodee Prouse Jodee Prouse
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I believe everything is a learning lesson if we choose.

I Never Want To See My Mother Again, And I’ve Never Felt More Free

I Never Want To See My Mother Again, And I’ve Never Felt More Free

Jodee Prouse Jodee Prouse
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I am not hung up on the past, nor does this particular story have any bearing on my life now, except it did become a pattern of what was to come.

10 Telling Signs You Have A Toxic Parent

10 Telling Signs You Have A Toxic Parent

Nikki Zarrella Nikki Zarrella
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They’re extremely self-absorbed.

The Unedited Truth About Having A Mother Who Isn’t A Mom

The Unedited Truth About Having A Mother Who Isn’t A Mom

Kaitlyn Amber Brown
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I was useless, that I would never amount to anything. But then she’ll turn around and try to guilt trip me into believing that she cares and that she loves me.

5 Damaging Lies We Learn From Narcissistic Parents

5 Damaging Lies We Learn From Narcissistic Parents

Shahida Arabi Shahida Arabi
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Falsehoods about parents always being loving and having our best interests at heart simply do not cut it when it comes to manipulative, toxic and abusive parents.

10 Signs That Your Parents Are The Toxic Ones In Your Life

10 Signs That Your Parents Are The Toxic Ones In Your Life

Amy Johnson Amy Johnson
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Toxic behaviour is often difficult to see, and it is even more difficult when the toxic people are your own parents.

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