Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
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Are you the child of toxic parents?
When you were a child…
• Did your parents tell you you were terrible 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 regularly frightened of your parents?
• Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?
Now that you’re 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 your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money?
• Do you feel that no matter what you do, it’s never excellent enough for your parents?
In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forwards draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents — and learn a new world of self-confidence, inner might, and emotional independence.Amazon.com Review
All parents fall fleeting from time to time. But Susan Forwards pulls no punches when it comes to persons whose deficiencies cripple their children emotionally. Her brisk, unreserved guide to overcoming the stultifying agony of parental manipulation–from power trips to guilt trips and all additional killers of self worth–will help deal with the pain of childhood and go beyond the frustrating relationship patterns learned at home.
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I want to know who is addressing the issue of abusive children. I reflect that there are soooo many books that thrive on the weak-minded individuals who want a name 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 like them.
Life is a work in progress and blaming is simple.I met a name 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 terribly. 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 honestly give a blanket statement about parents—- people will admit themselves in this book, just like horoscopes that are a “one size fits all” concept about how to live your daily life.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I cannot rate this product due to not getting it. When I looked up the tracking number it said it was delivered, but, 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.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
A “levelheaded majority” of the clients of Dr. Susan Forwards (that is, PhD, not MD)are victims of their abusive parents. They walk into her office adage 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, terrible relationships, dread of abandonment, social insecurity, mood swings, perfectionism, and workaholism. That’s a levelheaded 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. Forwards 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.
Reader’s 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 reliable for their actions. I marvel how many families have been torn apart by a name that has read this book and chose that they are not reliable for the decisions that they have made in their lives.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
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Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5