Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Heal Here

Apr 19 2024 • 58 mins

In this three part series I will be exploring the concept of "emotionally immature parents" and their impact on adult children.

In this episode:

  • My loneliness is killing me
  • Why people are afraid to talk about emotionally immature parents
  • This is not about blame
  • Personality patterns vs. temporary emotional regressions
  • The emotional loneliness felt by children of emotionally immature parents
  • Physically present, emotionally unavailable parents
  • Why many people don’t realize their parents are emotionally immature
  • How emotionally immature parenting can affect a child
  • The thing that parents call their child that makes me cringe
  • Parentification
  • How having emotionally immature parents is affecting your adult relationships
  • The biggest threat to a child
  • Characteristics of emotionally immature parents
  • Personality traits associated with emotional immaturity

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Buy the book: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson