Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by
Susan Forward (Author)


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553284347/templeofwisdo-20


Book Description

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 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 good enough for your
parents?

In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward drawn 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 discover an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and
emotional independence.


Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
All parents fall short from time to time. But Susan Forward pulls no punches
when it comes to those 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 other killers of self
worth--will help deal with the pain of childhood and move beyond the frustrating
relationship patterns learned at home.



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