Knowing whether or not your parents are toxic is the key to deep transformation and healing.
Below are some of the most common traits of toxic parents.
Taking out their unhealed wounds and traumas on their children.
Hebert Santos
The depressed parent who teaches their child not to trust people and the world.
The lonely parent who preaches that love is nothing but a scam and its not real.
The parents who constantly insult and abuse each other in front of their children.
This dynamic creates a toxic environment for the children to grow up in.
Dismissing their childs interests because they dont understand it.
Overprotective and traditional parents tend to play it safe when it comes to their childrens education and career.
They dont really understand what they dont know or what sounds like a hobby to them.
They stifle their childs identity which builds constant resentment.
Putting their own needs first.
Selfish parents often neglect their children and their needs because theyre too focused on theirs.
Selfish parents dont always sympathize with their children or nurture their emotional needs making them feel abandoned and unloved.
Showing no respect to their childs boundaries.
Failing to take responsibility for their own actions.
Refusing to acknowledge the pain they inflict on their children only creates more wounds and hostility.
A parent in denial can truly ruin the life of their child.
