Publisher's Synopsis
Part of being a child means looking to our parents for love, support, and encouragement. It is important for children to feel like they are being seen and heard by their loved ones as they grow up. It can be really painful to grow up with a parent who denies a child of these emotional security blankets, but unfortunately, this is the reality for children who grow up with narcissistic mothers.
A narcissistic mother is unable to give their child the full attention and validation they need to feel loved and emotionally secure. This may impact the child's beliefs, behaviors, and self-esteem well into adulthood.
In addition, a narcissistic mother may use her children to advance her own goals and wishes, at the expense of the child's desires and even emotional or physical needs. For example, a narcissistic mother may order her child to help with her bags after complaining of being tired from a long workday and not care to ask her child about how their day at school went. As a result, the children of narcissistic mothers may grow up feeling confused, invalidated, inferior and unloved.
What you will find here:
- What narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is;
- What the causes for NPD are;
- How to recognize the symptoms of NPD;
- How to know if someone around you is affected by NPD;
- The truth of being raised by a narcissistic parent;
- Common behaviors of a narcissistic parent;
- How to cope with a narcissistic parent;
- How to break the bonds of codependency.
