If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your Place in the World Paperback - 1999
by Dan Neuharth
A bestseller that is striking a deep chord among the 15 million children of controlling parents, this book helps readers let go of the anxiety, self-blame, perfectionism, and relationship difficulties that can result from unhealthy control in childhood.
Summary
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Healthy parenting is simple: Raise children well and set them free Being a healthy child is also simple: Play, learn, grow up, and leave home But while both job descriptions are simple, neither is easy.
From the rear cover
Do you sometimes feel as if you are living your life to please others? Do you give other people the benefit of the doubt but second-guess yourself? Do you struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, lack of confidence, emotional emptiness, or eating disorders? In your intimate relationships, have you found it difficult to get close without losing your sense of self?
If so, you may be among the fifteen million adults in the United States who were raised with unhealthy parental control. In this groundbreaking bestseller by accomplished family therapist Dan Neuharth, Ph.D., you'll discover whether your parents controlled eating, appearance, speech, decisions, feelings, social life, and other aspects of your childhood--and whether that control may underlie problems you still struggle with in adulthood. Packed with inspiring case studies and dozens of practical suggestions, this book shows you how to leave home emotionally so you can improve assertiveness, boundaries, and confidence, quiet you "inner critics," and bring more balance to your moods and relationships. Offering compassion, not blame, Dr. Neuharth helps you make peace with your past and avoid overcontrolling your children and other loved ones.
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- Title If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your Place in the World
- Author Dan Neuharth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 8.9.1999
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, NY
- Date 1999-09-08
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060929329 / 0060929324
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.16 x 5.36 x 0.66 in (20.73 x 13.61 x 1.68 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Parent and adult child, Adult children of dysfunctional families
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98008650
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.89
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 200
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