This Is What An Emotionally Immature Parent Really Looks Like
It’s as heartbreaking and chaotic as it sounds.
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone over the age of 30 who was raised by an emotionally mature person. Quite the opposite. Most of us in the upper echelons of the generational wars survived childhoods that were filled with caretakers who exploded for sins as small as poorly folded towels; parents who called us names after a bad day at work or a mediocre grade.
That’s what it was to grow up with an emotionally immature parent. If you were lucky you got ignored, but if you weren’t, you could expect a lot of manipulation and mental and emotional abuse.
Because that’s what it means to be brought up by someone who cannot control their emotions, who cannot access the full depth of their emotional intelligence. No, we’re not talking about a narcissistic parent (though many emotionally immature parents are also narcissistic in their approach to parenting).
This is all about the emotionally immature parent, and what they cost their children for the length and width of their adult lives.
Are emotionally immature parents narcissists?
Emotionally immature parents are primarily those who remain in a state of suspended…
