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- What does codependent parenting look like?
- What are the signs of a codependent mother?
- What kind of parenting causes codependency?
What does codependent parenting look like?
Codependent parents rely on their children to give to them, instead of giving to their children. This is known as parentification. By continually showing your child that you were a victim, you're relying on them to give you the emotional support you need.
What are the signs of a codependent mother?
Codependent parents have an extreme focus outside of themselves. They provide extreme caretaking to their children. They are often busy taking care of their children and forget to take care of themselves. They tend to lack expression of feelings.
What kind of parenting causes codependency?
A codependent parent is often threatened by a child's success, or the parent may live vicariously through their children to meet a need that was never met in their own childhood. This creates a toxic dependence on the parent in the child and a need to always please him or her.
