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Author Forward, Susan.

Title Toxic parents : overcoming their hurtful legacy and reclaiming your life / Susan Forward, with Craig Buck.

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, 2002.
©1989

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.8292 FOR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.82 FORWARD    DUE 05-13-24
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.8292 F745T    Check Shelf
Description 308 pages ; 21 cm
Contents I. Toxic parents. -- Godlike parents : the myth of the perfect parent -- "Just because you didn't mean it doesn't mean it didn't hurt" : the inadequate parents -- "Why can't they let me live my own life?" : the controllers -- "No one in this family is an alcoholic" : the alcoholics -- The bruises are all on the inside : the verbal abusers -- Sometimes the bruises are on the outside, too : the physical abusers -- The ultimate betrayal : the sexual abusers -- Why do parents behave this way? : the family system -- II. Reclaiming your life. -- You don't have to forgive -- "I'm a grown-up. Why don't I feel like one?" -- The beginnings of self-definition -- Who's really responsible? -- Confrontation : the road to independence -- Healing the incest wound -- Breaking the cycle -- Epilogue: letting go of the struggle.
Note Reprint. Originally published: c1989.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-308).
Subject Dysfunctional families -- United States.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States.
Codependency -- United States.
Abusive parents -- United States.
Added Author Buck, Craig Faustus.
ISBN 0553381407 paperback
9780553381405 paperback
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