I always joke that the popular book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, should be called Adult Children of Humans. (Are you the adult child of a human? You may be entitled to compensation.) I would never dismiss the real challenges that people have with extremely challenging parents. It’s intense! But I’m always curious about what makes people more curious, or less curious, about the back and forth in a relationship. Parents vary in their level of immaturity. But children also vary in their level of sensitivity to the parent’s immaturity. This is the variable that can be tinkered with. I love to ask people, “If you were 5% less allergic to your mother (your daughter, your brother, your partner, Bob from accounting, etc.), how would you operate?” Here’s are some examples people generate. ... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Anxious Overachiever to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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How to Be 5% Less Allergic to Your Mother
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