A controlling parent can have as much a crippling effect on an adult child as on an intimate partner. And I'm sure you know why.
But help for that adult child is touch and go. There are no shelters for them, yet they have many of the same financial issues as battered women.
But help for that adult child is touch and go. There are no shelters for them, yet they have many of the same financial issues as battered women.
If they haven't risen above their controlling parent's domination, they can become entrapped victims for life. They remain dependent and often spend their lives seeking out ways to work out their unfinished business around being controlled.
Read Dr. King's entire article When Parents Control - 3 Keys to Breaking Free from Parental Control
Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert
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