Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson
★ Top 25 book of 2015 · #14 on Best Books of 2015
A clinical psychologist examines how emotionally immature or unavailable parents leave lasting hurt in their grown children. She describes four difficult parent types and offers guidance on healing, handling these parents, and forming healthier relationships.
Best for: Adults hoping to heal from a emotionally neglectful childhood and build better relationships
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar.
What Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents is about
Some people grow up with a parent who is emotionally immature, unavailable, or focused mainly on themselves. Clinical psychologist Lindsay C. Gibson writes for those readers, who may carry anger, loneliness, a sense of betrayal, or old feelings of abandonment. Many took on adult responsibilities as children to make up for what a parent could not provide.
Gibson argues that this kind of parenting leaves a lasting sense of neglect, but that the wounds can be healed. She describes four types of difficult parents, including the emotional parent, who creates instability and anxiety, the driven parent, who stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone, and the passive parent. From there, the book shows readers how to recover their true nature, manage how they respond to their parents, avoid repeated disappointment, and build healthier new relationships. It will help anyone trying to make sense of their family history, in a voice that is explanatory and validating.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents on the Best Books of 2015
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents came out in 2015. Of the 56 books first published in 2015 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #14 on our Best Books of 2015 list.
Why it made the list: 394 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (16 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2015 list
- The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King, #12
- Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky, #13
- Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, #15
- Neverseen Shannon Messenger, #16
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 358 want to read it, 15 are reading it now and 21 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 16 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 66 | 55% |
| Reader love | 88 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 54 | 20% |
Questions about Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
When was Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents published?
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson was first published in 2015.
Was Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents one of the best books of 2015?
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar. 394 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (16 ratings).
Why is Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents on the Best Books of 2015 list?
394 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (16 ratings).
More of the best books of 2015
- Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo, #1
- The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz, #2
- Queen of Shadows Sarah J. Maas, #3
- November 9 Colleen Hoover, #4
- The Sword of Summer Rick Riordan, #5
- Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, #6
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How we know
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