What is the real impact of growing up with emotionally immature parents? Dr. Lindsay Gibson, author of the bestselling Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, joins the show to explain what it costs a child over decades, and how to parent differently.
In this conversation, we get into:
- What actually makes a parent emotionally immature
- Why the love can be real and the harm can be real at the same time
- What this can cost a child over years, including a shaken sense of trust in their own perception of reality
- What a healthy relationship with an emotionally immature parent can look like in adulthood
- The fear so many carry, that we'll become our parents, and why Lindsay says that fear itself might be a good sign
- The four essential jobs of parenting: protection, nurturance, guidance, and limits
- Her seven parental mindsets for maturity, and the chapter she calls The Absolutes
Dr. Gibson's new book, How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child, is out now. Order a copy on Amazon or Barnes and Noble
Find her at lindsaycgibson.com and on Instagram @dr.lindsaygibson.
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