'A lifelong wound': What happens when kids are 'parentified'

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'A lifelong wound': What happens when kids are 'parentified'

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arbilp3@aussie.zoneM to Life Support@aussie.zoneEnglish · 23 days ago

'A lifelong wound': What happens when kids are parentified

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Eve was an adult when she realised she grew up in a home where the child-adult relationships were reversed.

Children who are parentified take on emotional and instrumental responsibilities before their brain is developmentally ready, but also before they are ready emotionally…

“Instrumental parentification is like practical responsibilities, so caring for siblings, getting meals done, handling household tasks.”

Emotional parentification is more damaging, because the child is managing the emotions of the parents.

The article includes the signs of parentification in adults and steps you can take to heal from that childhood experience.

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