Toxic Parents

Are you the child of toxic parents?

When you were a child...

• Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless?

• Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?

• Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?

• Were you often frightened of your parents?

• Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?

Now that you’re an adu...

Are you the child of toxic parents?

When you were a child...

• Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless?

• Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?

• Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?

• Were you often frightened of your parents?

• Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?

Now that you’re an adult...

• Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?

• Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?

• Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money?

• Do you feel that no matter what you do, it’s never good enough for your parents?

In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents — and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.

苏珊·福沃德

国际知名的心理治疗师、演说家和作家，她的著作有《执迷：如何正常地爱与被爱》《依恋：为什么我们爱得如此卑微》《如何识破男人的谎言》《金钱魔鬼》《情感勒索》等。本书曾荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首。目前，她的作品已被翻译成15种文字，在全球发行。

她经常出现在媒体访谈节目中，曾在美国广播公司主持谈话节目长达6年，并在美国加州成立了私人性虐待诊疗中心。

克雷格·巴克

影视编剧兼制片人，他曾为全美许多杂志和报纸撰写文章，探讨人类行为问题，现居于美国洛杉矶。他曾与苏珊·福沃德合著过多部作品，如《执迷：如何正常地爱与被爱》《金钱魔鬼》《对天真的背弃》等。