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Toxic Parents

Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

By Susan Forward

By Susan Forward

By Susan Forward

By Susan Forward

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Paperback $18.00

Jan 02, 2002 | ISBN 9780553381405

Ebook $9.99

Dec 16, 2009 | ISBN 9780307575326

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    About 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 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.

    About Toxic Parents

    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dr. Susan Forward’s Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them.


    When you were a child…

    Did your parents tell 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 frightened of your parents?

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

    Now that you are 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 drawn 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 an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.

    Read An Excerpt

    Read An Excerpt

    Also by Susan Forward

    Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them
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    Betrayal of Innocence
    See all books by Susan Forward

    Also by Susan Forward

    Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them
    Obsessive Love
    Betrayal of Innocence
    See all books by Susan Forward

    About Susan Forward

    Susan Forward, PhD, is an internationally renowned therapist, lecturer, and author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Toxic Parents and Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, as well as Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation, Money Demons, Emotional Blackmail, When Your Lover Is… More about Susan Forward

    About Susan Forward

    Susan Forward, PhD, is an internationally renowned therapist, lecturer, and author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Toxic Parents and Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, as well as Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation, Money Demons, Emotional Blackmail, When Your Lover Is… More about Susan Forward

    Product Details

    Category: Self-Improvement

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Bantam
    Jan 02, 2002 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780553381405

    Category: Self-Improvement

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Bantam
    Dec 16, 2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780307575326

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    Praise

    “A dynamic, powerful, hard-hitting book. It offers tremendous hope as well as understanding. It could truly be a lifesaver.”
    — Abigail Van Buren, “Dear Abby”

    “I consider Susan Forward to be among the foremost therapists of our age.”
    — John Bradshaw, author of Healing the Shame That Binds You and Homecoming


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