Post by northstarmom on Oct 5, 2017 11:41:32 GMT -5
"Dear Carolyn: I have been in a manipulative, one-sided relationship my entire adult life. I tried to get past a lot of the problems in the quest of keeping my family whole. I am basically strong, self-supportive financially and pretty content with myself. I can stay in the house, we are basically civil, but it’s not healthy.
But now my only child treats me with the same disrespect and attempts the same manipulation practices and I am just sick of it. We are still close, but I am sad about the disregard and disrespect. I just want it to stop. What do I do?
I have said I will go one day.
— Haven’t Yet
Haven’t Yet: You must acknowledge that your child is more of a victim than you are, warranting intervention, due in part to choices you made. The family you kept “whole” set unhealthy examples that your child is now living by.....
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-family-kept-whole-can-still-be-unhealthy/2017/10/03/56bf8c8a-a567-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.46d389bbe8a7
But now my only child treats me with the same disrespect and attempts the same manipulation practices and I am just sick of it. We are still close, but I am sad about the disregard and disrespect. I just want it to stop. What do I do?
I have said I will go one day.
— Haven’t Yet
Haven’t Yet: You must acknowledge that your child is more of a victim than you are, warranting intervention, due in part to choices you made. The family you kept “whole” set unhealthy examples that your child is now living by.....
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-family-kept-whole-can-still-be-unhealthy/2017/10/03/56bf8c8a-a567-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.46d389bbe8a7
