Toxic parents may struggle with empathy and emotional intelligence from "summary" of Toxic Parents by Susan Forward
Toxic parents often find it difficult to empathize with their children's feelings and emotions. This lack of empathy stems from their own emotional limitations and struggles. They may have never learned how to properly process or express their own emotions, which makes it challenging for them to understand and validate their children's feelings. As a result, toxic parents may dismiss, minimize, or even ridicule their children's emotions, leaving them feeling unheard and invalidated. Furthermore, toxic parents may also lack emotional intelligence, which is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions as well as the emotions of others. Without emotional intelligence, toxic parents may reac...
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