About this title: Toxic parents are those who cause their children emotional or physical pain. The damage they cause manifests itself in adulthood as difficulties with relationships, careers, decision-making, and depression. This helpful guide is by the author of Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780553057003ISBN:0553057006
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780553057003ISBN:0553057006
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. underlining in ink and some ink marks inside book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1989-08-01
ISBN-13:9780553057003ISBN:0553057006
Description: Good. Ex-library copy with typical markings & attachments. Binding is tight but leans. Text is clean, bright but has swear words crossed out. Has some light edge & corner wear. DJ is VG in mylar. Careful packaging & fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
"I was originally reluctant to read this book and opposed to it (seemed like a harsh title), but someone recommended that I do so and I'm so glad that I did. It has helped me understand a lot of negative feelings I have been carrying around with me for years, and now that I know about and am beginning to understand them, I can take steps to change them. I never thought I'd say this about this particular book but I think it will change my life. In a lot of ways it already has."
"Wow, the title says it: Toxic parents. Dr. Forward includes in that scenario not only the physically or sexually abusive parents, but the verbally abusive as well. She includes parents who stand by, and those who both participate.
This book is really well-done and not patronizing or filled with jargon. As I understand it, she was one of the first to recognize that "forgiving and forgetting" (which was the standard psychological treatment up into the 90s) often was the worst solution.
This book is worth reading even if your family was fine, when you have a sibling who remembers things differently. It will open some eyes, and helps even for those with parents who are gone."
"Honestly, someone bought this for me because they thought I 'needed' to read it. I was so ticked off - the nerve of that person! that I filed it away for about a year. Actually, until I recently unpacked from a move, I thought I'd pitched it while packing, out of sheer anger and disgust.
But I didn't throw it out and it is actually full of helpful insight and suggestions. There's chapter called, "No one in this family is an alcoholic" (or close to that) and it caught my eye while thumbing through wondering why I kept this stupid book. I read the chapter and got it; that was why: to help me understand some BS what was never my fault to begin with.
It is helpful - to be sure. And so are the chapters on critical and controlling/domineering parents. VERY helpful.
Sheepishly, I say to you, I am glad it wasn't tossed in the trash - especially out of spite!
I will probably refer to this book a few more times until what I want to learn is fully absorbed."
"Never has a self-help book been more self-helpful and poignant. Once I picked this up, at the suggestion of my therapist, I was swept away. I saw myself and my life in ever page and the book helped me to recognize why many of the things that have gone wrong in my life have happened. Through the stories of the case studies, one begins to feel a developing sense of compassion and understanding for these injured people that eventually helped me to feel the same for myself. Ms. Forward's logic is sound and her caring is complete. Everyone struggling with personal issues should read this in order to help identify what the root cause of those problems may be."
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