Title: Hold the Reins Where Necessary: Handling Manipulative Parents - Psychologenie
Headings: Hold the Reins Where Necessary: Handling Manipulative Parents
Hold the Reins Where Necessary: Handling Manipulative Parents
Signs of a Manipulative Parent
Dealing with a Manipulative Parent
Work on your Self-Esteem
Say ‘No’
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Let's Work Together! There is a lot of similarity between a manipulative parent and a controlling parent. However, controlling parents are obvious in their actions and say things as they are. Manipulative parents on the other hand, are likely to twist words to elicit an action or a response from you. Some of the common traits of such parents include: Behaving like victimized individuals whose world only consists of misery
Indirectly blaming their children for their condition
Eliciting guilt via emotional blackmail
Exploiting weaknesses in children to make them feel guilty
Underlying aggressive personality, the traits of which are seen in the aforementioned manner
Interfering with every aspect of a child’s life so as to have some amount of control on her/him
Forcing children to do things for them that they would not willingly do
Discouraging children’s endeavors by discarding them as impossible or wild
Shirking personal responsibility in order to avoid accusations
Discouraging discussion on facts that may indicate personal responsibility for their situation
It is important to understand that manipulative parents are trying to prevent the occurrence of certain situations rather than dealing with them. They simply do not want to accept that they may be responsible for their own condition. Why do they behave in this manner? Sometimes, it is because they themselves have grown up in an environment like that, which is why as a child of a manipulative parent, you should be careful that it does not rub off on you.