I cannot express enough how important it is to live a life of growth, recovery, healing, self-reflection, accountability, vulnerability in front of your kids. Children learn by mimicking those around them. They copy behaviors to find what works for them and what doesn’t.
So in this situation, you already have one parent who is manipulative, coercive, controlling, passive aggressive, hyper sensitive, overly reactive, and taking no personal responsibility. Often in these homes, the non-narcissistic parent over-compensates. We try to control what our kids see and experience. We try to fix everything. We try to deny the reality that they are already living with the narcissistic parent in an effort to protect them from it. We try to be “perfect” for them.
What we are missing though is that our kids don’t need perfect, they need human!
When I Actually Filed, Part Two
The Bone Dry Exhaustion of Life with a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
I Want Out! Now What? Part One
Interview About Covert Narcissism (Special Throwback Episode)
The Wounds from Childhood
Just Hard to Relax - Living in a Courtroom with a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
Conditioned to Accept Their Behavior
Q&A Session on Parenting With a Toxic Partner (Special Throwback Episode)
Emotional Childishness of Covert Narcissists
Shouldn’t I Just Be Grateful that it isn’t Worse? (Special Throwback Episode)
How Do You Handle the Guilt?
Clinging To The Breadcrumbs (Special Throwback Episode)
Learning from a Covert Narcissist
Why Do I Wonder if I am the Narcissist? (Special Throwback Episode)
Complex PTSD and Covert Narcissistic Abuse
No Reconciliation Ever with a Covert Narcissist (Throwback Episode)
It’s a Great Deal For Them
Why Can’t Covert Narcissists Give In Communication And What To Do About It (Throwback Episode)
It Would Have Just Been Easier If..
The Agonizing Lack of Give in a Covert Narcissist (Throwback Episode)
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