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Emotsionaalselt ebaküpsete vanemate pärand by Lindsay C. Gibson

27 reviews

quotablehedgehog's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.25

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

An informative and healing read for anyone raised by emotionally immature parents. I feel like the book covered the topic relatively well but missed out on an opportunity to, in more depth, discuss externalizing children from these families.
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savshelfinger's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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mads_reads_books's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

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grace_b_3's review against another edition

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This is basically The 5 Love Languages, but for parenting. The first couple chapters seemed to have some alright advice for coping with a difficult childhood, but as the book went on, the lack of psychological backing for its framework became evident. I don’t know why the author insisted on emotional maturity, when some of the behavior described seems to have more to do with abusive childhoods and/or attachment, both of which are well-studied. 
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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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glitterdeww's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

An informative read that can shed light on past and present relationships.  While the author does mention various aspects of mental health and neurodivergence, the book sticks so closely to the concepts of emotional maturity that I felt some nuance may have been lost while discussing all that makes up an individual person. Some of the examples felt a bit black and white, also shirking nuance for the sake of a crystal clear analogy. 
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glassdanse's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I think a lot of people would benefit from reading this, even if they themselves are not the children of emotionally immature parents. it isn't an easy read for sure, it made me cry many times and brought up some painful memories. equally, it felt freeing to be so validated, to be finally able to describe my experiences and to get some tangible coping mechanisms for the future.
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hale7's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Really helpful for people looking to understand their emotionally immature and/or malignant narcissist parents or guardians. Doesn’t hold enough nuance for people of the global majority. Most of the emphasis on the book is how to maintain a relationship with these parents, and didn’t spend enough time on adult children who have already done these steps and are needing to move to low/no contact. Attachment theory would be a helpful addition
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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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