How to detach from codependent parents

by | Jun 1, 2025

This can be a tough one, depending on your relationship with your parents. Ideally, your parent will have been able to acknowledge that you’re growing up and need to find your own solutions, but it can be hard for parents to know when to make that shift. You can...

How to stop being an enmeshed parent

by | Jun 1, 2025

There’s no other way to stop being codependent on your children than by examining your own emotional needs. Very often, a codependent parent is struggling with their own emotional attachment. This makes it difficult to let go of a relationship that has come to...

Can a parent be too attached to their child?

by | Jun 1, 2025

100%. It’s very common for a parent to be too attached to their child. It’s also quite normal, and something the parent needs to work on as their child gets older. If you think about it, our children are fully dependent on us for survival from the moment...

What is an unhealthy parent-adult child relationship?

by | Jun 1, 2025

It’s so difficult to know when to let your child have more independence. Too soon, and they risk getting into more scrapes. Too late and you risk stifling their development, and – with it – your relationship with them. It’s inevitable that you...

How does a codependent parent affect a child?

by | Jun 1, 2025

The good news is that your child will probably be fine, although you may find they they need to distance themselves from you, especially emotionally, to feel like they are able to make their own decisions about life. Continuing to be codependent on your child as they...
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