Toxic parents can be damaging to your mental health. Are you stuck with your parents during the lockdown, and wondering if they are toxic? Have they been putting even more stress onto you and you can’t getaway? Being in the same roof with toxic parents can be as detrimental as being in a toxic relationship. So, here are a few toxic parents signs you may relate to. Watch our video, 7 Signs You Might Have Toxic Parents – Part 1, to find out more.

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Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Script Editor: Denise Ding & Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Morgan H. – https://www.youtube.com/user/Zerocakes
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

Special thanks to a very talented animator and composer: Morgan H
https://www.youtube.com/user/Zerocakes. He’s animated three videos for us and this is one of the topics.

Related Videos:
8 Toxic Things Parents Say To their Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_mATLF7BE

Side Effects Of Toxic Parenting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myY_fvKcNog

5 Types of Children from Toxic Families
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZH-1YTCvHA

References:
Dunham, S. M., Dermer, S. B., & Carlson, J. (2012). Poisonous Parenting: Toxic Relationships Between Parents and Their Adult Children. Journal of Family Psychology. Routledge, 2012.
O’Hagan, K. P. (2014). Emotional and Psychological Abuse: Problems of Definition. Child Abuse & Neglect, 19 (4); 449-461.
Glaser, D. (2017). Emotional Abuse and Neglect: A Study of Psychological Maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26 (17); 697-714.
Harley, Maxine. “What Makes A Parent Toxic?” What Makes a Parent Toxic?, Psychologies, 27 Feb. 2019.