Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents

This is a pretty good book for children of narcissistic parents. There is a checklist in the first chapter for you to match to your parent's behavior to help determine if they have NPD. The rest of the chapters cover a variety of subjects such as types of parents, abuse, sets of behaviors, and how a narcissistic parent could have impacted your own behavior in negative ways (there are checklists for that too) The checklists are easy to follow, understand, and add up scores for, and I actually found all of these to be handy in my thinking process.

Some of the 'assignments' here require paper, markers, and etc. I will be honest, I didn't do any of these, but I did the checklists and self-assessments. I can honestly say I learned some new show more things from this book. It's not the end-all book on this subject, but I think the chapters were well-organized and the checklists actually helps one to make a fair assessment of the situation. show less

I thought this was one of the best self-help books I have ever read. It does a thorough job covering the topic of Destructive Narcissistic Parents and provides scales to help place the amount of impact their behavior had upon your life. It provides many strategies for coping, empowering, and protecting from that impact; and gives exercises for becoming aware and growth and building empathy.

I cannot say it enough, this is a terrific book. Dr. Brown knows her stuff.

A Great book for me to learn more about exploring my own emotions, and grow. I really enjoyed the chapter about boundaries. A lot of times, I had to look into myself for my own behaviors and emotions. The takeaway from this book is that you need to prepare yourself for situations and how you would react. I remember one time when I was ready and prepared for a confrontation. I didn't feel enmeshed with feelings.

--Deus Vult
Gottfried

A Great book for me to learn more about exploring my own emotions, and grow. I really enjoyed the chapter about boundaries. A lot of times, I had to look into myself for my own behaviors and emotions. The takeaway from this book is that you need to prepare yourself for situations and how you would react. I remember one time when I was ready and prepared for a confrontation. I didn't feel enmeshed with feelings.

--Deus Vult
Gottfried

Not all parents give up themselves to foster the development of their children. Some parents remain focussed on their own needs and agendas.

Nina Brown, Ed. D., LPC is the author of 17 books most of which deal with self-absorbed people.