So much can be said for not wanting to be like your parents. However, we could probably agree that they must have done—or been—something bad to warrant such a feeling. At the bottom of it all, they must have been terrible, abusive, dysfunctional, toxic…or however you’d want to call it. Whether that’s a subtle or […]

The keyword here is anymore—you don’t want to be around your family anymore. You may have thought about it. You may be expecting something to change but you just keep getting frustrated. In this post I talk about 13 things you can do if you think you can’t stand being around your family anymore. Although

I’m going to be upfront—your parents are not supposed to make you feel worthless. If they are at least good enough, then they would make sure you get to talk about it, at the very least, and then try to sort things out. That may be a bold statement, but parents who genuinely know why

Children need validation from their parents, there’s no doubt about that. You have some sort of attachment with your parents. You use this bond as a litmus test for essentially everything you handle in life—every decision, every disappointment, every victory. If that’s the case, then why do you feel like a failure to your parents?

There are a lot of things your parents can and should be doing for you, and making you feel bad about yourself certainly is not one of them. Your parents may make you feel bad about yourself through a bunch of ways. One question you should ask yourself is, “Is this warranted?” I bet that