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People who grew up being the one their parents confided in didn't become mature faster. They became adults who can't tell the difference between being trusted and being used, because the two things arrived in the same conversation and nobody told them those were different experiences. - Silicon Canals

Emotional parentification involves children taking on adult roles, leading to hypervigilance rather than true emotional maturity.

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Stolen Childhoods: Divorce and Emotional Parentification

Divorce can lead to emotional parentification, where children provide adult emotional support, harming both the child and the parent.

Psychology

fromSilicon Canals

4 weeks ago

Research suggests that children who grew up as the emotional translator between two parents often become adults who can read a room instantly but have almost no idea what they themselves are actually feeling - Silicon Canals

Children who become emotional caretakers for parents develop heightened ability to read others' emotions but often lose touch with their own feelings, creating a lasting pattern of external awareness paired with internal disconnection.

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Stolen Childhoods: Divorce and Emotional Parentification

Research suggests that children who grew up as the emotional translator between two parents often become adults who can read a room instantly but have almost no idea what they themselves are actually feeling - Silicon Canals

#emotional-parentification
#emotional-parentification