598 Parentified Child Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Impact and Healing
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
As a child, were you responsible for cleaning the house? Cooking for your siblings? Taking care of an adult because they were unable to care for themselves?
Did the adults in your life expect emotional support from you? Did you mediate between family members?
If so, you may have Parentified Child Syndrome.
In this episode, I am breaking down the two types of child parentification, why it happens, symptoms you may have experienced, and steps to take to begin healing.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. I'm so happy that you are hanging out with me today. I want to start with a couple of questions. Think back to your childhood. Did you do more things than you should have been doing at your age? |
| 0:16.0 | Did you cook dinner for younger siblings? |
| 0:19.0 | Or were you sort of like the therapist to the adults in your life, |
| 0:23.7 | were you the mediator? |
| 0:25.1 | If you're not in your head, yes, |
| 0:26.5 | then you might be parentified. |
| 0:30.9 | So this episode, I'm talking all about parentified child syndrome. How we get it, how we can |
| 0:37.9 | heal it, what you can do now to do it, but before we get into it I want to take a moment |
| 0:41.6 | to say hey thanks for being with me. |
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