758 How to Set Boundaries with Immature Parents
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Growing up with emotionally immature parents often leaves lasting patterns like people-pleasing, hyper-independence, or caretaking. In this episode, we explore why setting healthy boundaries with parents who are critical, inconsistent, or self-absorbed feels so hard—and why it's essential for your healing.
Emotionally immature parents can make boundaries feel impossible. In this episode, I'll walk you through a step-by-step guide to create boundaries that actually work—from scripting conversations to handling guilt-tripping or anger. If you've ever wondered how to protect your peace and finally prioritize your own well-being, this episode will give you the clarity and tools you need.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back to this episode of The Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:06.1 | I am so psyched that you are here with me today. |
| 0:11.3 | So today, what I started doing is you guys have been writing in emails that I've been asking. |
| 0:16.4 | I've been doing polls on Instagram for like, what is it? |
| 0:19.6 | What's hurting your heart? Where can I help you? |
| 0:22.8 | What can I talk about? What can I do episodes on? That will help soothe your soul. |
| 0:27.7 | How can the Terry Cole show be a soft and informative place to land in a really hard-ass world? |
| 0:34.1 | And someone wrote in and said, I need to learn how to create healthy boundaries |
| 0:39.9 | with my emotionally immature parents. I am not a child anymore. I am, I think she was 35. |
| 0:48.6 | And I said yes, because she wasn't the only person who's asking me for this particular episode. |
| 0:54.8 | So there's lots of reasons that your parents might sort of have failed you in childhood. |
| 1:00.9 | Immature parents are really hard to deal with, though. |
| 1:03.7 | They can be self-absorbed. |
| 1:06.2 | They can be, they're just, they're just not emotionally equipped to meet the needs of kids. |
| 1:13.0 | So this emotional residue lingers into adulthood. |
| 1:17.9 | Of course, it impacts your life, your confidence, your relationships, but also you're still |
| 1:21.6 | dealing. |
| 1:22.6 | If your parents are still alive, you're still dealing with them. |
| 1:26.6 | So the real fix for this is having better |
| 1:30.1 | boundaries with emotionally immature parents, right? Because that can really help you break |
| 1:37.2 | out free from that cycle without guilt, without constant drama, without sacrificing your own |
| 1:43.0 | emotional well-being. |
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