The Problem with Parent / Child Role Reversals

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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I do this podcast, my SiriusXM radio program and I write my books MOSTLY in the hopes of reaching people who are thinking of having kids so they will get themselves and their relationships in a happy and functional place BEFORE the babies come. It's hard to flourish as an adult when you've been raised with a lot of disfunction. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
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0:14.0	Dr. Laura's deep dive.
0:18.0	Offering new analysis and advice on some of life's more perplexing problems.
0:25.0	Deep Life, Marriage, Relationships, Mental Health, and more.
0:28.0	Deep Dive.
0:30.0	Dr Laura's Deep Dive Podcast.
0:34.0	I do this podcast, my serious XM radio program,
0:39.5	and write my books, mostly in the hopes of reaching people who are thinking of having kids, so they
0:45.9	will get themselves and their relationships in a happy and functional place before the babies come. It's hard to flourish as an adult
0:56.2	when you've been raised with a lot of dysfunction. When parents rely on their kids inappropriately by putting them in charge of
1:06.0	caretaking their siblings or expecting them to emotionally support mom or dad
1:10.9	acting as a sounding board for the parents problems, well, that's called
1:16.8	parentification.
1:19.6	Children who take on parent-type roles often grow into adults with anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems.
1:29.2	When 11 year old Maddie called me, she was suffering from a condition called Tricotillomania, an anxiety disorder that
1:38.9	led her to pull out her hair.
1:41.4	From our conversation it was apparent to me that her relationship with her mother, who
1:46.5	Maddie called her best friend, was driving much of this little girls stress. Maddie, welcome to the program.
1:57.0	Hi.
2:00.0	Hi, Maddie, how old are you?
2:02.0	I'm 11. And what can I do for you? Well I have had
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