Did You Parent Your Parent? Understanding + Healing Child Parentification - Terri Cole

Did you have a lot of responsibility as a child?

Did you make dinner for younger kids, babysit all the time, clean the house, take care of a parent, or pick up siblings from school?

If you handled adult responsibilities like these as a child, this episode is for you. I am breaking down the causes of parentification, the long-term impact of child parentification, and the steps you can take to begin to heal.

Grab the guide for this episode here: https://www.terricole.com/healing-chi...

Time Stamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:27 - What is a parentified child?
3:52 - What circumstances create a parentified child?
4:37 - What happens when you are parentified?
5:45 - Symptoms of being parentified
9:03 - How to start healing
10:52 - Reparenting yourself
13:34 - Get to know yourself
14:18 - Have fun and reconnect with your inner child

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About Terri Cole
Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, and the author of Boundary Boss-The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free.

For over two decades, Terri has worked with a diverse group of clients that includes everyone from stay-at-home moms to celebrities and Fortune 500 CEOs.

She has a gift for making complex psychological concepts accessible and actionable so that clients and students achieve sustainable change. She inspires over 450,000 people weekly through her blog, social media platform, signature courses, and her popular podcast, The Terri Cole Show. For more, see https://www.terricole.com/

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