10 Traits of Toxic Parents Who Unintentionally Harm Their Children’s Lives

4. “Open up to me, but don’t be surprised at ridicule.”

Toxic parents coerce their children into sharing their innermost feelings, only to weaponize this vulnerability later. This can occur in two ways: the parents divulge their children’s confidences to others or employ their children’s disclosed feelings against them with scolding or sarcasm.

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