Able Quote by Alice Miller

“Begin to assess your own parenting. Acknowledging the painful reality that it is impossible to be a child of a narcissist and not be…

— Karyl McBride

“Being the daughter of a Narcisstic parent you are taught to be respectful to that person at all times, no matter what the results…

— Katherine Childress

“While their personalities may differ from person to person, the commonality is that with a narcissistic parent: their needs and wants always come first,…

— Emily Parker

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless,…

— Koren Zailckas

“When parents are shame-based and needy, they are unable to take over the mirroring narcissistic function for the child. Furthermore, the fact that the…

— John Bradshaw

“EMOTIONAL ABANDONMENT AND NARCISSISTIC DEPRIVATION Children need mirroring and echoing. These come from their primary caregiver’s eyes. Mirroring means that someone is there for…

— John Bradshaw

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the…

— Susan Sullivan

“If you hold onto hurt and anger with a narcissist, the children will have no normal parent. The narcissistic parent will use them as…

— Tracy Malone

“In the Narcisstic parent’s eyes, they do no wrong nor do they feel they should be held accountable for the bad and wrong things…

— Katherine Childress

“Narcissists expect you to be fit and healthy because the very reason for having children was so that they would be their supporters and…

— Diana Macey

“Children expect different things from each parent. Traditionally, the mother is expected to protect and defend the children, while the father is seen as…

— Susan Forward

Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little…

— Jenny McCarthy