Susan Forward

“Instead of promoting healthy development, they unconsciously undermine it, often with the belief that they are acting in their child’s best interest.”

— Susan Forward

Criticism is the fountainhead of control.

— Susan Forward

“It’s amazing how people can change behind closed doors.”

— Susan Forward

“The initial disappointment for the misogynist usually occurs early in the relationship. However, because there is so much excitement and romance going…

— Susan Forward

“Reality Check His lying is not contigent on who you are or what you do. His lying is not your fault. Lying…

— Susan Forward

“Many misogynists use this method of turning the tables to deflect blame from themselves. They may say: "You are too sensitive"; "You're…

— Susan Forward

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

— Susan Forward

“Our laws and institutions concerning women's rights and male prerogatives are changing, but many men still believe that their masculine image depends…

— Susan Forward

“As children, because of our dependency, we experience a sense of being powerless in a world of powerful people. If our home…

— Susan Forward

“Some misogynists do not resort to the obvious cruelty of scare tactics and screamed insults to gain control of their partners. Instead…

— Susan Forward

“Children from high-drama households often grow up with the idea that tension is an integral part of love. Therefore, the girl who…

— Susan Forward

“Anger is a normal human emotion and all children experience it to some degree, but many parents have difficulty dealing with it.…

— Susan Forward

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you!

— Susan Forward

“Women in troubled marriages frequently try to work out their problems through their children. Whether a woman does this through the extremes…

— Susan Forward

“Inherent in his fear of this dependency is the equally dreadful fear that she will leave him. His terrors of being alone,…

— Susan Forward

“It is a fear that must be defended against at all costs. In an effort to quell his anxiety, he tries to…

— Susan Forward

“There is a great deal of testing going on early in the relationship. The misogynist is defining for himself—often without even realizing…

— Susan Forward

“When a child isn't allowed to deal with his frustrations on his own—to cry, for instance, then to handle the situation, and…

— Susan Forward

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.

— Susan Forward

“A woman who submits to her husband's abusive treatment is living out the role of victim and behaving more like a helpless…

— Susan Forward

“The physical and emotional distress that result from incurring the misogynist's displeasure can be so painful that women will do virtually anything…

— Susan Forward

“Occasionally surrendering or backing down is part of the compromise necessary in any working relationship. But when a woman repeatedly gives in…

— Susan Forward

“The hope that he'll change, the search for the magic key, and the intensity of her love all combine to place the…

— Susan Forward

“Remember, tears are like rivers that start in one place and flow to another—they can help carry you to healing.”

— Susan Forward

“We all need to say what we think and feel. When we block the normal channels of expression, the emotions find other…

— Susan Forward