Closeness Quote by Koren Zailckas

What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're…

— Koren Zailckas

“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

“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

Every child has a legitimate narcissistic need to be noticed, understood, taken seriously, and respected by his mother. In the first weeks and months…

— Alice Miller

My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.

— Lady Colin Campbell

“Narcissistic Parents often enlist other family members on their side, causing rifts and building alliances against a “bad” child. In other words, they may…

— Joseph Burgo

“narcissistic mothers are very quick to criticise others. As everything is about her, she can have this odd way in which she takes others’…

— Danu Morrigan

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

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

“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

“Children of narcissists emerge from this crucible with a common and most serious problem. They feel that they do not have the right to…

— Elan Golomb

Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job thanthey have…

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot