Julie Padgett’s Reviews > Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents > Status Update
Julie Padgett
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“A child’s individuality is seen as a threat to emotionally insecure and immature parents because it stirs up fears about possible rejection or abandonment. If you think independently, you might criticize them or decide to leave. They feel much safer seeing family members as predictable fantasy characters rather than real individuals.”
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Julie’s Previous Updates
Julie Padgett
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“Children who try to be good enough to win their parents’ love have no way of knowing that unconditional love cannot be bought with conditional behavior.”
— Sep 13, 2026 10:39PM
Julie Padgett
is on page 76 of 201
“As children, they believed nothing could be done about their childhood situation and that the passive parent was truly helpless. They’re often taken aback by the idea that the wonderful, nice parent actually had a responsibility to stand up for them when they couldn’t protect themselves as children.” Painful truth. 😮💨
— Sep 12, 2026 09:16PM
Julie Padgett
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“The classic unspoken demand of the emotionally immature adult is “If you really loved me, you’d know what I want you to do.”
— Sep 08, 2026 06:48PM
Julie Padgett
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“When parents reject or emotionally neglect their children, these children often grow up to expect the same from other people.”
— Sep 05, 2026 09:18PM