Smother Mothers

An overlooked injury of childhood is being "smothered." When a child is smothered by mother/father, she or he doesn't have the opportunity to develop healthy independence. The "smother system" is a saboteur against healthy emotional development. This dysfunctional system often occurs when the mother is "emotionally needy" of her child and uses him or her to meet her emotional needs. For example, if mother and father are not connected and supportive of each other, the care-taking parent may t...