How Children Cope with Emotionally Immature Parents

Some parents consistently don’t engage with their children in an emotionally attuned and mature way. They have trouble regulating their own emotions, and show little affection and empathy to their children. The consequence is that their children develop a variety of ways to cope with what is missing. Children of emotionally immature parents typically feel an emotional void and often feel insecure and lonely. When these children become adults, it is important for them to stop these using childhood coping strategies and develop more healthy, mature emotional and relational habits in order to become content and emotionally secure. Read more here…