What is the definition of a toxic mother? What causes women to turn on their own children? What does that kind of physical/verbal/emotional abuse do to a child, and how does that affect adult children of toxic mothers? Toxic mothers can present one way to the “public” and completely different behind closed family doors. 

Growing up with a toxic mother is a roller coaster. Sometimes the abuse is obvious, and sometimes, the toxic mother is subtle but deadly. Any parent who uses fear, obligation, or guilt to manipulate and control their adult children or any child, is toxic. Either overt or covert, realizing your mother is not a “mom” can be heartbreaking.

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