jskinner's commentsComments On: EverythingArticles Blogs Journals Photos created by: Everyonejskinner When Your Child's Grandparent is a Narcissist - Blog Entry12 Jun 2008 07:09 AM Thank you for your comments - they are similar to what my therapist says, and my husband says, and my friends say, but I still worry. The other thing that worries me is my mother's relationship with my daughters. My grandmother is also narcissistic and I know that her narcissism is easier for me to deal with because I'm more removed from her emotionally, but my mother has had a lot more contact with my daughters than I had with my grandmother. It was about 2 years ago that I realized what was wrong with my mother and why she always made me so crazy. Until that time, my husband and I (reluctantly) allowed almost constant contact with her. I don't know what effect that will have on them. It's especially hard right now because our older daughter is 12 and is entering a very selfish stage. In fact, my husband and I often say that rather than narcissists being stuck at the 2-year-old stage of life, they are more like a 7th grader. What worries both of us is that our older daughter will not come out of this stage and will end up like my mother - selfish, demanding, and difficult to be around. When Your Child's Grandparent is a Narcissist - Blog Entry30 May 2008 07:14 AM My mother has NPD and I have 2 daughters, aged 12 and 10. Being a mother with a narcissistic mother has been a really frightening thing. I'm always unsure of my parenting abilities. I question everything I do and try to measure it against what my mother would do. I've been in therapy for about 18 months, which has really helped me set boundaries with my mother, but, again, I'm always questioning my ability to parent. Especially as my daughters enter the teen years and parenting becomes more challenging. |
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