When Parents Who Gave Up On Their Dreams Project On You
Making it about them
Your parent might state that you always choose your ambitions over your relationship with her. She creates a competition there—one between her, and your goals—that wasn’t even there. That’s not quite normal or healthy. A parent should see her child’s dreams as something that enriches not just her child’s life, but also her relationship with her child, rather than something that gets in the way of that relationship.