Enmeshed Parents, on the other hand, view themselves as symbiotic with their children. They see their children as extensions of who they are, and therefore try to dictate their children’s lives—their choices—providing them no freedom to separate and individuate into healthy, unique, self-sufficient, confident people. Enmeshed Parents have clear expectations for their child’s success, popularity, and image, and they give their children an opinion about everything, from what they wear, who they date, and what they eat to the college they should attend, the career path they should take, and even
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My biological mother except with the college.
