Were you controlled, overprotected or were your parents preoccupied? How the parenting style that raised you still affects you (and what to do about it)

Which parenting style did you grow up with?

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Mental Health


Were you controlled, overprotected or were your parents preoccupied? How the parenting style that raised you still affects you (and what to do about it)

By Holly Bullock

9 months ago

7 min read

You’d think that now you’re an adult you’d have moved on from the way your parents raised you. But how you were treated in your formative years shapes the rest of your life. The School of Life’s therapy director, Robert Coming, tells us how 7 parenting styles might still be affecting you – and how you can start to break free.


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