When a Child Becomes the Caregiver: Healing the Parentified Child

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“A parentified child will often learn empathy before they learn self-compassion.They become an expert at understanding everyone else’s pain, but struggle to even acknowledge their own.”— Nadia Addesi When a child is placed in the position of caring for a parent emotionally, they don’t just grow up faster — they grow around the needs of …