Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners

When a parent singles out a child for special privileges and attention that child is often unaware that the relationship is unhealthy—even incestuous. As adults these children struggle to feel validated because while they have not been directly abused they feel a sense of violation and crossed boundaries—usually done in the name of 'love' and 'caring.' The parent's love feels more confining than freeing more demanding than giving more intrusive than nurturing. Yet these children suffer from what psychologist Kenneth Adams calls The Silent Seduction—because there is nothing loving or caring about a close parent-child relationship that services the needs of the parent rather than the child.In this revised and updated 20th anniversary edition of his groundbreaking book Silently Seduced Dr. Adams explains how 'feeling close' especially with the opposite-sex parent is not the source of comfort the image suggests especially when that child is cheated out of a childhood by being a parent's surrogate partner. He offers a framework to understand this covert incest and its effect on sexuality intimacy and relationships and how victims can begin the process of recovery.

Paperback: 192 pages

Publisher: Health Communications Inc; Revised Updated ed. edition (September 1 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0757315879

ISBN-13: 978-0757315879

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces