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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, it's very common. Read the book [I]Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents[/I] by Lindsay Gibson. I found it very enlightening.

I have to admit that every time I think I've worked through this, though, it comes back. I'm a parent now, too, and I feel like as I work to give my child a really loving, nurturing childhood, I am constantly reminded of the fact that I didn't have that. I saw my parents recently and managing their emotions and needs, especially my dad's, for several days really brought home to me how much I did that as a kid, how much of my personality essentially developed to facilitate that kind of relationship.

It's hard and often lonely. My consolation is that my own child will not have to live with this emptiness inside her all her life as I have (I hope, I'm working really hard at it). But it is very hard to come to terms with the fact that I will always have this need in me for the love of a parent and I may never be able to fill it. I'm working on "reparenting" now and I do think it helps but I'm middle aged and I think I may never feel whole.[/quote]

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