Introduction: Did You Grow up with Unhealthy Control?

Part One: Naming the Problem

	Chapter 1: Healthier Parenting Versus Controlling Parenting
	Chapter 2: Smothering Parenting: Life Under a Microscope
	Chapter 3: Depriving Parenting: Playing "Take Away"
	Chapter 4: Perfectionistic Parenting: A Place for Everything
	Chapter 5: Cultlike Parenting: Obedience with a Missionary Zeal
	Chapter 6: Chaotic Parenting: Life in the Quicksand Lane
	Chapter 7: Using Parenting: "Me-First" Child Raising
	Chapter 8: Abusing Parenting: "Do It Or Else" Child Raising
	Chapter 9: Childlike Parenting: "Can't-Do" Child Raising

Part Two: Understanding the Problem

	Chapter 10: How Overcontrol Works
	Chapter 11: Putting It All Together: Meet Your Internalized Parents
	Chapter 12: The Adult-life Legacies of Growing up Controlled
	Chapter 13: Letting Go of the Legacies
	Chapter 14: Why Parents Overcontrol
	Chapter 15: Controllers' Fears

Part Three: Solving the Problem

	Step One -- Emotionally Leaving Home
	Chapter 16: Separating from Unhealthy Family Ties
	Step Two --Bringing Balance to Your Relationship with Your Parents
	Chapter 17: How Can I Set Healthier Boundaries with My Parents?
	Chapter 18: Should I Confront My Parents?
	Chapter 19: Can I Forgive My Parents?
	Chapter 20: Can I Accept My Parents?
	Chapter 21: Should I Reduce or Break Contact with My Parents?
	Chapter 22: Family Quandaries
	Step Three -- Redefining Your Life
	Chapter 23: Nine Powerful Paths for Growth and Healing
	Chapter 24: Making Meaning

Review: The Book in a Nutshell

From If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace With Your Past and Take Your Place in the World. Published by HarperCollins. Copyright © Dan Neuharth, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

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