# Quote — Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

> They act as though being a parent exempts them from respecting boundaries or being considerate.

- Author: [Lindsay C. Gibson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson.md)
- Book: [Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lindsay_C._Gibson#Adult_Children_of_Emotionally_Immature_Parents:_How_to_Heal_from_Distant,_Rejecting,_or_Self-Involved_Parents_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/they-act-as-though

## More from this book

> Children stay in alignment with their true self if the important adults in their lives support doing so. However, when they’re criticized or shamed, they learn to feel embarrassed by their true desires. By pretending to be what their parents want, children think they’ve found the way to win their parents’ love. They silence their true selves and instead follow the guidance of their role-selves and fantasies. In the process, they lose touch with both their inner and outer reality.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/children-stay-in-alignment.md)

> Accepting the truth of your feelings and thoughts doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you a whole person, and mature enough to know your own mind.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/accepting-the-truth.md)

> Being well cared for in nonemotional areas can create confusion in people who grow up feeling emotionally lonely. They have overwhelming physical evidence that their parents loved and sacrificed for them, but they feel a painful lack of emotional security and closeness with their parents.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/being-well-cared.md)