Lindsay Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents has become something of a cult classic, with over one million copies sold. Many young people on TikTok claim the examples resonate with them, validating their own experiences.
The book, first published in 2015, proposes a pathway to healing from the damaging effects of growing up with parents who were distant, rejecting or self-involved. Clearly, it has touched a raw nerve with many.
