Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners : Understanding Covert Incest

Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners : Understanding Covert Incest

Did you have a parent whose love for you felt more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more intrusive than nurturing? Did you feel trapped in a "psychological marriage" with this paren…

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