The parent-child relationship is one of the most important and complicated relationships we all have. The dynamic of the relationship changes throughout the various stages of life, but perhaps one of the most challenging times for adult children is what to do with aging parents when they begin to require more caregiving.
This process is fraught for even those who have enjoyed close loving relationships with their parents. But what happens when the parent-child relationship has been one filled with physical, emotional or sexual abuse by the parent toward the child?
Navigating caregiving for an abusive parent is something I am intimately familiar with. My mother has dealt with her own mental and physical health challenges for as long as I can
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