Parenting With A Narcissist

If you have children with a narcissist be prepared for what is known as a high conflict parenting situation.

Parenting with a narcissist. Take a deep breath. While co parenting with a narcissist is nearly impossible these strategies can help you and your children thrive when drama and emotional intensity threaten your mental health. Youre never on solid ground and youre almost guaranteed to cut yourself. Expect nastiness and ignore.

No matter how hard you try youre never going to be able to co parent amicably or effectively with a narcissistic ex. It is much harder when your co parent has a narcissistic personality disorder. And if youre co parenting with a narcissist well it may feel near impossible at times. Parenting is hard work.

Narcissistic tendencies also are in direct contradiction to the skills needed to create a healthy co parenting relationship. Being respectful of one another not criticizing blaming or accusing one another not expecting or forcing your children to take sides setting consistent routines and rules between households and considering above everything else the feelings of your children rather than yourself. Co parenting with a narcissist is like trying to juggle knives while standing on a teeter totter. A narcissist loves to align one person or group of people with them and against another.

Co parenting with a narcissist 1. These are custody cases in which a parent or parents are antagonistic. Do not succumb to threats or. Backhanded comments and character attacks are a narcissists favorite pass times.