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“Parents Who Love in a Living Hell” was originally published in 1990, in Ashner and Meyerson’s book When Parents Love Too Much: What Happens When Your Parents Won't Let Go. The book explores the emotional overinvolvement of parents in their children’s lives and its diverse negative consequences through a series of case studies. The book is written for both American readers and English-speaking foreign readers who are interested in the topic of the book.

The book provides case studies which illustrate the different ways in which parents can try and control their children’s lives and the effects of their actions on the development of the parent–child relationship as well as the development of the child. Therefore, the book is addressed to parents and grandparents who are part of this type of dysfunctional family.

The book is written by two li...