45 h. ago The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recoverMany of Kathleen Saxton’s clients only realise they were brought up by a narcissistic parent when they are older. Saxton, a psychotherapist, says that the truth may come with starting a relationship, meeting their partner’s family, and seeing they are nothing like their own. “Or they have family themselves, and think, ‘I would never do that to my own children.’ Sometimes it takes us until we’re in our 30s or 40s to realise that something was not OK.” Her oldest client is in their 70s and “has finally dealt with the fact they’ve got a narcissistic mother, who is still alive, and how it’s affected them all through their life”.Saxton hopes her new book, My Parent the Peacock, will help people to recognise, and recover from, a narcissistic parent. They might have grown up being c...

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52 h. ago Hundreds gather to remember father, mother and son killed in Co Louth

Father Gerry Campbell described a ‘sorrow too heavy for words’ being felt by the community who knew them.

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3 d. ago Mother pregnant with twins, two young boys and their father are killed in a Russian drone strike on block of flats

A Ukrainian mother who was pregnant with twins has died after her village was struck by an overnight Russian drone attack.   

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4 d. ago The key signs you were raised by authoritarian parents, according to psychologists

London-based Francesca Alicja Harland, a psychotherapist, told The Daily Mail how the parenting style often resulted in a person struggling to celebrate their success later in life.

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5 d. ago Prince Harry’s conspiracy that ‘men in grey suits’ are ‘leaking info’ leaves Buckingham Palace ‘perplexed and saddened’

BUCKINGHAM Palace has been left “bemused, perplexed and saddened” by Prince Harry’s conspiracy outburst about “men in grey suits”. Harry, 41, appeared to accuse Palace aides of leaking information about the meeting with his father Charles this month. The words echoed his late mother Princess Diana who described palace aides as ‘men in grey suits’....

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5 d. ago Starmer denies putting field he bought for parents into ‘complicated trust’

He bought the land behind their house in 1996 to use as a donkey sanctuary, so his mother and father could care for the animals.

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6 d. ago Prince Harry blames 'men in grey suits' for sabotaging reunion with his father in extraordinary echo of his mother's criticism of shadowy courtiers

The Duke's furious broadside is an echo of his mother Princess Diana 's criticism of shadowy royal courtiers - who she also derided as 'the men in grey suits' and accused of undermining her.

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7 d. ago ‘My baby tragically died at three months old – I hoped it was just a bad dream’

After the sudden loss of her son Archie, who died from SIDS at just three months old, Emily Oliver went through hell and back. With her husband, she is now launching the Baby Loss Club to help support others. She tells Charlotte Cripps their story

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8 d. ago Las Vegas man raped by mother as a child is told by judge that he's legal father to brother believed to be his biological son

A Las Vegas man who was raped by his mother as a child and suspects he is his brother's father will now serve as his sibling's legal guardian, a court ruled.

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8 d. ago My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende audiobook review – portrait of a fiercely independent young woman

Sent from San Francisco to report on the war in late-19th century Chile, a young writer embarks on a journey of self-discovery in this tale of love, loss and liberationSet in the late 19th century and inspired by the Chilean civil war which ravaged the country in 1891, Isabel Allende’s historical drama tells of a young woman born illegitimately in San Francisco’s Mission District. Emilia del Valle’s surname comes from her Chilean father, an aristocrat who seduced her mother when she was a novice nun and left before their child was born. Emilia owes her fiercely independent spirit to her liberal-minded stepfather Francisco Claro, whom she calls Papo, who encourages his stepdaughter to think for herself.In her late teens, Emilia writes a series of successful pulp fiction novels under the male pen name Brandon J Price. By the age of 23, she is a columnist at San Francisco’s Daily Examiner; still writing as a man, she longs to do more serious work. Eventually, she is commissioned to tra...

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9 d. ago Psychologist reveals the true meaning behind Taylor Swift's ever

Scientists from the from the University of Minnesota went about analyzing more than over 1,400 vowel sounds made by Swift during interviews and found her accent shifted.

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9 d. ago Gen Z is leaning towards one parenting trend when raising their kids, new study reveals

New survey looked at 2,000 parents’ approaches to raising their kids

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1 week ago Finally ‘emotionally ready’ for kids at 57 – will today’s men ever grow up?

‘The Supervet’ star Noel Fitzpatrick has said he’d love to meet a woman in her thirties to have children with. It reflects a much wider problem of men’s Peter Pan syndrome lasting well into middle age and beyond, argues Helen Coffey

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1 week ago Toddler girl, 2, 'raped and murdered by mother and man at family home' as father pays tribute to 'princess'

Isabelle Rose Welsh died after being rushed to hospital following reports of concerns for her welfare

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1 week ago I always thought narcissism was just a buzzword – until I read a book and realised I was a hapless victim

After reading a new book, ‘My Parent the Peacock’, Charlotte Cripps realised that narcissistic parenting may well have been at play in her large family. She explains how she was cast in the role of the ‘golden child’, and the impact of this on her later life

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl punished over skirt being 2cm too short in 'military

Cola Glenny, 34, removed her daughter Pearl from school after she was left traumatised by the 'military'-style inspection of girls' skirts - with several other parents doing the same

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2 w. ago This Greek island retreat taught me how to holiday in style as a single parent

Kid’s club holidays conjure up water slides, blue bubble-gum ice cream on tap, and screaming, but not at The Peligoni Club on the Greek Island of Zakynthos, where, says Charlotte Cripps, the vibe is a cross between ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Motherland’

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2 w. ago Blundering council dig up mum and dad's grave as grieving daughter hits out

Gillian Carlon, 31, was left horrified after being told the council had dug up her mother and father's grave in error last month.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict

Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of GomaIn the early hours of the morning, Baraka, a young boy, wanders through the streets of Goma. He takes a wrong turn and runs into bandits. Back home, his father flicks through TV channels while his mother counts bags of flour. No one speaks. The silence is broken only by crackles on the radio.By evening, Baraka is sitting on the shore of Lake Kivu, looking south to Bukavu and east towards Rwanda, finding no hope in either direction. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Freddy Brazier 'can't wait to be a dad' as he opens up on fatherhood with 'baby mother'

Freddy Brazier has shared a number of wholesome snaps of his 'baby mother' as he said he 'can't wait to be a dad' in a sweet video shared on his TikTok account

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