Instead, she focuses on four main types of emotionally immature parents and how they impact their kids. Here are the four types of emotionally immature parents. In her book, "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents," Gibson refers to reactive parents as "emotional parents" because these parents feel like they're ruled by their feelings. "The passive parent can actually be emotionally present with the child more than any of the other three types," Gibson said. Emotionally absent parentsZinkevych/Getty ImagesUnlike the passive parent who ignores conflict or hard emotions, an emotionally absent parent essentially acts like their child doesn't exist, Gibson said.

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