That could be because their bad behavior was normalized over time or because you were holding out hope that your parent would change and the relationship could be salvaged, Peg Streep - author of "Daughter Detox: Recovering from an Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life" - told HuffPost.
Adult children make choices that are different from those their parents made in all areas of life, and some conflict is inevitable, But it's how conflicts and disagreements are resolved that distinguishes tension from toxicity, Streep said.
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