// controlling parents keep controlling their children way into adulthood. They can’t rely on physical methods to control them anymore, but years of controlling and manipulative behavior already took its toll on the person, so usually pushing the person’s psychoemotional buttons is enough to make them comply. Guilt-tripping, shaming, silent treatment, gaslighting, playing a victim, and similar tactics usually does the work. //

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/psych...ng-upbringing/