Successful adult relationships, whether between lovers or friends, require a significant degree of vulnerability, trust, and openness-

- Susan Forward

Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by anx…

- Susan Forward

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior. If a man lies to you, he is behaving badl…

- Susan Forward

Love involves more than just feelings. It is also a way of behaving. When Sandy said, "My parents don't know how to love me," she was saying that the…

- Susan Forward

Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. …

- Susan Forward

If there is one sweeping generalization I can make without fear of contradiction, it is that 'change' is the scariest word in the English language No…

- Susan Forward

Unhealthy families discourage individual expression. Everyone must conform to the thoughts and actions of the toxic parents. They promote fusion, a b…

- Susan Forward

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.

- Susan Forward

Criticism is the fountainhead of control.

- Susan Forward