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Smother love
The form of parenting where caregivers intrude (often inappropriately) into the child's activities in an apparently loving but excessively controlling, manipulative way. The child is often smothered with infantilizing, affectionate control, producing a tendency toward immature dependence. (See the dependency curve illustrated under dependence)
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Dictionary of Parental Acceptance Rejection Theory INDEX:
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