Children do not get to choose their parents. Unfortunately, many children grow up in homes where their emotional needs are not fully understood or supported. When parents struggle with emotional maturity—difficulty recognizing emotions, avoiding vulnerability, reacting defensively, or prioritizing their own needs over connection—it can lead to a form of harm known as emotional neglect.

Emotional neglect is not always loud or obvious. It often happens quietly over time when children’s feelings are dismissed, ignored, minimized, or misunderstood. While a child’s physical needs may be met, their emotional world may go unseen. Over time, this can create a deep sense of emotional loneliness. Many children raised in these environments grow into adults who struggle with self-doubt, people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, or confusion in relationships and intimacy.

The good news is that emotional maturity can be learned.

Join us and other parents for this 8-week step-by-step journey to learn how to become a more emotionally mature parent. This group is designed to help parents better understand how emotional patterns are passed from one generation to the next—and how those patterns can be changed.

During this group, we will explore how emotionally immature parenting affects children, particularly children who are emotionally sensitive. You will gain insight into the ways your own upbringing may influence how you respond to your child’s emotions, stress, and behavior today.

Together, we will focus on practical skills that help parents:

  • Recognize and regulate their own emotions

  • Respond to their child’s emotions with curiosity rather than reactivity

  • Build emotional safety and trust within the parent-child relationship

  • Set healthy boundaries without shame, blame, or disconnection

  • Strengthen communication and emotional connection in the family

As you learn how to become a more emotionally mature parent, you will also begin the process of healing from the pain, confusion, and emotional distance that often comes from being raised by an emotionally immature parent. When parents begin to heal and grow emotionally, the entire family system begins to change.

This work matters.

By developing emotional maturity, you are not only improving your relationship with your child—you are also changing the future of your family. Many parents carry patterns that have been passed down for generations. This group is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and begin doing things differently.

Do this for yourself.
Most importantly, do this for your child.

Learn how to become an emotionally mature parent so you can begin breaking the cycle of emotional immaturity and generational pain, and create a family environment built on understanding, connection, and emotional strength.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This group is designed for parents who want to better understand their own emotional patterns and develop healthier, more connected relationships with their children.

This group s a great fit for parents who:

  • Sometimes feel overwhelmed, reactive, or shut down when their child is emotional

  • Notice themselves repeating parenting patterns they experienced growing up

  • Were raised by emotionally distant, critical, or unpredictable parents

  • Want to break unhealthy family patterns and create a different experience for their child

  • Have children who are emotionally sensitive or who struggle with anxiety, big emotions, or strong reactions

  • Want to learn how to respond to their child with more patience, emotional awareness, and connection

  • Are interested in personal growth and becoming a more emotionally mature parent

This group is especially helpful for parents who recognize that how they were parented may still influence how they parent today, and who want practical tools to build a healthier emotional environment for their family.

INSTRUCTOR

Randy Floyd, LSCSW, Founder, Clinical Level Therapist

Randy is the founder of Midwest Anxiety. He is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker who is an optimist and passionate about helping people focus on what they can do rather than what they can't do. Randy believes building a strong therapeutic relationship and tapping into a person's strengths are the most essential components of the therapeutic experience. Randy is passionate about changing the way we do mental health. He is focused on making mental health normal, a positive experience. He is also adamant about doing mental health differently. Randy believes the "old ways" suggest mental health is for the "broken" or "mentally ill." Randy believes that "Everyone Struggles." Sure. Some people struggle more than others, but everyone struggles with something. With this belief, Randy is focused on providing a wide range of programs and services to help people be mentally well ;) Go give Randy a fist bump on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

LOCATION

We will meet virtually on Saturdays from 12:30-1:30pm. We’ll not meet on July 4, 2026.

SCHEDULE

Week 1: How Emotionally Immature Parents Affect Their Adult Children’s Lives

Week 2: Four Types of Emotionally Immature Parents

Week 3: How Different Children React to Emotionally Immature Parents

Week 4: What It’s Like to Be an Internalizer

Week 5: Breaking Down and Awakening

Week 6: How to Avoid Getting Hooked by an Emotionally Immature Parent

Week 7: How It Feels to Live Free of Roles and Fantasies

Week 8: How to Identify Emotionally Mature People

FEE

$25.00 per week.

CANCELLATION POLICY

We know life gets busy. If you are unable to participate in a session, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance and you will not be charged.

REGISTRATION

Spots are limited. To guarantee a place in the group, please register early.

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