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parent ego state

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parent ego state,
(in transactional analysis) an ego state that incorporates the feelings and behavior learned from parents or other authority figures; a part of the self that offers advice like that of one's own parents, containing messages that emphasize what one "ought to" or "should not" do.


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The Critical Parent is that part of the Parent ego state that is controlling, prohibitive, and may have non-rational attitudes.
For example, the person's internalized critical parent ego state can become "executive" at a particular moment and abuse his/her own children.
 
 
 
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