How do I deal with my narcissistic son?

Take these steps to handle a narcissist:

1. Educateyourself. Find out more about the disorder. It can help you understand the narcissist’s strengths and weaknesses and learn how to handle them better.
2. Create boundaries. Be clear about your boundaries.
3. Speak up for yourself. When you need something, be clear and concise.

How do you set boundaries with a narcissistic son?

Here are seven effective approaches:

1. Don’t justify, explain, or defend yourself.
2. Leave when it doesn’t feel healthy.
3. Decide what you will tolerate and what you won’t.
4. Learn to artfully sidestep intrusive questions or negative comments.
5. Take the bully by the horns.
6. Don’t underestimate the power of narcissism.

How do you deal with an adult narcissistic child?

If you want to maintain a tolerable relationship with your adult narcissistic child, here’s what you do. Accept them for what they are, without questioning anything they do, say, think or feel. Recognize that they will not offer you the same courtesy. Never argue with anything they say, want, think or feel.

How do you deal with adult children who are predators?

There’s no hope down that path. Stop meddling and enabling them. These adult children will remain predators as long as you feed them. The only path with hope is to stop giving them anything, to demand civil behavior or to cut off contact. Don’t debate or argue about who’s right.

What to do when your adult child is selfish and irrational?

Stop seeing things from your adult child’s point of view, because your child’s point of view is selfish and irrational. As hard as it is, stop fighting. Acceptance of your child’s behavior doesn’t mean that you go along with it, giving in to their demands. Quite the opposite.

How to stop fighting your child’s behaviour?

As hard as it is, stop fighting. Acceptance of your child’s behavior doesn’t mean that you go along with it, giving in to their demands. Quite the opposite. It means accepting that your child will never change while standing up to their exploitative behavior. Recognize that you love them dearly.