Toxic Parents Novels & Stories

"Only if you allow it." "At thirteen, I thought I didn't have a reason to be mad at my parents. They gave me food, clothes, a roof over my head. They didn't have to do any of that but they did. But as I got older, I noticed how toxic my family was. The constant bickering and fighting... it was a lot.

“Hurry up, leave this place Emilia, you have to save yourself.” “No mother, I will save us all; I have been trying hard, I just need a little more time.” I tried getting close so I could hug my mother. “It’s too late!” my father thundered. I forcefully took steps back away from my mother. I could see the hate in his eyes as he screamed at me; I walked into my room, took my old bag, packed a few things and was ready to escape with my parents. They broke in; “It's Mariano’s men.”

The way she'd looked at me like I'd betrayed something precious between us. "My father used to do that to my mother," I said suddenly, the words spilling out before I could stop them. "Control every aspect of her life in the name of protection. Choose her friends, her activities, even her conversations. All while telling her it was because he loved her too much to let anything happen to her." Tiny went very still. I rarely talked about my parents, about the toxic dynamic that had shaped my early years. "She withered under it," I continued, my voice barely above a whisper. "This brilliant, vibrant woman became a shadow of herself. And when she finally couldn't take it anymore..."

She took everything I had to give like a good girl. I can’t believe I accepted the bond, and I’m willing to complete our soulmate bond. Maybe love doesn’t have to be toxic? Perhaps I’m lucky enough to have found someone who loves me for me and who can love me back. I hated watching my father pine for my mother while she went into another man's arms. A man who didn’t really love her. She neglected the man who did truly love her. I always feared love because of my parents' toxic love, but now I realize not all love is toxic.

You know a lot of shit happens in life that sometimes you can't explain. You find troubled children giving their families hell and the families still fight for them or still try to help them and love them as much... Then you switch things around, you find those kids who are doing all in their power to be the best to their parents. Best behavior, best grades, best at anything... then they for once show a trait their parents dislikes and they get disowned as if they have been the worst children from birth.

Seeing the reaction of their parents, it has become important for them to plan ahead. “Once provoked, they will go to any extent. We have to plan ahead or else they will keep interfering in our lives.” Juhee reminded Jacob of the obvious. Their parents can be very stubborn and toxic at times. No, they have always been stubborn. On one side they say they won't force their children into doing anything that's against their will, yet on the other hand, they try to do everything in their power to submit the kids to them.

“But love hurts. I saw my parents, they hurt each other. Love.. love hurts.” His hands drop on my shoulder, forcing me to look up to him. “Your parents are in a toxic relationship and if there was ever any love between them, it disappeared before you were born or turned sour, it has never been love. The cute thing you have with Vaughn? That’s love.” My eyes dart everywhere but his face. “Look at me Roxy.” I drag my eyes to his, only because he is shaking my shoulders. “It’s okay to love him, he loves you too, it won’t be anything like your parents, I have seen the way he treats you.”

I was walking to the kitchen when I heard my parents voice with that of Tobren's parents. They were standing in the living room, their faces red with anger. “He is impure!” my mother shouted. “We don't even support tge idea of them playing together, let alone talk about marriage?” “He’s from filth!” My father added. “Born from nothing. That’s not what my daughter deserves.” “They are mates,” Tobren's mother defended. “You can't separate them.” My father scoffed. “I can do more than that, you are lucky that your son is even alive, I didn't kill him when he was born because you both begged me not to, and now you want to make me regret listening to you.”

He disliked them so much now that he has come to realize that life is not all about money, fame and fortune. For Toby his parents were the most selfish people he has ever seen in this world. Why would you bring a child in the world and just neglect them the way they were doing to him. They never even taught him the good values in life, his father who at least cared about him tried but was always busy taking care of the company affairs. When he couldn’t take any more of his mother’s noise he finally talked “Mum, why don’t you bring your voice down? I don’t know but I am trying so hard to figure out what all this noise is all about, but I can’t seem to find a valid reason.”

"I've divorced Xavier!" With that, I waved down a taxi. To my surprise, Regina quickly climbed in beside me, pulling Poppy along. "Mom, please. Just try to sympathize with me. You have no idea—Dad's gone a little crazy. He insisted on dragging Tobias in for compatibility testing, and believe it or not, he's a match for Ms. Sanders! "And now, they're fighting every day. Dad wants Tobias to donate his kidney, but he's still so young. It could ruin his life if he goes through with it!"