“Emotionally stable parents share their children’s joy and quiet their fear. But caretaking roles are reversed for children of borderlines whose mothers are chronically upset. Children repress their fear in order to calm their mother. Situations that should frighten children may not because they have learned not to feel.” MotherParentsChild AbuseEmotional AbuseBorderlineAbusive ParentsBpdAbusive MotherAbusive Women Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother