r/toxicparents↗
Toxic Parents
This subreddit is a Support Group for people struggling with toxic parents or other toxic family members (everyone with toxic family is welcome despite the sub name). Here we can support each other, share stories, fears, vent and ask questions.
84k subscribers441 posts / mo in Sep 2026402 authors / mosince 2015
r/toxicparents has 84k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 441 posts a month from 402 people. Top topics: Parental Pressure & College Anxiety, Student Finances and Family Abuses.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Parental Pressure & College Anxiety0.2%
- Student Finances0.1%
- Family Abuses0.1%
- Parental Estrangement<0.1%
- Parental Conflicts<0.1%
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- Qualtrics
- Substack
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