{"product_id":"it-was-never-your-job-daniel-mercer-9798224454983","title":"It Was Never Your Job","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou were the one they called when things fell apart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou were the mediator between your parents. The translator of your mother's moods. The second parent to your siblings. The one who learned to read a room before you learned to read a book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey called you mature. Responsible. The easy one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo one asked if you were okay. Because you were always okay. You had to be.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf this sounds like your childhood, this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt Was Never Your Job is the first book to address the full experience of growing up as your family's emotional backbone - whether you were the parentified child, the eldest daughter, the family peacekeeper, or simply the one who never got to be a kid. Drawing from psychology, real stories, and practical recovery strategies, Daniel Mercer walks you through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy you became the \"strong one\" and what it cost you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow your childhood role is still running your adult relationships, career, and sense of self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe specific patterns that keep you trapped: hypervigilance, people-pleasing, the inability to receive help, the exhaustion that rest cannot fix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA concrete, step-by-step path to putting down the weight you were never supposed to carry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is not a book that tells you what is wrong with you. This is a book that tells you what happened to you - and shows you how to build a life where your worth is not measured by how much you carry for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor every adult who was never allowed to be a child. \u003cstrong\u003eIt was never your job.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798224454983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Daniel Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665287713023,"sku":"9798224454983","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-was-never-your-job-daniel-mercer-9798224454983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}