Family dysfunction doesn’t always look like loud fights or extreme estrangement. Sometimes, it’s the unspoken rules, the passive-aggressive comments, or the constant emotional exhaustion that quietly ...

If you’re like most parents, you want the best for your kids. You want them to succeed in school, have healthy friendships, ...

The source of dysfunction in any particular family may vary, but the common thread is that the children who belong to these families suffer. Deprived of parents who nourish their emotional needs, ...

Children who are raised in a dysfunctional family often do anything they can to survive day-to-day. Some kids align themselves with their parents as a self-protective measure, while others are put in ...

While changing perspectives for adult children can feel random, exposure to new ideas about families and one's own family and decisions to act differently emerge at predictable life-cycle moments. It ...

In many dysfunctional or abusive families, the dysfunction is sustained through fixed family roles that unconsciously work together to maintain the toxic system. As part of the dysfunctional cycle, ...