Dysfunctional families often normalize things that can be confusing or even harmful, and it’s not always easy to see when you ...

Isolation in a family can be a big sign of problems, showing a lack of emotional support and communication. For example, if a ...

Dysfunctional parenting creates unhealthy competition for attention or affection, breeding resentment between siblings. Playing favorites fractures sibling relationships, and children are given vastly ...

Siblings Are Affected Differently in Dysfunctional Families. A Google search term that recently led a reader to find one of the posts on my other blog interested me.

You may be from a dysfunctional family if you played one of these 5 roles as a child: 1. Enabler/co-dependent In this role, you gave up your own needs and wanted to protect and take care of ...

Sibling help can range from daily visits to financial assistance. If any of you decide to offer full-time caregiving, ... they can revert to unhealthy and dysfunctional roles from the past.

Dear Abby, My two siblings and I were raised by an abusive, alcoholic father. Predictably, it has adversely affected our mental health. One sibling struggles with alcoholism and substance abuse.

I'm back in school, but my brother and sister, 13 and 12, are stuck in that situation. When I was home on break, I made sure they had good food to eat and got some attention from me.

A Google search term that recently led a reader to find one of the posts on my other blog interested me. It asked, "Five children. One BPD [borderline personality disorder]. Why?" What an ...