Sentences with phrase «how dysfunctional that parent»

Family systems — and especially the children — will strongly resist no - contact with a parent, regardless of how dysfunctional that parent may be.

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That's why I've compiled some memes that accurately depict what it's like to parent before coffee, from how dysfunctional we can be, to what we're thinking when we finally get the cup, and everything in between.

While directed with intelligence and visual flair by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, this family drama ultimately is undone by the same trait that makes young spelling whizzes insufferable — a continual need to impress with how smart he or she is on subjects such as Jewish mysticism, the meaning of religion and dysfunctional parenting.

Often in dysfunctional families where a child feels unsupported or ignored, that child will take it out on a sibling because for any number of reasons she fears that going directly at the parent would crash her own fragile world, regardless of how unpleasant it may be.

«In a world of too much information, Good Enough Parenting teaches parents how to MEET CORE NEEDS, and, at the same time, how to avoid passing down their own dysfunctional behaviors.

Additionally, family of origin factors such as toxic or healthy cognitive, emotional, or behavioral patterns, mental illness, how effectively parents and friends express themselves while communicating their approval of dating and potential marriage partners, enmeshment with or autonomy from the family, school / work stress and related spillover, debt, health, and functional and dysfunctional interactions with family members, can each exert an influence on dating relationships and future marital quality, stability, and satisfaction (Larson and Holman 1994; Holman 2001; Larson 2003).