Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Challenge

[from a medical website:]
Parentification refers to children or adolescents assuming adult roles before they are emotionally or developmentally ready to manage those roles successfully.
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[from a website written by Focus on the Family:]
How do children become parentified?
. . . when they become primary caretakers for siblings and are expected to run the household . . .

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