Tag: parentified child

The emotional cost of being the ‘strong’ one in your family

In many families, there is one person everyone turns to first. The one who keeps calm in a crisis. The one who sorts out the admin, sends the money, makes the call, smooths over the argument, remembers the birthday, checks on the auntie, and somehow still shows up smiling. In some homes, that person is […]

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When kids become caregivers: The hidden life of a parentified child

At first glance, that 13-year-old girl from across the street looks like any other teenager, headphones in, hoodie up, homework scattered on the kitchen table. What you don’t see is the list of responsibilities ticking away in her mind: make dinner, check on her younger brother’s school project, remind her mother to take her medication. […]

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