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Dysfunctional family

Family dynamic A dysfunctional family affects familial ties and creates conflicts in the same family space. Part of a series onViolence against children Murder Filicide Honor killing Infanticide Neonaticide Child homicide Familicide Child sacrifice Child cannibalism Physical abuse & neglect Child abuse Physical abuse Neglect Domestic violence Corporal punishment Shaken baby syndrome Medical child abuse Sexual violence & exploitation Child sexual abuse Child trafficking Child slavery and forced labor CSAM Child marriage Troubled teen industry Psychological & emotional abuse Verbal abuse Psychological abuse Sibling abuse Witnessing domestic violence Dysfunctional family Parental child abduction Child abandonment Parental alienation Child protection & law UNCRC Mandated reporter Child protective services Foster care Residential care Corporal punishment laws Related topics Adverse childhood experiences Victimology Childhood trauma C-PTSD vte A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly. Children that grow up in such families may think such a situation is normal. Dysf