Dysfunctional family IN MEXICO.

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,
leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up
in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is normal.
Dysfunctional families are primarily a result of two adults, one typically overtly
abusive and the other codependent, and may also be affected by addictions, such as
substance abuse , or sometimes an untreated mental illness. Dysfunctional parents
may emulate or over-correct from their own dysfunctional parents. In some cases,
the dominant parent will abuse or neglect their children and the other parent will
not object, misleading the child to assume blame.
• Dysfunctional families have no social, financial, or intellectual limits. However,
until recent decades, the concept of a dysfunctional family was not taken
seriously by professionals. Especially between the middle and upper classes.

A common mistake of dysfunctional families is the mistaken belief that parents

are on the verge of separation and divorce. While this is true in some cases,
the marriage bond is often very strong as the parents' faults actually
complement each other. In short, they have nowhere else to go. However, this
does not necessarily mean that the family situation is stable.
• In Mexico, 4 out of 10 families with two or more children are dysfunctional; The
main causes attribute the lack of employment, poor economy and alcoholism.
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It is a wide range of causes and consequences that has to do with the way of
life of families; the areas of influence and the age of marriages, although it is
not always a definite pattern.

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