Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let's be real: every family has its quirks. However, what some families embrace as "normal" might actually be signs of dysfunction ...

This article first appeared in the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader on Aug. 5, 2021. Families in America appear to be disintegrating, and with them, our collective mental health. In a column headlined ...

The moment you realize that other families don't turn spilled milk into a character assassination or that parents can ...

A couple of months ago, I gave a presentation on how to support clients from traumatic families at a conference. Inevitably, a hand shot up from the back of the room: “But aren’t all families ...

As the great comedian Charlie Chaplin once said: "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in a long shot." Films about dysfunctional family relationships are those special kinds of ...

I was having lunch with a friend who is a retired venture capitalist and we drifted into a discussion of the startups she funded. We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of ...