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[firecat]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-kids-have-to-act-like-parents-it-affects-them-for-life

destructive parentification [is] a form of emotional abuse or neglect where a child becomes the caregiver to their parent or sibling. Researchers are increasingly finding that in addition to upending a child’s development, this role reversal can leave deep emotional scars well into adulthood.

This article doesn't go as far as I'd like in questioning inadequate US/western paradigms about dependence/independence/codependence/interdependence. But there's some good stuff.

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[silveradept]

ACEs and their related studies are a relatively new body of work, and now that they've proven themselves worthy of integration, we're finally starting to see some of the research on things that ACEs have exposed as needing further study, like resilience and confidence and dependence and the like. So, hopefully, with time and funding, some of those questions can be answered.

[firecat]

Good to know, thanks!