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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.