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Scenario

How family gallows humor affects children and relationships

My family has started making these bitter jokes about our financial situation whenever we get together, and my siblings think it's just how we deal with stress, but I feel like we're teaching the kids that everything is hopeless and nothing matters.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your family's coping mechanism is creating generational questions about hope, resilience, and what humor teaches about facing difficulty.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gallows humor?”

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