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Scenario

How families navigate political divisions during gatherings

Our family does this big holiday gathering every year and my cousin's political views have become really extreme and last year there were some tense moments, and now we're all dreading it but also no one wants to be the one to say maybe we shouldn't invite them, because then what kind of family are we?

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The question of unconditional belonging gets tested when someone's presence threatens everyone else's sense of safety.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adolescence and the parent-teen relationship?”

Peri

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