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.
The question of unconditional belonging gets tested when someone's presence threatens everyone else's sense of safety.
“Where Are You with Adolescence and the parent-teen relationship?”
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