Parentification

Review bydulcetsun· 2026-11-05

parentification operates as a subtle, domestic role inversion. through both emotional stewardship and instrumental labor, mediating conflicts and regulating household volatility, the child becomes the default pillar of their family stability. under a one-way communicative dynamic where self-expression is stifled, duty becomes deeply ambivalent: simultaneously felt as an unavoidable moral obligation and a relentless engine of psychological burnout. and sadder still, they have nowhere to lean on.