Parentification is a role reversal where children are made to assume a parental role, and try to take care of everyone else in the family, including the adults (Byng-Hall, 2008). Children enter the world with countless needs that ought be fulfilled if the child is to develop to it potential. Parentification is responsible for causing many mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and workaholics in the adults who experienced it as children. Parentification is extremely common in dysfunctional families with toxic parents. These parents may have substance abuse disorders and other addictions, personality disorders to mention just a few.
Parentification is very common in developing countries such as Africa, where children
Parentification is very common in developing countries such as Africa, where children