Dysfunctional: Why Do Families Get Along?

Many people have the urge to wonder, “ Why does that family not get along?” Those families are known as dysfunctional. There are various reasons why some families become dysfunctional. Studies show that one of the top reasons why dysfunctionality is a problem in everyday lives of an average family is because of sexual abuse, bad relationships between a child and their parent, or simply because of mental illnesses or addictions in either one of the family members (McGaha 5). The first thing I want to discuss is sexual abuse. Sexual activity plays a massive role in the occurrence of dysfunctionality between families (Swenson 2). The reason why it is agonizing to the parents in these events is because no parent really wants to find out that their 12 year old child has been sexually abused or is being sexually active at such a young age. Different problems of family dysfunction and stressed family dynamics were associated with early age sexual activity among young teens or as known to …show more content…
In “Family Violence” it explains how many studies have documented the relationships between being raised in such an environment and a variety of emotional and deviant behaviors. Children living in unhappy homes have been found to suffer from low self-esteem, depression, anger, and a difference in number of acting out characteristics.(Supposedly they believe that have been caused by their parent (McGaha 1)). Some children who are unattached are more open to suffer from a form of psychological damage diagnosed later in life and also found with Antisocial Personality Disorder or APD (Martin 1). Even delinquency and crime has followed after these stages of emotions under the roof of a broken family. Along with non-coping relationships between father and son, a mental sickness or addiction could also be the reason for dysfunctionality in their