Bradshaw On: The Family
by John Bradshaw
Family systems for the general reader: rules, roles (hero, scapegoat, lost child, mascot), the 'poisonous pedagogy', and how dysfunction transmits across generations. From the PBS series; foundational for the recovery movement.
Read it if…
you want to understand your family as a system.
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Skip it if…
you want a modern treatment; see Gibson or Wolynn.
Try instead: Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family →
Three things you will actually use
- Families are systems with rules.
- Roles are assigned early and played late.
- Dysfunction is inherited unless interrupted.
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Identify your family role and what it cost you.
Our verdict
Your family as a system.
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