Father's Day weekend isn't automatically a time to celebrate. Dads must earn their holiday.

Posted on AllSides June 20th, 2021
From The Left
OPINION

For adult children who have traumatic relationships with their parents, holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day are complicated at best and at worst emotional scourges. Many survivors of childhood dysfunction are at a loss for how to celebrate these pseudo-traditions in a way that remains authentic to themselves and their healing.

Therapists’ offices and survivor-focused social media groups are replete with people exchanging ideas for how to survive family-oriented holidays in the face of problematic or abusive parental behavior. As the unwitting recipient of a dysfunctional childhood, I participate in online recovery groups...

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https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/father-s-day-weekend-isn-t-automatically-time-celebrate-dads-ncna1271322

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