this question is *clearly* designed to make trans rights look unpopular. why are we even in there, named specifically? push poll question if i've ever seen one. this question is really more about the economy than trans issues when viewed by responders but it's construed as the latter
![The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment discusses this mentality. The author, Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman, uses "narcissistic" to refer not to narcissistic personality disorder, but to a family in which "the needs of the parent system [take] precedence over the needs of the children." The children's needs aren't only secondary to the parents, "but are often seriously problematic for the latter."
In the narcissistic family, the child's behavior is evaluated not in terms of what it says about what he or she may be feeling or experiencing, but in terms of its impact on the parent system. For example, in a healthy family, a child's receiving an 'F' on a report card alerts the parents to the presence of a problem. this situation is then examined in terms of the child's needs and development: is the work too hard, is the child under stress, does he need help, tutoring, support, or the like? In the narcissistic family, though, the same problem is evaluated on the basis of di...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mvfylvcvnblhh7yvmt3k2gl4/bafkreicqc6qsbk2ubcvyq4eoyab2pqypzc2rgdqvnckqy2xvxyzutiokui)
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