Dysfunctional By Design

Family ~ A unit consisting of people who are related to each other, either by 'blood', or by 'law', e.g. marriage, remarriage, step-relatives, in-laws, adoption, 'common law'.

The Family as a System ~Effects of changes in the System, whether big (death, divorce, remarriage), or small (moving, birth, marriage). The 'nuclear family'.

Family Emotional Process ~ Emotional conflict, financial challenges, impairment of children, shifting religious/spiritual beliefs by one or several members.

and more. . .