Problem family: don't be indifferent

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Life doesn't always turn out the way we imagine it to. An ideal cozy home, loving parents, talented children, a good job - often all this is just a picture from a glossy magazine. But what if the start is spoiled from the very beginning, if a dysfunctional family poisons all hopes? Can you help? And who should do it? How strong should government control be, and how much social responsibility?

First, you should define the concept.

A dysfunctional family is not always poor or incomplete. Children can have both parents, there can be prosperity, but if there is violence and humiliation at home, if the father or mother drinks or takes drugs, if someone is imprisoned - all this testifies to the deepest dysfunctionality of such a “cell of society”. Street orphans, beggars immediately catch the eye. And it becomes clear to us that only a dysfunctional family could allow children to turn out to be essentiallyleft to their own devices and taking care of their own survival. But what if everything is hidden behind a facade of decency? If tragedies occur behind a high fence and metal doors? After all, social services will not take care of a child from such a family: parents do not ask for benefits, children are not driven out into the street. Problems that cripple the psyche for life are not noticeable at first sight. So, alcoholism and, moreover, drug addiction - is not only the fate of the "dregs of society." These are diseases that can affect anyone. And domestic violence does not always happen only in the slums.

Besides, if previously a dysfunctional family could count on the active intervention of state services - there were systems of compulsory treatment for alcoholism, sobering-up stations, assistance was provided

free - now these opportunities are limited. And a paradoxical situation arises: at the government level, an international scandal is inflated: “Evil Americans are killing our children!”, And inside the country the problem seems to not exist, or they reliably turn a blind eye to it. The experience of other states shows that a high standard of living does not protect against pathologies and socially significant diseases. A dysfunctional family is more likely to need psychological support and help, rather than material. Who should pay attention to this, who should worry about the fate of the child?

Children from socially disadvantaged families often have huge psychological problems. They have a high level of anxietymay lag behind in development, they have no conditions for obtaining

quality education. First of all, such problems can and should be noticed by people from the immediate environment: neighbors, relatives, school workers. Indifference and non-interference are the reasons why a dysfunctional family is deprived of the opportunity to receive help. In many countries, public service announcements aimed at protecting against violence are widely distributed. In addition to public assistance programs, the state and non-profit organizations provide counseling, housing, and psychological support. For example, crisis centers or telephone hotlines justify themselves. A dysfunctional family is not a private problem. People suffering from violence, alcoholism, drug addiction of loved ones should know where to turn for help. And most importantly, in the public mind it is necessary to form an attitude to protect the weak. After all, children in dysfunctional families very often suffer in silence, do not trust anyone and cannot share their problems. Crisis centers provide victims of violence with a table and shelter, help solve legal and legal problems. People should know that in the most difficult situation they have somewhere to turn for help.