Do ‘Parentified Children’ Really Have It So Bad?

Do you tend to look after your friends and lovers? Maybe you’re the supportive one people always come to for advice. Perhaps, too, you are the kind of person who takes on a lot of responsibility at work. You are a perfectionist. A people pleaser. A workaholic, even. You may also be highly self-reliant and struggle to relax. Possibly you have never found it easy to set boundaries or say no to requests. If so, watch out! You may have been a “parentified...