Dysfunctional family roles perpetuate a cycle of denial and enablement, preventing meaningful change and healing within the family unit. Here are 6 reasons they persist.

13. The Secret Keeper They held the family’s secrets like glass in their mouth—painful, dangerous, and never to be dropped. Maybe it was addiction. Or infidelity. Or abuse.

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Some of TV’s dysfunctional families are so messed up that we probably wouldn’t want to join their family tree, while others are chaotic, love hard, and are often entertaining.