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Parentification is a disrupted family interaction pattern in which a child assumes roles and responsibilities inappropriate for their developmental level and age in an attempt to meet the physical or emotional needs of their parents. In psychological and family systems literature, this concept, also known as role reversal, dissolution of intergenerational boundaries, or overburdened child, was first defined by Minuchin and colleagues under the term parent-child. 【1】 Later, representatives of con

The term electronic nanny refers to the role assumed by electronic and digital media tools, particularly television, in the care and supervision of children. This concept describes how children are occupied by media devices during times when they are not meeting biological needs, replacing direct adult involvement. Originally emerging in the context of television, the concept of the electronic nanny has expanded to include the internet, smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices alongside t

Helicopter parenting; is a concept describing a parenting style characterized by excessive focus on children’s lives, constant planning on their behalf, immediate intervention in every problem, and denial of autonomy for children to act independently. The term was first used in 1969 by psychotherapist Haim Ginott, after a teenager compared his mother to a helicopter constantly circling above him. 【1】Today, this concept is also referred to by different names depending on the intensity and nature

When you give a child paper and a pencil, what emerges is not merely a drawing. Those lines, those colors, those arrangements are in fact a map of the child’s emotions, fears, and hopes—things they cannot yet express in words. Young children cannot articulate their feelings in sentences the way adults do. Instead of saying “I feel insecure today,” they might draw a tiny house or forget the windows. Instead of saying “I feel alone in my family,” they position themselves in the corner of the famil