Do Nothing? Communicate? Leave?
When it is time to address issues in a family system, your options come down the three potential solutions. Before you decide, are you willing to fight for this family? Or could you let it go? While we hope for a win/win, we have no power unless we are willing to risk losing, and losing family is traumatic. If it is toxic, you have much to think about. Is it more important in this familythat you be liked or that you be respected? When we want to be liked we can be taken advantage of. When we want to be respected, we protect ourselves, but risk negative pushback. Respect also means setting firm boundaries. Be prepared – this may be such a change in how the system normally functions the family may double down their efforts to maintain the status quo.