Functional and Dysfunctional Families

I think all families have elements of functional and dysfunctional. Some may have more of one or the other. No families are perfect. They might look perfect to you but you don't know what happens behind closed doors. Families may fight and scream at eachother when they are at home. They also may just get on each others nerves. These may be small but may be large to some people.

Fighting tears a family apart an it is something anyone outside the family may not know about. Fighting between sibling is hard on the family but the wosrt is the fighting of parents. Some couples feel that they may need to stay together just for the kids, so they don't have to move around. Sometimes the parents staying together is harder on the kids than fighting and this is just one element of dysfunctional families.

Families can be dysfunctional for many reasons. They may have their good days and that is what makes them a functional family. The days they aren't fighting and are all getting along is the element of a functional family.