Family secrets

Family does not mean keeping secrets, walking on eggshells, lying to keep the peace, pretending others are healthy when they are not, tip toeing around the truth, attending events that derail my healing process, defending poor choices, engaging in toxic behavior, remaining loyal to destructive patterns, or sacrificing my needs in an attempt to fix or save others.⠀

The babysitters of the world have shared the strangest, darkest, and most unexpected discoveries they made in families' homes, and even the tamest of these tales will make you wonder what skeletons your own family keeps in their closet.

A lie is a lie...no way to justify it!

Whether you're bound by blood or not, here's a collection of quotes about family that celebrate the unique and profound bond you share with your loved ones.

"Once you were old enough, what were the dark family secrets you were finally let in on?" - u/Flash_Dimension From missing family members who were never actually missing to discovering that siblings are actually parents, people on Reddit are sharing the dark family secrets that they learned when they were older. Here is a small selection of the assorted secrets, and it is a w... #familysecrets #shockingrevelations #hiddentruths #darkpast #whoswho #revealedsecrets #truthuncovered…

Some children are fortunate enough to remember their grandparents, and a few even remember their great grandparents, but as you can see in these family portraits compiled by Bored Panda, some kids are lucky enough to remember even their great-great grandparents! The list below contains a heartwarming collection of several generations of family, all captured in a single photograph. It serves to remind us that there's nothing in the world more important than family, and that you should cherish…

Family first always, but when the family chooses to lie, manipulate, and cover up, at my expense, they aren’t family anymore. Blood isn’t everything. #deepquotes

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Psychologist Joshua Coleman about the reasons why estrangement has become more common in recent years and what can be done to address that.