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When children act as parents and try to take care of everyone, it is called:?

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the answer is parentification

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Answer: Parentification

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Parentification is known to be the process through which a child is shouldered with the responsibilities of acting and playing the roles of parent to everyone around them especially to their siblings and parents. Thus, these roles can be physical or emotional roles which can have psychologically effect on the child.

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