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dysfunctional family

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dysfunctional family
Psychology A family with multiple 'internal'–eg sibling rivalries, parent-child– conflicts, domestic violence, mental illness, single parenthood, or 'external'–eg alcohol or drug abuse, extramarital affairs, gambling, unemployment—influences that affect the basic needs of the family unit


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The marital and directorial team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris have graduated from music videos to a heartbreaking knee slapper about a dysfunctional family crammed into a malfunctioning VW bus.
A dysfunctional family plus marital troubles gave him abundant material for his songs.
Sunshine crams six people from one dysfunctional family into a decrepit van and puts them on the road to the misbegotten children's beauty contest of the title.
 
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