There's currently lots of talk about the TV series Succession. It's the latest in a long line of shows featuring family patriarchs and matriarchs who are cruel and manipulative towards their children. In Succession those children love him anyway and still crave his approval - a story that is played out in real life, in millions of homes, every day. But how can children of any age deal with abusive, selfish or narcissistic parents? Dr Gery Karantzas is a therapist and a professor in the fields of Social Psychology and Relationship Science at Deakin University in Melbourne.
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