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Toxic families: Stay for peace or leave for peace?

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Stacey and J Sbu tackled this week's Great Drive Debate: toxic family culture and whether you stay out of respect or leave to protect your peace. Stacey shared argument one focused on staying; family is everything and walking away often just passes dysfunction on to the next generation.

J Sbu shared argument two for leaving, saying peace isn't negotiable and respect has to go both ways. Listeners weighed in with their own experiences of setting boundaries with family.

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11 Aug English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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