Filipino families are known to have close ties
and a desire to protect one’s own.
But what happens if…

It gets a little TOO close?

When families are too close, children may fill a parent’s emotional gap—unresolved pasts, hidden traumas—believing that they are responsible for keeping their families stable. Its impacts go quietly unnoticed, eroding boundaries, self-respect, and eventually, their identity.

But no one should have to face this alone.

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Inspired by Leslie Root’s

Enmeshment screening test