Talk:Dysfunctional family/Archive 2

I'm not sure what this sentence even means, and it seems totally out of context with the rest of the paragraph: "Dysfunctional families have no social, financial or intellectual bounds.[3]" Could use some editting, IMO. - rwickberg - 12/3/10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwickberg (talk • contribs) 04:25, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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DSVU, please stop removing templates. They're there to help. 79.97.92.28 (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

User IP: 79.97.92.28 Please do not remove cited sections without consensus, and/or remove cited items falsely claiming "Not in reference" for online ref-links. Should you have proof that the "The six basic roles" section is a "fringe view," you can provide the link or source for others to review. For the templates to remain, please discuss here why they are needed, as you have been asked many times to do so. DSVU (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I did not falsely claim anything. The material IS NOT in the reference. The section on roles comes from a self help book. Self help books are poor sources. See Wikipedia:Fringe_theories. The templates are there to let people know that the article needs improvement. 79.97.92.28 (talk) 22:18, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Agree with DSVU, it's in the second sentence in the reference. I could sort of understand missing something buried deep in the middle of a long web page, but the second sentence, REALLY!! Also, self-help books are NOT fringe theories (and I'm not sure the source is a self-help book to begin with). This "Dysfunctional family" article is well written, fully sourced, and has no serious flaws. Yaneph (talk) 01:19, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

The second sentence reads "Research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) shows roughly double the rate of depression and anxiety, among young adults who also report an abusive or unsupportive upbringing". Abusive or unsupportive upbringing ≠ dysfunctional family. I never said that self help books are fringe theories. I said that the idea of there being six basic roles is a fringe theory. And I think it's quite obvious from the title that "Forgiving Our Parents: For Adult Children from Dysfunctional Families" is a self help book. And self help books are poor sources WP:MEDRS 79.97.92.28 (talk) 16:08, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

And I'm hardly surprised that someone who contributes to nothing but this article would say it's "well written, fully sourced, and has no serious flaws" 79.97.92.28 (talk) 20:03, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I think calling the first section "Perceptions" is not such a good fit, especially for the second paragraph. Perhaps someone could come up with a better heading. However, I see no need at all for the whole article to be rewritten, or the other templates at the top. Ncepts (talk) 21:38, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Remove them. There's no reason for the templates. 66.27.52.142 (talk) 00:03, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Removing templates by consensus. The Wikipedia article mentions abusive/unsupportive upbringing as being features of dysfunctional families, and (separately) that children of dysfunctional families MAY have (not will have) depression and anxiety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DSVU (talk • contribs) 06:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)