So today, we're going to be talking about the plight of the scapegoated child in a narcissistic

family system.

So we're talking today about what it means to be the scapegoated child inside a narcissistic

family system.

So the scapegoated person in the family is the one that is all the stress and the drama and

all the blame that is prevalent in the family is being directed towards the child as a way

to escape what's really going on, escape the truth.

So you might have an alcoholic mother who is picking on one of her children saying that he's different. He

doesn't know anything. He's overly sensitive. He's the problem child in the family. And focusing

on the scapegoated child, picking on the child, gaslighting the child, pitting the children up against

one another.

And when this is happening, all eyes are on the scapegoated child, the way the child reacts,

and no one's holding the alcoholic mom or the narcissistic dad accountable for their own behavior,

nor are they being called out for the way they are treating

their own child.

So scapegoated children oftentimes are the children in the family that are the most emotionally

honest.

They are the ones that are not willing to play the game.

They are the ones that fight for justice. They are the ones that

don't like the way their parents are behaving. They are the ones that are soaking up all the

energy and all the toxicity of the family. So they might look like the child in the family

that is depressed, that is anxious.

...