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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn’t a healthy dynamic for your children or sustainable for you and your husband. Maybe you both can start by doing therapy 1:1 instead of as a couple. [/quote]
OP here. He's not going to go to therapy. His family stigmatizes that heavily. Not even the suicide of their untreated bipolar daughter stopped these people from bashing people who seek mental health services. DH has diagnosed depression and anxiety that he refuses to treat. At this point, that's his choice and his problem.[/quote]

OP. NP also black. Please consider getting a neutral family therapist for the kids alone. Give them a safe space to have emotional mental social support outside of school and home. As they grow, and these dynamics potentially complicate, it will be a nice safe stop and also provides court admissible context should legal issues ever arise around protecting your children from verbal and emotional abuse.

The fact that you two coparent well means you can each individually support them in that place as well.

Therapy for your self.
Family therapy with a child psychiatrist to baseline and check in over years establish a relationship and equip you with new tools and advocate for your children. [/quote]
OP here. This is a great suggestion. Thanks. I will definitely get on that. My daughter has a therapist, but that’s for the social aspects of her disabilities, not so much for the family dynamic specifically.[/quote]

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