On the surface, a family scapegoat often looks as if they're the problem child. They might be the college dropout in a legacy of Ivy Leaguers or the introverted gamer in a family of outgoing athletes.

On Nov. 7, 1938, a young Polish Jew, Herschel Grynszpan, shot a German diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, in France. As a result of this incident, the Nazi Party stoked the anger of the German public. It led ...

In interviews for my forthcoming book on verbal abuse, the subject of scapegoating comes up with great regularity; among the forms of verbal abuse used by parents, scapegoating appears to have go-to ...

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