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Part II
Developmental Theory in Overview
their childhood far too often and too quickly when they are triangulated
into adult conflict, as when they are adultified, parentified, and/or alien-
ated (see chapter 16). The 8-year-old little girl who has been drawn into
her parents’ conflict might wish for a new doll, a pretty dress, and “my
dad to have a new girlfriend” or “all my mommy’s bills to be paid.” This
is not evidence that the Formal Operations stage has somehow been
prematurely achieved so much as evidence of the extent to which the
child has been triangulated into the adult conflict.
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