I have a friend in a bad family situation.
Actually, I have a large number of these. Most of you probably do too. No physical abuse, only a little occasional verbal nastiness, but the relationship is not a Christian marriage and the children are not growing up immersed in or even exposed to the training and instruction of the Lord. The biblical authority structure is not there and, at least from the outside, all the love appears to be flowing in one direction only.
My friend proposes to fix the situation by loving the family unconditionally, perhaps because so often we hear that is the way that God loves us.
Does he really? Maybe we need to explore that idea a little.