A common emotional process in families is the projection of parents’ anxiety and problems to children. Both the parent and child play an active part in the way the projection process unfolds. A child can function as a stabilizing player in marriage and behave in ways that make them the focus of parents’ attention, concern and delight. Unresolved conflicts in parents’ childhoods can create hopes, expectations and fears that are projected onto their children. The intensity of the projection process can vary among parents and each of their children, creating varying impacts of the process in the same nuclear family. Furthermore, the dynamics of the projection process can be observed in social groups and organizations. Organizations can over-focus on a few employees as the problem when other staff and managers have an active role. In societies, an over-focus on some members can reflect their being blamed for complicated social problems and dilemmas.