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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leo Tolstoy has a famous quote:  "All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."  I think it is very true.  The thing is that unhappy and dysfunctional families have sooooo many issues and sooooo many problems that it would be impossible to solve in even one or two generations.  It takes tremendous effort and focus to try to change the dynamic.  That doesn't mean that one person can't break away and change themselves but it takes a lot of work if, indeed, the person even recognizes that there is a problem.[/quote]

I think unhappy families are the ones who are often unhappy in similar ways. Similar broad themes show themselves over multiple generations (and cultures) and timeperiods.

Addictions, weak parental bonds that blur the lines between parents and children (boundary issues), narcissism that often is associated with that, too much involvement or too little involvement, abuse of various types, poverty, trauma (early deaths of parents and little support for the children), neglect. Meanwhile there are all kinds of ways to be in a happy family. 
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