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[quote=Anonymous]Some parents take it a step further and become emotionally co-dependent upon their children. For example, my mother (who was a single parent) blamed her children for all the miseries of her life ("If I didn't have you kids my life would be so much better" and then proceed to list out the various ways). This makes the children think that if they behaved better, if they could fix all the wrongs in their parents' lives, then the parent will be content if not happy. Of course, this is false. I suspect that children who were brought up similar to myself are all type-A over achievers/pleasers because that's what (if even only momentarily) pleased our parents. You are absolutely correct that the happiness of the parents is their own responsibility, but it's awfully difficult to reverse that earlier conditioning. It's not until the child grows up and learns from life experience that everyone's happiness is their own responsibility.[/quote]
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