In some cases, a family may be dysfunctional. Inside of a dysfunctional family, you may find at least one member of the family is codependent. Codependency is a whole nother issue. However, if a child grows up with a father that is an alcoholic or drug addict, that child may become codependent. It all depends on what the child is taught or is shown while being raised. (I'm only talking about day to day behavior.)
Later in life, if the child is codependent, that child will normally seek out another codependent to hook up with or marry. Now, we have two codependents and if they should have children, it's more than likely that their children will become codependents. The chain can only become broken if one of the codependents recognize that they have a problem and seek out counseling.
My point to all this is that if there is codependency going on within our family line or even if one of the family's in the clan are dysfunctional, the behavior from that person or family can create havoc within the clan. I have seen this happen more than once.
(Where's Shalimar when we need her? She could explain this better than me.)
Later in life, if the child is codependent, that child will normally seek out another codependent to hook up with or marry. Now, we have two codependents and if they should have children, it's more than likely that their children will become codependents. The chain can only become broken if one of the codependents recognize that they have a problem and seek out counseling.
My point to all this is that if there is codependency going on within our family line or even if one of the family's in the clan are dysfunctional, the behavior from that person or family can create havoc within the clan. I have seen this happen more than once.
(Where's Shalimar when we need her? She could explain this better than me.)