Some people believe their parents are at fault for not having been ?better? parents. The basic viewpoint is ?My family is the cause of the problems in my life.? According to the authors, an alternative to this viewpoint is that every family member, including one?s parents, is embedded in a multigenerational
emotional process and everyone, including oneself, has a responsibility to grow up (differentiate) as much as possible within that process. If people hold their
parents or others responsible for their growing up, they may go through an entire lifetime faulting their parents and looking for someone who can finally give them what they have always ?needed.? If people reli
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