There are some upsides to how they raised their kids. They were never forced or at least pressured into being someone or
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gentelg — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 07:40 PM)
There are some upsides to how they raised their kids. They were never forced or at least pressured into being someone or something they weren't unlike the more wholesome Midwesterner salt of the earth type of parents who tend to force their kids into sports cause dad was the big football/baseball/track/wrestling star when he was in high school so Billy should do the same as well, or a career path similar to what dad did and his dad and his dad before didetc etc.
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bab7410 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 08:59 AM)
I think forced direction or lack of direction (control issues or aversion to taking any healthy control - self or otherwise) is the problem either way. Some goals like clearly defining relationships, problems, boundaries, or attitudes about what to value in life are healthy choices for healthy people. And clearly they all have depression in this family, so someone has it in the gene - parent(s) and should be receiving therapy/medication. This would immensely help, I even think there is a mental focus issue here along with whatever else (personality -detachment issues - relating to possible abuse on the mother's side).
Usually ignoring boundaries or having unhealthy relationships isn't just neglect, it's due to abuse. Their son has real coping problems (corrupted by predatory sexual behavior while he was a minor and now realizing he has a son by product of this persistent acquaintance rape, which they should have reported to the police and could have countered his responsibility in this later) and they all deflect with sex, drugs, or just random 'chill-out' sessions that lead to totally unproductive and cyclical issues.