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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 677139" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>[USER=19966]@rebelson[/USER]... nobody comes out unscathed. Nobody. You have come out of it "intact", you have a real life, real relationships, etc. Not everyone comes out with those things. But there is almost zero chance that you are unscathed. You will have been affected. Maybe it shows up in how you handle your son, for example. Sometimes we over-compensate in the opposite direction of what our dysfunctional parents were.</p><p> </p><p>Stability isn't the only factor in how we turn out. Stability helps, and instability hinders. But there are many other factors. Genetics is one. How we are treated by teachers and peers in school is another huge impact. The neighborhood influences. What we read, watch, see, hear. To me, it really isn't a crap-shoot. It's a combination of many separate factors and the timing and strength of those factors - both positive and negative, some of which we may not even be aware of. So it just looks like a crap-shoot... a long-shot gamble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 677139, member: 11791"] [USER=19966]@rebelson[/USER]... nobody comes out unscathed. Nobody. You have come out of it "intact", you have a real life, real relationships, etc. Not everyone comes out with those things. But there is almost zero chance that you are unscathed. You will have been affected. Maybe it shows up in how you handle your son, for example. Sometimes we over-compensate in the opposite direction of what our dysfunctional parents were. Stability isn't the only factor in how we turn out. Stability helps, and instability hinders. But there are many other factors. Genetics is one. How we are treated by teachers and peers in school is another huge impact. The neighborhood influences. What we read, watch, see, hear. To me, it really isn't a crap-shoot. It's a combination of many separate factors and the timing and strength of those factors - both positive and negative, some of which we may not even be aware of. So it just looks like a crap-shoot... a long-shot gamble. [/QUOTE]
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