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Originally Posted by Pandoren
One of my fears is turning into my mother.
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We cannot really turn into our parent; only into
our own imagined image of our parent. Yes, we learn good/bad behaviors from our parents about all subjects as we are growing up, even about being a parent. But behaviors are just behaviors; they're not "us"/who we are and they can be changed if we want.
I did not have children, a minor part of that being because my stepmother was an angry parent and I turned into an angry young adult and was afraid I'd be an abusive parent. But I resolved most of my anger in therapy and am doing fine learning to be a good grandparent to my stepson's children.