Thanks for understanding me. You are right, i did change horses in midstream there.

The reference to parents killing their young - the comedienne Roseanne often spoke of this, and for some reason it stuck in my ear. Most parents probably help or encourage their children to carry on the family name. My parents really did not. Its as if their own self hatred manifests in their children, or the hatred the grandparents had for the parents? Or the parents for their own parents?

In any case, it certainly halts the line of succession. Its as if the parents dont understand what life is about, and therefore they fail to pass that knowledge (and love) on to us, their children. That is what the therapist tries to fix - to reconnect you to the line of human history.