Kids reliving parents issues in kids marriages to fix parents issues?

I remember hearing that issues/problems of parents of the family of orign, are sometimes relived in the lives of their adult children and that the motivation of the now adult child is to fix or solve a problem that was not solved or at resolved to the now adult childs satifaction. For example, in the family of origin in the 1960s Dad cheats on Mom; Mom does not know how to stop the serial adultry of Dad in the 1960s and it results in a horrible, nasty divorce, with significant pain (emotional, economic, etc) the the children of that 1960s family. Now the adult Son's children have meet and married people like Dad (serial adultors, low self esteem, bullies, and codependent ralationships, that result after serial adultry of son's Wife, nasty divorce, codependencey, etc.

In fact, my exwife's family of origin, her sister ran away as teen, and as a parent, my ex virtually chased our second daughter out of the house with dail, irrational, screaming fits and verbal abuse. (this child was very, very obediate, and compliant, A's in schools, athelete, and "the perfect child" of four.

Anyway, am I correct is thinking that there is a psycholigical concept, obeservation, theory that in their lives children will pattern/relive parents issues in the childrens marriages/life to find a resolution or solution to issues the parents in family of orgin did not satisfactorily resolve?

What is the name of the psychological theory, concept or whatever?

Well, I don't know the name of the theory, but I can say that in MY family of origin, my parents were emotionally bankrupt. We got NO affection at all -- NONE. I had 3 sisters, and not ONE of us got a hug, kiss, pat on the back, nothing. We might as well have been a piece of furniture.

I vowed that MY children would be lavished with affection and they were! They were hugged all the time, kissed, and believe it or not, up until the day they left home, I tucked them in every night, much to the dismay of my son. LOL

So I can say that in my case, I did not relive the issues of my parents --not all of them that is. They were both alcoholics, and I DID become an alcoholic. They didn't quit drinking, but I did.

Some things are inherited, while others are not. God bless. Hugs, Lee

I think maybe it comes down to insight - I know where my parents messed up with me and I am making sure my kids get a better deal - but I do wonder sometimes whether this means over compensating and what in the future my kids will blame me for.