Very good information you have shared here. From personal observation in my sixty plus years of life would be that growing up in a codependency family environment can have the children believing that the situation is "normal" , which leads to generations of families with multiple issues.
Once the cycle starts it can be very difficult to break the cycle.
The cycle of codependency with government programs is a prime example, which gets worse as politicians act as enablers by creating more programs to get re-elected.
So what may have started in an area as one couple with a codependency situation can ultimately over time become a community wide problem or even larger.
Just my personal observation expressed here.
Until next time,
@sultnpapper
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