Removing the Parental Legacy

Our families bequeath to us many different things: heirlooms, family stories, medical histories, genetics, behaviors, personality traits, property, money, and a role in our family of origin to name a few. Our parents, for ill or for good or sometimes both in any given moment, are not only our caregivers, but the gods who form and control our childhood world. They are the symbols of what it is to be male, to be female, and become our…