Many Caretakers go into jobs as teachers, nurses, counselors, and managers where these skills are highly valued and in demand. HOW CARETAKING IS DIFFERENT FROM CODEPENDENCY Caretaking may sound a lot like codependency. Codependency seems to be a more pervasive set of personality traits that are applied in every aspect of a person’s life, including at work, in friendships, at school, in parenting, and in intimate relationships. Codependent behaviors could be described quite similarly
