Suzanne Phare’s Reviews > Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive > Status Update

basically making sure your kids don't get the same dysfunction that you do. You are supposed to look inside yourself to parent better.

I think your dysfunction gets imprinted on your children no matter what. Your kids spend a generation trying to grow out of your mistakes, then make their own with their own kids. Hmm, sounds grimmer than it is since most of us kids are pretty resilient and you turned out well.
If you are reading up on this you will be the excellent loving parent you want to be.