We had a highschool teacher who was teaching Biology and at one point he referred to us as products of our parents. He pointed out that we had characteristics of those before us in our family. Some kids objected (as you have) to the use of calling the kids “products”. He pointed out that we were still young, had much of our education ahead of us and, as students, we still carried one/two dimensional thinking and that eventually we would see that words can carry multiple meanings and need to accept new ideas and points of view.
As far as grasping the concept of therapy, you may be right. I understand its value because I have seen the positive results first hand in family members and friends. But I don’t claim to understand all the facets of the profession because it was not my professional focus.
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