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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Sarah Sandison

Liverpool mum asks 'are your children guaranteed to pick up your toxic traits?'

Do you worry that your children will grow up to deal with stress by drinking or overeating, just like you do?

If there are people in your family who have struggled with addictions and you find yourself becoming attached to things easily or using cigarettes, alcohol or substances to deal with stress, how likely are your children to do the same?

And what can you do to break those generational cycles?

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