Someone might say: ‘my daughter is acting towards me as if I’m my mother. Am I turning into my mother?’

What I often see is like butterfly wings, reflective symmetry: a child acting like a grand-parent. Our children often act out the act our parents put on. The more of an actor the parent, the more of the act a grand-child might follow.

Might, of course.  As with all things it will never be quite this, but maybe enough to think about.

Repetition is not usually what you think.