Say that one parent in a family developed a kidney disease that resulted in the need for that parent to be placed on dialysis.
Say that one parent in a family developed a kidney disease that resulted
in the need for that parent to be placed on dialysis. This is also a statistically abnormal event; the parent would need dialysis three times a week, would need to follow a special diet, and would develop fatigue rapidly. Does this condition induce the same form of trauma in the child that parental alcoholism is said to cause? If not, what are the differences?