I think constant stress, sickness and poisoning always makes abuse cycles worse from generation to generation.

But many people have a limit to how badly they mistreat their kids. They will make many mistakes but have lines they will not cross, even if they constantly feel bad and have muddied thinking.

Then there are those who, the worse they feel, the more abusive they become, and there are no safety checks. Those parents definitely left lasting problems over the generations as people had to deal with their offspring.

Many of their kids would have grown up ok, I’m probably one of them.

But there are always a percentage who just don’t get any help from extended family or community. And those are the criminals later. That does not mean the unfortunates were doing illegal things. Many find legal ways to torment others .

Got sidetracked: but yea, lead messed up generations