Is This Person British or British?

Cooper: It sounds to me like there's some sense that not only is this writer afraid of disapproval from the mother holding him back, but also like fear that he's going to lose the relationship. Cooper: I think that anyone who grows up with a chronically unhappy parent gets kind of codependent about that can feel really it's my job as his or her child to keep the parent happy. "I know I can't wave a magic wand and make you believe that you're not responsible for your mother's happiness," she says.