`titrebSummary`/titrebThe arrival of a new baby raises generational issues in the family, thus making it possible to work on psychological issues stemming from the past. The new family should be able both to place itself in the line of descent and to differentiate itself from previous generations. But sometimes the new family is capable neither of the regression necessary to encounter the past nor of the work necessary to construct a new link in the generational chain. Past suffering and a psychological history which has not yet been worked through hamper the ability to deal with distressing family issues. The future parents struggle against the return of primitive violence, which may nonetheless resurface in the form of unrecognized anxiety-provoking or even horrifying images. Then violence haunts the perinatal period, and the parents-to-be set the stage for confused parenthood, mixing a narrative of past tragedy with that of the new family. In that case, the parent’s internal image of the baby takes precedence and the real baby, with its own needs, is not taken into account. The future parents then need to be supported by a positive, caring attitude as they work through the store of psychological suffering rooted in past generations.