Photo courtesy of Flickr     A common issue in relationships, and an important one for parents to learn, is communication. Many of today’s modern couples were reared in baby boomer, or post-baby boom, homes, and we see a common theme emerge from this generation of parents.  The baby boomers of course were the generation that pushed social change to the forefront.  Theirs, in essence, was the first generation to value individual emotional needs.  In large part this transformation accompanied civil and women’s rights. I put this in context of communication because a classic  and painful issue that thwarts communication is something occasionally termed codependence. Codependence is fairly…