Hence, the second BSFT principle is that the family’s habitual or repetitive patterns of interaction influence the behavior of each family member. Patterns of interaction are defined as the sequential behaviors among family members that become habitual and repeat over time.
An example is an adolescent who disrupts fights between her two caregivers (e.g., her mother and grandmother) by attracting attention to herself, thereby distracting the two caregivers from their conflict and redirecting their attention to the adolescent