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[quote=Anonymous]I was way less critical of my parents before I had my own kids.  Like you, my parents died before I had kids and, while I never put anyone on a pedastal, I never thought much about things like how uninvolved my parents were in our education or in other areas where my siblings and I could have used guidance growing up.  For example, if it weren't for a friend's mom, I wouldn't have had any hope of decent clothes or shoes.  She would tell my mom of some great item or sale and my mom would give her the money to buy it for me.  As far as playing with us or taking us places, never happened.  Again, I didn't think much about it until I had kids and find that I have no early experience to fall back on to guide me in parenting my kids.  That being said, I don't think it has hampered my ability to be a parent.  But, I sometimes find myself remembering being harrassed in school and being on my own to handle it.  Or remembering how I never learned how to dress appropriately for the occasion until I was grown up and figured it out on my own.  I guess it makes me kind of angry, but it also motivates me to do better by my kids.  [/quote]

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