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[quote=Anonymous]This is a topic I think about a lot. My childhood was rocky in a number of ways, not the least of which was that my mother died when I was in my early teens. I'm a psychologist and wrote my dissertation on how motherhood influences how you think about your own childhood (and vice-versa). I thought it was interesting that the women I interviewed found that becoming mothers themselves intensified their positive and negative feelings about their own upbringing. Sometimes it made them more understanding of the challenges their parents faced, but often (especially where their childhoods were more traumatic due to addiction, mental illness, family trauma and dysfunction) parenthood made them angry because they saw clearly the disconnect between their own current family experiences and what they endured when they were kids. Anyway, I think what I'm trying to say is that what they OP mentions is pretty normal for a lot of us. It's painful to realize what you didn't get. At the same time. I've been able to take some comfort in the fact that my kids are hopefully getting a better early start.

Peace and good wishes in 2012![/quote]

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