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[quote=Anonymous] I had a very happy early childhood, but a very difficult adolescence, due to a deliberately isolating and "overprotective" (borderline abusive) mother and absent father. I think about it every day of my life as a parent, as an example of how one's parenting has to evolve over time, to gently foster independence in one's children and eventually let them go. As a result of my isolation, I was totally unprepared for the practical things in life, and was socially backward. It affected my choice of spouse and my self-esteem. I ran away from my parents to America to start a new life with DH, and after a steep learning curve, we are now living a happy normal life. Perhaps my mother doesn't even realize that her actions made me put the whole Atlantic ocean between us. Strange. [/quote]
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