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[quote=Anonymous]We had a lot of structure in our household, which interesting because my parents were away a lot and we moved very frequently.  We had family meetings, which were clearly rigged by my parents but they still gave us an opportunity for a voice and then later they could slide in a concession or two.

My parents had high ethical and moral expectations for themselves and lived by example for us.  They talked about the future with us a lot:  what do you want to be when you grow up? why? if you were an xyz, what would you do?  They never talked down to us or made fun of us.  They respected our opinions even when they vigorously disagreed.

My parents congratulated us on our successes and cried with us in our failures.  Yes, they allowed us to fail.  They also allowed themselves to fail in front of us and through their actions they taught us to pick ourselves back up, dust ourselves off and to try again.  And when we didn't think we had the strength to pick ourselves back up then they were right there supporting us and cheering us on.

Most of all, there was a lot of love.  They were not huggers or very demonstrative but we always knew that they loved us and that they loved each other; they showed it in being considerate of each other and us, and always being kind.  [/quote]

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