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[quote=Anonymous]My mother and father raised us to be independent by age 14. We were allowed to make our own decisions and mistakes- they, of course, gave counsel.  It didn't figure out why until it occurred to me that that was my mother's experience (her father died when she was 9 and her mother when she was 14 and her grandmother, with whom she went to live, when she was 16).  She taught us to live in the now and take advantage of anything we could and tried to not let money be the reason we did not do something.

My parents were also those parents that other parents said "If Mr. And Mrs.Smith say it is ok, then you can go." They were 10+ years older and were perceived to be conservative (which they were in regard to personal decisions,but not in political/social justice way).     I kind of tried to rebel, but they kept agreeing with me- so that did not work.  They treated people from every walk of life with kindness and generosity (except one or two people my mother took a dislike to because of the way they neglected issues around aging parents- but that was understandable).  I have tried to emulate them.  [/quote]

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