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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure. I love my parents and like many parents they did some very good things and some really bad things. As far as being fun, sure - as long as it fit within their definition of fun. My mom loves shopping, so she took me shopping a lot. I had sleepovers and she brought us very nice snacks and planned birthday parties with me.

They did not take me to kid friendly stuff. 
They did not encourage or push or enforce any activities; I wasn't very outgoing and moved to a new school mid-elementary, so I didn't want to do anything. They say to the day that it's my fault I didn't do any sports or skills. I don't think they understand the role of parents in this realm. 
I was also an only, and though they provided me LOTS of things and loved me, they generally left me to do my own stuff so I spend much of childhood watching tv, eating, hanging out in my awesome room, and doing a lot less typical "kid" stuff. I was happy and we have a good relationship, but I was an overweight teen and ran into some social difficulties (regarding lack of supervision) so I am an opposite type of parent to my child now.

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