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[quote=Anonymous]My son just turned 18 and I raised him on my own. Dad not in the picture. My parents etc not helpful.

I don’t think my son wants an apology from me. I don’t need a thank you  It’s enough for me to know that he’s a mature responsible young adult who is in engineering school, has friends, and is still playing the violin in his school orchestra.

I’ve never been big on social media so he did not grow up with social media. I got rid of cable TV when he was 3 so he didn’t grow up with TV either.  I travelled a few times a year internationally for work and brought him along since he was a toddler. I feel fortunate he was able to see the world before everything shut down 3 years ago.

I may sound immodest but there were many dark days early on that I didn’t know if I would get through. And also because my son also has adhd, I worried about whether he would make it to college. After all of those dark difficult times when I lost sleep due to worrying, I feel I’m allowed to say that I did an amazing job. I turned out a really great kid that I’m really proud of.[/quote]

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