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[quote=Anonymous]How hard my mom had it. I grew up in a third world country. We did not have a fridge for most of my childhood. Meals were cooked on a little coal stove. No hot water, no washer and dryer, no indoor heat, and certainly no dish washer. Both my parents worked demanding jobs, but my dad's job had more upward mobility, so my mom held down the home front to allow him maximal time and energy to succeed in his field. She had to get up early every morning, shop for that day's food in a local wet market, cook 3 meals from scratch, work a regular job, and do all the chores. We were free ranging a lot as kids, but it was what it was.

Our living conditions gradually improved during my middle school years. When we migrated to the U.S. during my high school years, it got super hard for my mom again.

Yes it's still hard raising little kids, even with all of our shiny appliances and new gadgets, but compared to my mom, I can't even fathom how she did it all.

I will say one thing I'm doing differently, though. we give our kids a lot of hugs and reassurances. I hug them every day and tell them I love them. Growing up my parents never hugged us, not even once. [/quote]

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