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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I learned that parenting is hard and that while my parents sucked, maybe that was the best they could do given their own emotional baggage. I’ve tried to do better. [/quote] So true. X 1000. By the time I had kids I had spent 25 years angry at my parents for their poor, selfish parenting, their instilling in me severe anxiety and low self worth. I suffered depression. I had already diagnosed my parents as borderline (mom) and narcissist misogynist (dad). That definitely made parenting for me not eye opening, but I went into it eyes wide open and determined to be the calm and steady cheerleader parent I never had. Even so, I found myself struggling with my own anger management issues towards my kids when they were toddlers. I took myself to classes etc but they didn’t really help. My husband, an amazing human, has been instrumental in getting me to be the best parent I can be, daily :). [/quote]
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