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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't had a chance to read through everyone's suggestions yet (I will but I'm racing against wake ups of my 2 DC's right now).

Anyway, I complete get your question, OP. I have the same situation. For me it's about looking deeply at what it is that turned me off from being close to my parents and trying to figure out how I avoid falling into that trap. I was raised by a single mom (dad had us in summer and christmas) and she ruled with an iron fist to keep us in line. Her's was about fear - you'd get the wooden spoon or a belt if you acted up. I want my children to never ever fear me. It's so hard because some days I hear myself yelling at them and I catch myself because I feel like I could fall into her way of "parenting." The list could go on and on with the tactics she used which I won't depress you with - but all to say I am completely aware and eyes wide open on what I don't want to do with raising my two. And I do a ton of reading on ways to foster a healthy and respectful relationship. It's surely not easy when you're in the day to day grind but you just try to make the next day a better day and put thought into how you approach things, verses just reacting. At least that's how I'm approaching it.[/quote]

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