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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of these really expect perfection from parents! Blaming them for weight problems because they didn't teach you to cook (eating nutriciously can involve very little cooking, YouTube can teach you what you want to learn) and teaching money mgmt when they had none!

I do wish my family had been better at expressing and discussing emotions, pretty much any negative feelings or conflict were brushed under the rug.[/quote]

Things like eating are habits. What we like, what we turn to when stressed, what we think food is "for" (eg, reward) are all learned when young. Relationship skills, self esteem, social behavior also in this category. I'm the PP who posted about makeup and eyebrows; what I learned from my parents' indifference to my appearance was that it's vain and silly to spend time on appearance, not okay to visibly try to look nice (should be effortless), and so on. That did not set me up for success in other areas, like dating and job interviews. [/quote]

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