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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m reflecting on the bar many of us hold ourselves to vs the parenting we had.

For example - id give my parents an A.  I felt loved and secure, my mom spent time doing silly science experiments with us and create these amazing amazing bday parties. Both attended our events and worked very hard to give us opportunities to be well rounded people exposed to the broader world.  As adults we all love each other, talk regularly and joyfully spend holiday together and plan family vacations together

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[b]My mom occasionally raged over who knows what (now I see it was frustration with my dads career marginalizing her own ambitions) and my brother and would go sprinting into our rooms, locking the door, and hiding under the beds terrified while she pounded on the door screaming “you f-ing b, get out here” (she never put a hand on us)[/b]

And my dad was military and emotionally checked out much of the time and I honestly have no recollection of whether he was home for most weeknight dinners or not

I feel like I hold myself and my husband to an impossible ideal my parents never lived up to yet when I think critically I think my parents did a really really good job and were humans
 and all the good and bad that entails. And then I try to relax a little that despite my sometimes being human, my kids won’t just be fine, they’ll be some of the lucky ones (as I feel I was)[/quote]
An A for that? Grade inflation!!:)[/quote]

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