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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone grow up with parents who provided zero life guidance and emotional support/growth during their childhood and formative years? How did you deal? How did you learn the tools to have an emotional life and personal growth? Did your siblings learn?[/quote]

I think, in some ways, I won the genetic lottery and have a lot of innate resiliency, strength and intelligence. School was a safe place for me and I receive a lot of positive reinforcement from teachers who must have known what was going on in my home and were supportive and encouraging. [b]Add to that, I had friends and my friends' parents. I can't express enough appreciation for the parents of my friends who were so very kind to me. Not only did they show me what "normal" should be, they allowed me to be a part of it when I was with them.[/b]

With one exception, my siblings were not so lucky.  Same environment, same parents but very different results. I don't know why 2 of us turned out so differently than the other 4. [/quote]

I had this too. My friends had loving and involved parents. They brought me into their fold and made me a part of their family. I got the support from them I didn't receive from my parents. My parents were overwhelmed by the adversity that slammed into their lives. I feel that I was fortunate the way I found so much love from my friends' parents. [/quote]

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