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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op if you want to understand her have kids.  [b]You will not only be able to let that stuff go you will want to call your parents to thank them[/b].  Also you will be too busy to do so.  It’s a very quick way to grow up.  [/quote]

OP said she does have a kid.

And also the bolded is not true for me at all. In fact having kids had the opposite effect for me: it made me realize how inept my parents were and how they didn’t feel as strongly for us as I felt toward my kids. My physical needs were met as a child and I wasn’t physically abused but we were very emotionally neglected and verbally abused. I was able to ignore and suppress a lot until I had kids and felt so much love for them and wondered how and why my parents obviously hadn’t felt the same toward me or they would’ve shown it by listening, showing up, asking questions, being kind and loving…I’m not a perfect parent but my kids KNOW that I’ll always listen, always support, always love and be their biggest cheerleaders. I can’t understand how my parents or any parents cannot say the same.[/quote]

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