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[quote=Anonymous]I am going to give mine a B+ -- my Dad worked so hard -- and still does -- to give my brother and I the world and escape his lower class upbringing. He coached sports, played with us and helped us with homework. He also has serious anger issues -- would fight with my mother all the time -- and sometimes with other parent coaches or those judging us for travel team selections -- so embarrassing. My brother recalls him getting into an argument with my mom on a family trip and threatening to take us all to the airport to fly home without him.

My mom was selfless, literally put us before anything else, but also crippled by extreme untreated anxiety to this day where we receive multiple emails a week about nutball issuss like how certain types of dinnerware can kill us etc. She pushed us academically, read a million books to us, helped us study, drove our friends around places and loved us fiercely. She is equally to blame for my parents marital issues, that made our home challenging at times. Cooked all our meals. Was crazy conservative about "appropriate" behavior, hated television, wouldn't let us see PG movies until we were like 14 or attend girl-boy parties and generally crippled our normal teenage social life to point we felt compelled to lie/hide everything from her. That being said, she worked a PT job to fund my summer abroad experience in high school, something she'd always wished she had done herself. She also pulled my hair and kicked me once, and regularly called me "Satana" when she was angry with me.

We were always well-fed, had health insurance, were encouraged and supported in academics and activities, never truly went without a thing and had our high-end college educations fully paid for, even when my Dad lost his job for a year during our schooling. They made sure we visited cousins and grandparents and went to the beach and Disneyland. Life is complicated, huh?[/quote]

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