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[quote=Anonymous]I never really thought about it, OP, but I think I might have been one of those mature and independent kids that you're talking about. Not to the extent that I was worrisome for other parents (that I know of; I never had a problem going to anyone's house growing up and vice versa) but in that I felt from a very early age a big burden of responsibility. My mom was and is just a partier. I remember being 11 years old and watching the news at midnight because she hadn't come home from work and I was thinking I'd see a news report about an accident or something. She'd just gone out for drinks and never bothered to call and tell us. This repeated throughout my childhood and adolescence. I remember by the time we were teenagers, my sister and I said to each other once that we always liked going to our dad's house for holidays because we felt like "we got to be kids" there. And I've made a conscious effort to never let my child's home life be like mine was. I wouldn't say it was "bad" and I'm sure I was happy for most of it, but it's not what I would want for my child.

However, I'm not wiping her ass at age 16. I draw the line at some point. [/quote]

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