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[quote=Anonymous]My house was the hangout house. We were an easy access point to everywhere fun and cool in town.

People would come over just to hang out with my parents even when I wasn't around because they were always kind, generous, and offered food and drink. There were  number of homes that didn't have food available-a mother starving her daughters to make them thin (they were already underweight), a son whose step-mother hated his existence and the father was gone for work and would eat out so he didn't have anything, etc. It's sad but happens quite often. It was always healthy food (apples, peanut butter, etc) except for cookies on Fridays. Any child who wanted or needed to eat, ate. If they needed anything, my parents were there for them. A ride, advice, an ear, assistance with more adult matters, (like protection from a sexually abusive step-parent) whatever. It was safe, nobody was harassing or breathing down there necks. My parents were 100% NOT checked out, either, and while they encouraged us to take responsibility for enforcing the house rules they would step in if we (for whatever reason) failed to do so.

We had (have) an amazing front porch and while the basement was decked out fine with pingpong, etc, it was really the porch and having the furniture and space for people to hang out outside that was a big deal. We regularly hosted movie nights, etc.  We didn't have people inside during warm weather if our parents weren't home-this was a great reason for the porch. It was also great to let people have company when I (or anybody else) needed a break because they house was always jammed with people, especially in the summer because of my parents friends and siblings friends. [/quote]

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