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[quote=Anonymous]I think most people in their 20s and 30s go through a sort of reckoning where they take an honest look at their parents’ parenting from a distance and come to terms with their parents’ strengths and weaknesses and how it affected their upbringing. I think most adults go through an angry stage where they process how their parents’ faults have harmed them. And I think as people continue to age, especially as they reach late 30s/40s they come to understand their parents aren't perfect and did their best. Parents’ imperfections run the gamut though and some parents do terrible harm to their kids regardless of intention or best efforts. People can still recognize that their parents tried their best but could still choose to distance themselves from said parents if their behavior was abusive. But I think the majority of adult children eventually accept their parents faults and eventually move past them — letters like this can be the beginning of that acceptance. [/quote]
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