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Originally Posted by Paul
I feel like a bad child and I know that I'll probably experience something similar one day but I'll do my best to be a good parent and avoid the mistakes my parents made. You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
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Don't allow this thought to live, kill it and kill it fast. It was the basis of my confusion throughout my 20's and the root of many of the evils and contradicions I had during that period. You do not owe anyone anything, regardless of relation. Respect isn't something that people deserve, they have to earn it.
I parent my kid in a way that I want to be parented, nothing more, nothing less. She responds extremely well and if she were to hate me later in life then I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing I did my absolute best.