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Originally Posted by Acajack
I had wonderful parents so I don't want to bitch against them, but sometimes I wish they had pushed me a bit more: in school especially and also in activities I guess.
Looking back I realize I had an incredible amount of freedom to decide what I wanted to do (though I was reasonably self-motivated in school) but do wonder what could have been if I had been pushed like my kids have been by my wife and I. (Not obsessively so, just enough.)
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I think our experiences were quite similar... my parents were great, but they gave me a lot of freedom. Almost too much. In some areas I handled it well and acted responsibly, and in others not quite so much. But I learned. I think those experiences shaped my own approach to parenting.