Robyn Coburn

<<<<<<<<< I was raised pretty much the same way I am raising them, and I was
NEVER afraid of my parents. I'm not blind, I see my parents for who they
are, faults and all (which is why my children aren't being raised exactly
the same), but I love and respect them deeply. >>>>

Yet this suggests that you are willing, even desirous, of embracing your
parents' faults or parenting defects - repeating their mistakes along with
their positive ideas as if you have no other choice but to take all or
nothing.>>>>>

I read this ten times and kept reading "*are* being raised exactly the
same"..........

!!!!Sorry!!!! about that to all, especially Yolanda if you ever come back -
the first two paragraphs of this post were based on a misread that totally
reversed the meaning. (But still quit spanking!)

Maybe there are still some useful ideas in there - or not.

<<<< Also it is "one size fits all" parenting. Our children are not
ourselves. Our children are not clones of us or each other (even twins!).
They could have different needs than we may have had growing up and from
each other. >>>>

I think this paragraph stands on its own better, as well as the rest of the
post.

Robyn L. Coburn

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