I have been thinking a lot about how parents influence and mold their children. It is a tremendous responsibility and a wonderful opportunity. Anything can happen. You can have less than stellar parenting skills, and your child will turn out fine. You could do all things right, and have a delinquent. Some vow to do it different than their parents; some strive to emulate theirs. Two sisters, growing up in the same house, can raise such different children. Not any of them bad...but so different. And I can see how the children turned out, because of the parenting. Sometimes we can do too much; give too much...and that does not allow them to grow and develop into independent, motivated individuals. You can never LOVE too much, but you can DO/give too much.
I happen to have lucked out though. Despite my mistakes...my faults...my ignorance; my daughter turned out to be a beautiful person; inside and out. She is strong, smart, independent. She is a good mother. She is hard-working, honest, and has a big heart. I only hope that she knows I did the best I knew how, and that I love her so much...more then mere words can convey. I am thankful that I had the privilege of being her mom!
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