John Cheese, You’ve written before about the challenges of parenting which arose from your irregular parenting / youth. Do you think that the difficulties you dealt with as a youth helped you be a better parent in any capacity?

You've written before about the challenges of parenting which arose from your irregular parenting / youth. Do you think that the difficulties you dealt with as a youth helped you be a better parent in any capacity?

elderclemer

They helped tremendously because I’ve learned from them and I understand the triggers that caused my own parents’ problems as well as my own. It makes it much easier to look back on their mistakes and deconstruct it so that I can avoid making them myself. It also makes it endlessly more natural for me to talk to my kids about some pretty tough subjects like abuse and addiction.

I’ve always said that my childhood was a walking, breathing Hell. But I wouldn’t take any of it back because taking away all of that pain completely changes who I turned out to be. My kids benefit from that, and it makes it totally worth it.

idreaminpixels liked this
rodviet liked this
jchrislawrence liked this
deadsuperhero liked this
johncheesecracked posted this