Re:My childhood experience

[Guest guest]

Hi Deanna,

Wow, another one of those 'my childhood *was* strange'

moments. I guess I had never thought before that

maybe parents would want to play with their children.

My mother did when I was very young, but never after

that. Mostly I was left on my own.

As a follow-up to another thread, my mother and I

would pretend we were cats.

is

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[Guest guest]

Me too. I have no memory of my mother playing with me as a kid. I

remember wandering the house being intensely painfully bored and

telling her so and just getting the usual non-response. She also

never helped me with my homework. I was shocked to find out that was

a thing parents normally did with their children. School was my

business alone as long as the grades were okay and she never asked to

see those even. I developed this sick overachieving aspect early to

try to make the most impressive grades possible so she would at least

have some reaction. Instead perfection just became what she expected

of me - the reward was going to a restaurant she wanted to go to

usually.

julie

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> Hi Deanna,

>

> Wow, another one of those 'my childhood *was* strange'

> moments. I guess I had never thought before that

> maybe parents would want to play with their children.

> My mother did when I was very young, but never after

> that. Mostly I was left on my own.

>

> As a follow-up to another thread, my mother and I

> would pretend we were cats.

>

> is

>

>

>

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