HoW dO yOu HaNdLe CRITICISM?

I take criticism pretty well specially if it's said in a nice way, not in a condescending way some people criticize others, like they're all so high and snotty. I don't dish out criticisms and if I really have to, I try to say it in the nicest way possible, like say something really nice first. I don't take criticism from my parents well, though. I really hate it when they criticize me. I mean, for pete's sake, they're my parents, they're supposed to love me for who I am.

I have to admit, I don't handle criticism very well. I mean it's fine for someone to offer advise or suggestions but just the word criticism makes my skin crawl. I know this is because for my formative years, when growing up, I had a father who was very critical. It didn't matter how good I did something it was never good enough. Years later I learned there is a differece between critical people and constructive criticism. Constructive criticism will hopefully help a person to improve where criticism from a critical person helps them to feel better about themselves by making another person look or feel worse.