How You See Things Versus How We See Things

"How are things different from how you were raised. Do you things opposite the way your parents did, or your grandparents?" LOL EVERYTHING is different! I'm not abusive to my children for starters. I KNOW that my kids have a voice of their own and I've ALWAYS wanted to hear it..I also know that they've always had opinions of their own and I encourage them to share those as well and when they do I NEVER tell them they are wrong or silly for thinking, feelign or believing as they do...My kids are my life, my world and my soul..I love them unconditionally, we are close and understand each other, we live, love and laugh together but also but.t heads and cry together..there is no "I'm the grown up you are just a child so do as I say and speak only when spoken to" in my house. We're FAMILY...we're all equal ya know.. so ya LOL EVERYTHIGN I do as a parent is COMPLETELY different to how my parents did it and still do it (which is a sick story all in itself that I wont get into)...The ONLY thing I learned about parenting from my parents is how NOT to parent

Self esteem was the buzz word when I was raising my kids. We were careful to validate them, praise all their accomplishments, and encourage them in their endeavors. Not a bad thing, but greatly overdone by my generation. I was raised just the opposite, but probably was not the norm for my generation (mine would be a story that brings on too much self pity not needed). My peers/generation was expected to do their best without a ton of help in the process. Just a couple things that are different. ..whit