What could have been different during your childhood that would have made you an even more well-adjusted adult today?
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Jay Was Here - AYPWIP
ANSWERS: 13
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Support, understanding and open communication would have been nice. But at least I know enough to give those things to my son.
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If I would have listened better to the good advise I had at my disposal or better followed the examples I had before me. I am today exactly where I have placed myself. VGQ+++ -Buddy
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I think everything was done that could be done to help me grow into a well rounded caring adult. If I fall short, it is my failure, I cannot blame anyone else.
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I dunno... my mom thinks the reason my dad never bonded with me is because I was a colicky baby, and nearly every complex I've developed as an adult stems from my father's dissaproval, so maybe if I had been a nice baby like my sister, I'd be outgoing and cool. I don't know.
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Not having an acholic mother and father
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I told my kids they had to be ready before going out in the world. I gave my advice with college, working their butts off, save money and then they could go tackle the world. None of this was ever mentioned to me and I think I may have made some better choices if life had been explained to me.
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Well, I'm nearly an adult now, and so far I seem to have turned out okayish. But I can say with a fair amount of certainty that I probably would have turned out better adjusted had I had some friends my own age and (Ironically enough) parents who treated me like their child instead of a midgit drinking buddy. But ah well, no looking back now...
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I spent long hours, sometimes all day at my Grandmother's house. She was a bad influence because she was a very negative person who contributed to make my childhood a not so happy one.
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If televangelists and other conservative christians did not spend so much time and energy using the media to attack gay people.
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Good question, Jay and my answer is I don't really know. Maybe if I hadn't been so painfully shy and introverted and younger than my fellow students I would have had more friends and been more outgoing earlier in my life. If I had had more friends I would have had more experiences and maybe made other choices that would have put me somewhere else in life. But I'll never really know.
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Parents who didn't spend most of their money on drugs.
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My parents died. That screwed up the childhood a bit. Having my Dad would have definitely changed my life.
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If I went into any amount of detail here, I'd be typing for the next half-hour. So, I'll just say that if I had gone to public school instead of private school, I'd be a much better person....and emotionally and mentally stable as well.
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