It wasn’t that I had a bad parent, I just had a young parent. Actually both my parents are young. My mom was only a junior in high school when she had me and she, herself, grew up in a horrible home life setting. Her father was absent and her mom was mentally absent. She learned how to raise herself and get things she needed on her own.
So, naturally when she became a mom at 16 it was her instinct to give me everything she never had. Even though life was financially difficult and she often worked two jobs while also attending college (not to mention finishing high school and graduating with her class) she was barely able to give us what we needed nevermind the things we wanted…..
This is the third story I’ve shared on the Million Moms Challenge on ABC NEWS. To read the rest of my story please click here.
Great written article. I look at people I know who had parents in their lives that exhibited bad behaviors and they have turned out to be the exact opposite of their “bad” parents. So sometimes it can be a good thing to still have that parent around to show the child how not to be =)
I can relate in a lot of ways to your Mom, and to a daughters (yours) perspective. Thank you for putting your article out there, it was bravely honest, and I enjoyed it very much. 🙂