About how old were you when you realized your parent(s) did the best they could?

...or do you still think they messed up? Or did you always think they did a great job?

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Intruderlvr	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:48PM About 21.............then it was all on me Rated: +1Vote for this!
8utterflybaby	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:50PM when my own son was old enough to not realize what I've done for him . Rated: +1Vote for this!
Jadebles	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:55PM Around 17. I started seeing them as people... not just my parents. Then I realized that they may not have been perfect but they did the best they could and that was enough for me. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Lilt	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:58PM About 18 hours and 42 minutes after my twins were born, for sure :) Rated: +1Vote for this!
rusted	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:58PM my mid-teens Rated: +1Vote for this!
Scoobs57	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:01PM Yeah, once my kids were older I started realizing this. Rated: +1Vote for this!
SeriouslySappy	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:02PM 40? No, I'm just kidding. I think I began to realize while raising my own kids just how difficult being a parent really is. I think my parents did the best they could. I hope I did too. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Faucon	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:16PM Such a good question, because some people NEVER realize that. I was about 23 and had just had my second son. It took some maturity and having my own children to realize that my parents were human beings and not perfect. They just did the best they could S Rated: +1Vote for this!
cMiranda	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:23PM 16 or 17. mom provided me and my sis a good house and what not, but she was never really around and left us alone most of the time. when she was she didnt do anything. i think it was b/c her job had insane hours. but considering she did a pretty good job. Rated: +1Vote for this!
silverswim	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:38PM this one set me thinking! i 've re-written this reply about 4 times! actually cos there was domestic violence, we all were pretty empathetic and tuned into the parents. so i sort of always knew, but i really understood the meaning of 'the best they could' once i had my own kids and found times when i couldn't provide for them every single thing i'd wanted to. Rated: +1Vote for this!
antiyou	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:41PM not too long after i gave birth to my own babies, around 18 yrs old Rated: +1Vote for this!
SamOnHisSoapbox	Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 9:26PM 62 - thats right I'm not there yet ... but the crystal ball has revealed all .. Rated: +1Vote for this!
shf84	Posted Aug 27th, 2009 at 1:38AM Arround my mid teens I realized that my mother did all she could and was a good person I realized that my father was a piece of compleate **** who should have went to jail. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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