Redditors who had otherwise good parents, what is one flaw that they had in raising you that still impacts you today?

Mom and dad are awesome, caring parents. Argue at times, but always communicate what they're feeling. Taught us to be individualistic and embrace the different. Different cultures, hobbies, ideas, etc. Gave us what we needed.

Two main things would help though

I wish my mom didn't work as much. Especially now. I'm not a particularly codependent person, but alas I'm still a social creature. Everyone needs it, despite my extreme shyness, introversion, and individual ideology. Everyday, she gets home, works on her computer until 11PM, sometimes 12AM, and then goes to bed. She does the best she can with caring for us, but sometimes I wish she would just cut the crap of "needing extra money". Because the things she does when at home from 4PM to 11Pm are mostly extra things. If its necessary, she gets it done in at most 2 hours. She's a complete workaholic, and we already make around 400K per year without the extra side job (both parents have fairly high positions in an computer science company). I wish she would just spend more time with us, even though the time we spend has quality over quantity

I never undestood why mom would go on sometimes 4 hour phone calls to her "workers". There were mandatory, but I wish she was just more communicative early on about it, not trying to hide it form us.

Also, my dad was fairly strict early on in my childhood. I have a lot of memories of him yelling at me for not getting my handwriting right. He beat me a couple of times over the most benign shit ever, like destroying a cardboard box he wanted to use. Never mess with his schedule or you'll unleash the Beast. He always yelled at you if you turned the TV up past 2% or walked down the stairs in a manner that wasn't similar to a princess. I sort of like to think he "pulled the punch", ala God The Devil and Bob (obscure reference I know) a bit more, because even though its like prying teeth from his mouth to talk about, my mom has said his mom was agoraphobic and really strict, possibly even physically but I dont know. I try to block it out, never talking about it with anyone, including my psychologist, but I know it affected me. Made me scared to express myself to people. Be open with people.

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