Redditors with great parents, What did they do RIGHT?

Focused on my education. We were fortunate enough to afford excellent schooling. And they were very strict with my grades. I was pretty smart, so B's were not acceptable... a B meant I wasn't trying. Straight A's got a reward (nothing was ever promised, because "your education is reward enough" and all that, but there was always a "surprise" gift if I did well).

They were strict but not unreasonable (although I disagreed with that at the time). They trusted me until I gave them reason not to... which I did, several times, and was adequately monitored afterwards until I gained back their trust. They even let me have parties where my friends and I could drink. They figured it was better to have everybody there being monitored because we were going to find a way to do it anyway.

They didn't force religion on me, but were there for support if I was ever interested in pursuing my faith (they were raised Catholic but weren't very religious). I wasn't, but I appreciated the gesture and that they let me make up my own mind about things.

They made me get a job as soon as I was legally old enough to work (despite our family being wealthy). We lived in an $800,000 house yet I was flipping burgers at McDonald's and giving the money to them to "pay my part" for college.

They had "the sex talk" with me despite them being very uncomfortable conversations. When I got a serious girlfriend they didn't pry, they just said that they hoped I was being safe and offered to buy me condoms if I was too embarrassed to buy them myself.

Also my dad kicked cancer's ass.

My parents are the best. I wouldn't trade them for anything. The older I get, the more I realize how right they were about literally everything.

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