Wonderful childhood

How would you describe your childhood experience? Was your relationship with your parents all that you wished it could be?
Are your parents/parent now in a nursing home?

Was tough, raised in military home. Wanted the leave it beaver kind of family.
Both passed on in their mid-60's.

I had the "Leave it to Beaver" kind of childhood.....wonderful, caring family who supported my brother and I in whatever we wished to pursue. They would, however, voice their displeasure if they thought we had made a mistake, but never, ever, tried to live our lives for us. they put both my brother and I thru college, and I paid that forward by putting both of my kids thru college. Lost my dad when he was only 68, but my mom is now 93 and still living independently in an apartment in a senior living complex. She still drove up to last year (has now given up her license, reluctantly), teaches bridge classes twice a week,. We still have a very close relationship, even if we disagree on politics and many other issues.....she's my mom and I love and respect her......I'm her daughter and she loves and respects me in return. My brother and I are good friends as well as siblings, I don't think I could ask for a better family.

Congrats Archer! I would enjoy meeting your mom. I would love to hear her perspective on life and our country. 93 is awesome. We need to capture the memories of this generation.

:thumbsup: I would enjoy sitting down with anyone that has lived through the WW11 days. I bet she has some good stories to share.

I had a difficult childhood. Very poor. But with a lot of love. There was also a major tragedy that happened when I was 11 that virtually ended my childhood.

Because of this, my mom and I are extremely close.

My father, with all of his faults, was great fun and loved each of his kids fiercely. He wasn't a good provider and had a cog missing in his thinking process which caused a lot of problems. He also was an alcoholic. But there was never any doubt that he loved his children.

My mom and dad were divorced when I was 14 and while mom wanted nothing to do with him, she never kept us kids from him. My mom is 63 and lives in Oregon, which is far to far away from me. My father died 5 years ago on 22 December. I miss him to this day.

My dad spent his last years in a nursing home in Canon City...he had dementia at the end and it was so sad to see this once vibrant man laying in his bed not even able to speak.

mine was excellent - what i would want for my children. i had the opportunity to live in denver and some in the mountains. my parents were active in their community and taught us to do the same. we were also expected to work hard including fixing fence, bailing hay, running heavy equipment - whatever needed to be done. being female did not excuse you from outdoor chores nor did being male excuse you from indoor chores - cooking, canning, cleaning. my dad was a legal beagle standing up for people's rights and we were expected to do a stint at his office researching when not involved in other stuff.

my dad is now in a nursing home because his needs are beyond what we can handle and my mom lives locally. one of my sister's lives with her and the rest of the siblings rotate through and contribute significantly physically and monetarily. i think they taught us well and we in turn can give back to them and hope to instill the same in our children. and i wouldn't think twice about turning one of my children over my knee and giving them a good spanking if they deserved it. i lived through it and deserved it when i got it.

I had a normal childhood. Wasn't great, wasn't bad. If I had left boys out of the equation longer it might have been better. But you know, you never listen to your parents.

I'm more of a private person so I don't go into details of my life with total strangers, especially on the internet. I noticed the person asking the question didn't bother posting their own childhood experience. Are they a health care professional or just looking for nursing home suggestions for his parents? I'm not sure what the purpose of the question is.

Mine was good, typical Beaver style, parents are still together 40+ years later. Got to spend a lot of time in the mountains but also live in town. Very happy my parents moved us to Colorado from their Midwest hometown. Parents sacrificed for us, sending us all to private school and college.
Parents are still living in their own house but new health issues seem to pop up more often.

kresspin, i see major beans thread as an opportunity to share as little or as much as you care to. it is fun to look back. a decade ago i probably would have said that they were old fogeys with old views and that i didn't deserve the spankings that i pushed so hard to get.

came back to add that my parents would bring up kids from the hood to stay with us. they always thought we had it so easy until they were put to work too. then they were glad to go home. and i would turn to my dad and say 'see they think you work us too hard' and he would say 'we do it because we love you hija'. you know i will never forget that - they did it because they loved us - we were loved.