Have you forgiven your parent(s) for your childhood?

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Poll question: Have you forgiven your parent(s) for your childhood?

I'm sure many of us grew up in less than ideal circumstances with a parent or parents who were less than fit to adequately care for and nurture us.

My childhood was a far cry from the Brady Bunch experience with an alcoholic (functioning, non-violent and not abusive) father and a clinically depressed mother who did not get treatment until much later in life. The situation was far from healthy — problems always simmering, never dealt with and buried — but I know many others who have dealt with much, much worse circumstances.

I was just wondering how others have dealt with their childhood scars and if they have been able to come to terms with a parent or parents who the felt has let them down.

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