my parents were never really conscistent with any thing. Mum always said she treated us fairly and gave us the same amount of love and possecions as each other, which i feel has lead to us being more divided,then being close. although i am still very close with my family, jealousy often gets in the way with both my sister and i.
We were smacked as children but that stopped when we were old enough to smack back! although it was only ever with a hand never and implement. which i believe in.
Dad was always the scary one, because he was always at work, we never really got to "know him" as a dad. even though looking back at it now it was always mum who punished us.but then comforted us.although i also think her own unstable emotions made it hard to be close to her until i moved out.
the things i want to carry on are/is the sence of humour. always being able to laugh,have fun.
But i want to change(although this is a good thing as well) the way i was told to take responsibilies for my own actions but never encouraged to actually follow through. ie it was up to me if i was to do homework, but would get told off for not doing well in school or being a failure.
sorry this seems to go on a bit
But i love my parents and do respect what they ultimately have done for me