I am conscious, lately, that how I have parented and am parenting now is teaching my kids how to be parents, as well as functioning adults when they get to that stage. So that's helping form my behaviours and reactions with them and it's very enlightenting.
My DS is asking lots of questions now about what my mum did with my sister and I. It's not a glowing report. The shock of being smacked by a loving parent is just not part of his world, and for that I am truly grateful.