My mother had a saying "I hope when you have kids they act like you." and "I hope you have kids just like you some day." LOL

my mother couldn't get away from the fact that I have the same type voice that she has. people can't tell the two of us apart on the phone. (came in handy for those school nurse calling home to check on missing student at times LOL.

Anyway I know in some aspects I have turned out just like my mother. A child learns with role models and parents are the first and primary role models in a childs life. I don't let the simularities between mom and me get me down.

What has been learned consciously and unconsciously can be consciously taken out of the picture and relearned the correct way through therapy and taking parenting classes, anger management classes, Depression management classes, research and actively working on those problem areas.

So that is what I do. When I come across something I don't like in comparing mom and me I take out of the picture and change it to the correct way of doing things. With things I likeabout my mom and me I keep and thank her for teaching or giving them to me through heredity.