hey lils. I get you on the childhood - I was okay as long as my parents left me alone. my mother's sister used to tell my mom she should do more, take a stronger hand, etc. but my mom would ask me if I wanted her to, I would say no; I was getting the best grades of ALL the cousins, so nobody could argue with that. But the fact was, I was neglected, isolated. But yeah, it coulda been worse, it would have been worse if my patents had intervened more in my life. Crazy!