Trippin... please go re-read your post, the one in the forum, "does anyone else have messed up parents"! Your not one of those messed up parents! You are offering your kid/kids a good childhood and you would NEVER allow the things that happened to you to happen to them! What you went through happened under your moms watch, and I highly doubt that you would allow the same mistakes to happen. So yes! Be happy with your parenting! You know your kids and they know you. You know what they need. They need YOUR love and guidance, not your moms. They need YOUR guiding hand to keep them safe and secure, not your moms.

I assume that you love your mom cuz you still talk to her, but I'm sorry, Screw anyone that looks down and judges ANY of us for surviving something that they probably couldn't handle and that they had their own part in!!!

Be proud Ophelia, Just talking to you I KNOW you are doing an awesome job raising your kids!