My parents were really strict. Actually my Mom was really strict. She used to brag that she could get us to behave with just a look. Because my sister and I knew that if we didn't straighten up, she would beat us. My Dad wasn't around much. He was just working all the time. When he wasn't working he was busy with Church or the Fire department which was volunteer, but which he was the chief of. My Dad was cool when he was around. We would play catch, or just work in the yard, stuff like that. My Mom was overbearing. Both of them stressed education a lot because neither of them went to college. My Dad did end up taking some college classes for his job but never graduated from college. I have an MBA and my sister is a couple of weeks shy from getting her Doctorate. I only got in trouble at school once and it was for not drinking my juice. My mom was pretty upset about it even though to this day I'm pretty baffled as to why. My Mom was mad at my sister and me more times than I could count. But I never remember my Dad getting mad at us or yelling at us. With my Mom that was pretty much a daily occurrence. I used to wish my parents would get divorced and we could just live with my Dad. HUGS Kit