Top 10 Things My Parents Did Right
1. My mom would make me listen to classical music almost daily and once in a while she would ask, "what do you imagine?"
2. I was dragged with them everywhere and they never talked to me like a kid.
3. I was allowed to draw on the walls in my room to make it "my own."
4. I was punished more for lying rather than the incident I was lying about.
5. They let me take public transportation and navigate my way around the city.
6. They encouraged me to be friends with boys.
7. When I was about nine years-old, my mom moved my bed to our balcony on the 8th Floor so I could "see the stars" in the summer. I fell asleep for about three months listening to the city and watching the sky.
8. I was taught to never, never, NEVER interupt an adult conversation.
9. I had a very specific set of chores all my life.
10. They let me go (if only physically) when I was ready to leave.
Author: Ilona Siller
