Parents: did you screw up your kids? If not, why not, and if so, how?

[MsWhatsit]

@Nzinga_Seated

There is no question that I screwed her up good. Yet, she is still made of awesome. I can only wonder how much more awesome she would be if she had a mom who knew what the hell she was doing.

Yes. What she said. People compliment me on my kids sometimes, and I always have this reaction like “what the hell are you complimenting ME for? Anything good about my kids is definitely despite my influence, and not because of it.”

[Voyager]

@Hari_Seldon

Now the 64 million dollar question: nature or nurture? Were we just lucky with exceptionally good kids or was there something we did to make them that way? Damfino!

I vote nature, because I know adopted kids who turned out to be a mess despite having really wonderful parents.