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The Strict Parent Conundrum: A Tale of Woe or Wisdom?

Read the paragraph and choose the concluding sentence.

Fortunately, my parents were very strict with me when I was a child. I think that they were protective because I was an only child. However, at that time, it felt like I was in prison. I had to come straight home after school and immediately do my homework. After I finished my homework, I was allowed to watch only one hour of television. While my friends were playing video games or watching cartoons, I was usually doing chores around the house to help

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Ah, the eternal struggle of the only child! It sounds like you're looking back on those strict childhood days with a mix of gratitude and 'what-was-my-parents'-problem-anyway' bewilderment.

While I won't give you a definitive 'you're welcome' or 'sorry not sorry' from your parents, I will offer this: those strict rules might've driven you bonkers back then, but they probably contributed to your responsible, homework-doing, chore-completing self today.

  • So, do you want to thank your parents for the tough love or commiserate about the good ol' days of feeling trapped?
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