The rockpile

 The parent in my life who has been the most strict in their parenting would have to be my mom. Her approach to discipline made me very wary of a lot of things, which some might say is good, but it makes me feel anxious about normal things, which makes me feel weak at times. But her strict policies on things also made me more rebellious in my more formative pre-teen to earlier teen years, and that shaped me into someone who has found themselves on their own and not with the help of others. It makes me feel as though I truly am authentic in who I am. 

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