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How Did Your Upbringing Shape Your Own Parenting?

One of the universal truths of parenting is that at some point, every parent is bound to hear their own parents’ words come flying out of their mouth. “Because I said so, that’s why,” one might retort to a child who insists on more of an explanation than they are due—a phrase that, while infuriating when you’re on the receiving end, seems reasonable when you’re the one doling it out 30 years later