I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents really encouraged me.
One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
I was raised mostly by my mom.
If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong.
She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.
My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.
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