[Sailor Steve]

I didn't have a warm, caring relationship with my family. I felt that my father was overbearing and expected perfection of me, and I absolutely hated my stepmother. Later on I found that my sister felt the same way about them.

Looking back I realize that in some ways they really were like that, but that only makes them human. I also realize that a lot of the problems I had with them were actually of my own making, and that I was a self-willed, arrogant child, who was prone to throwing tantrums and making scenes.

Your parents may well be as bad as can be, or they may not. And you may not know which is true for another forty years. All you can do is try to understand them and try to understand yourself. And it's never easy.