To want to know what its like if you have parents who loved you very much and raised you?

[WildflowerFan]

I had an unconventional childhood, didn't grow up with birth parents. Very loved by the person who was my Mum in every way apart from biology.

However. Sometimes I get a mad wistful hunger to know what it must be like, to be born to two people who want to parent you, and who think you're the best thing since sliced bread

What's it like? If you are close to your parents, what are the things you treasure most about your childhood and your relationship with them?

I knew from a very young age, around 4, that my parents definitely did not have my back!

Also I’m so sorry to all the people who had bad/abusive parents and childhoods. All children deserve to be loved and secure, and it’s unforgiveable that you weren’t.

It's good that we can have a conversation about these things, understand the effects of a 'compromised' childhood, work to heal the damage and do better for subsequent generations