Don't forget

Don’t ever forget.

There’s no one else like you.

Old song about an unhappy home

To a Young Friend

Hey Buddy, I thought I'd share this with you. I came across it this morning and thought about you. Be well. ELW

What is the difference between respect and fear?
Some abusive people can obtain respect (twisted respect) by dishing out fear.  That's the only connection.
Normally fear of a person or persons is not respect, but simply fear itself  (bodily harm.) Respect is earned and it's when someone treats you like a human  being with kindness, love and affection along with trust and honor that you  respect that person.
Respect involves regard for moral worth. There are people I may  disagree with but look up to as decent and principled and so on. People who are  feared for their violence and brutality are morally contemptible -- that is,  morally low.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_fear_and_respect#ixzz1uYyQrTKi

Who is the parent and who is the child?

Some parents in unhappy homes want their children to take care of them, provide them with emotional support, wait on them hand and foot, and be ready at their beck and call, while taking care of household responsibilities and their younger siblings. Fighting parents in unhappy homes sometimes look to their children to be confidantes and to provide the kind of emotional connection they would normally get from a spouse. This puts enormous pressure on the child to provide what the parents need while the child’s own needs are not being met. These young people often grow up to be angry adults because they’ve not been able to develop as other healthy children do, with normal attachments with their parents and siblings. As adults they often get quite angry when put into a position of having to provide the kind of support for another person that they were forced to provide as a child. They often have difficulty holding onto friends and establishing intimate relationships.