My parents were unusual people.0:08
When I was small, they always tried to support me and used only nice words to tell me how good I was.0:11
Not a word of criticism.0:18
They always thanked me for everything I did.0:20
Certainly that was not a realistic picture of my behavior.0:27
I often thought, if they think I am so clever for doing such a small thing, they certainly cannot be very clever themselves.0:30
B I think each child is born with a strong desire to get love from his parents.0:41
All children want to be sure that they are loved by their parents.0:48
My parents were really wise.0:52
They understood how important the sense of belonging was to me and my brothers and sisters and tried to show that we all meant a great deal to them.0:55
We never felt that any of us was rejected.1:04
We were not often a friendly and united family.1:12
Each of us had their own interests and thought that his or her interests were the most important.1:16
I would say that sometimes my brothers behaved strangely and I suppose they could say the same about me.1:22
We irritated our parents and their criticism irritated us.1:29
I think we were getting on their nerves, but we wished to have sympathy.1:33
D When I was fairly young, I lived with my grandparents.1:41
They were not always perfect, but I liked the way they treated me.1:46
They treated me like a grown up person.1:50
We lived in a small house in a village, but the garden was really large and there were always a lot of things to do there.1:54
I was responsible for some of them and had to do my job properly.2:01
Ours was really a very united and friendly family, but it was a large one.2:09
We had a big summer cottage that used to belong to my great grandparents and we all lived there together.2:14
My parents, my granny and granddad and four children, me and my brothers.2:21
They were much older than me, but we spent much time together.2:26
I had never been rejected.2:30
F My parents never fought with me.2:35
I think they knew they could lose.2:39
But they made me do a lot of things about the house and taught me a lot of things too.2:41
I was open to learning.2:47
I read a lot and they always brought interesting books.2:49
So I could find a lot of useful information about many things.2:53
We travelled around England and abroad a lot and I learned to notice differences.2:58
I began to understand how wonderful things around me are.3:03
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