[Mekatra]

My parents basically abandoned me to figure shit out on my own at a somewhat young age, which sounds like awful parenting, but I am decently well adjusted compared to my friends that were in college before their parents let them do anything on their own.

I also am excellent at grocery shopping for cheap because my mom would literally take me to the store, give me a hundred dollar bill and say "buy enough groceries for the week and you can keep the change" so I became VERY good at budgeting and meal planning.

I feel like too many people focus on giving their kids all the things they wish they had instead of teaching them all the things they wish they knew.