Rapaire and Mario....Great to hear your had wonderful childhoods just like mine....wern't we lucky.
I belive firmly that the kind of childhood you have,effects the type of life you lead as an adult,and thats why both of you seems so open minded and self confident.
I was brought up by my grandparents and after they died, by my old unmarried uncle.
I was his unofficial adopted son and he would have given his life willingly to save me from harm,if the occasion demanded.
I have lived my adult life with the knowledge that I am the luckiest of people to have known such love,and I try to remember it in my dealings with others.
It makes me more than sad to think that many children will feel neither the freedom nor the love that we did.
Even here on Mudcat ,There seems to be many unhappy people who were obviously deprived emotionally as children...Best wishes Ake