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Originally Posted by Cowperson
The opposite trend is adult children are becoming increasingly resentful of the oozing love their formerly formal and frosty parents shower their current pets with.
"Where the hell were these parents when we were kids?" is the lament.
Pets are like a do-over for parents. They've got a second chance to make right all their previous mistakes.
Cowperson
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I've also heard similar issues from some adult friends about their parents interaction with the grandkids as opposed to themselves when they were kids.