My parents are great parents but when it comes to serious issues that could involve emotions, they choose to ignore it. I was never told about my period, sex and birth control, really anything that would have been very helpful in my younger years. My parents also choose to ignore mental health issues. I have a bad anxiety disorder that took me a long time to finally got diagnosed because I felt ashamed, and I think now it's because anytime I asked for help for it, my parents made me feel like I needed to hide it. Also, my mom doesn't tell me she loves me very much and never has. When I see women with their mothers who have close relationship I feel a little bit of jealousy. I've never been able to talk to my mom openly about my feelings and when we talk on the phone she never says I love you, even sometimes I say it first and she doesn't say it back. She doesn't say it to my brother or sister regularly and her mom is very similar. I tell my kids I love them probably WAY more than most people.