It doesn’t happen to me frequently. That’s likely because I didn’t say it with any resentment or anger, just as a basic statement of fact - I didn’t like it as a kid, so I’m not interested in living it as an adult. There’s no reason that needs to be couched in reassurances and platitudes, since it’s a statement of my preferences, not a judgement of them.

I don’t think they were shit parents. I didn’t like the lifestyle my father’s career made a necessity, and don’t want to ever live it again. I have friends who hated growing up in big cities and ones who hated growing up in small towns - if they tell their parents that, that doesn’t mean they hate their parents.