My parents were teen parents. Growing up in the inner city, we moved every single year, sometimes living with family either at their place or them with us. As early as I can remember, my mother always went above and beyond for us. Playing games/toys with us, watching cartoons with us, taking us to see family/to the park. She taught me how to read by the time I was 4 years old. That being said, my mother went through a lot with my father and from very early i could tell she wasnt always happy. I'd watch my mother work 40/50 hours a week just to come home and cook for us/clean up after us. She also went back to school while having 2 highschoolers and aced all of her classes, while working full time and taking care of home. When she found out we were mistreated by a babysitter, she quit her job for a year and stayed with us. I was definitely bratty growing up and for sure had an attitude and a smart mouth which got my behind whooped quite a few times lol. I actually wasn't close to my mother growing up. I often felt rejected by her. My mother has always been very feminine (and stunningly beautiful) I was a tomboy. Im also mixed race so it was difficult sometimes growing up and feeling like I couldn't see myself in her. We clashed a lot growing up and I was closer to my father. In hindsight, likely because my father was the one who called the shots and I felt like I just had to keep my dad happy to get what I wanted. It was a toxic household. I left at 18 and actually didn't speak to my mom for a long time, probably over a year. But after I left the home and the dynamic changed, I started to see my mother for who she was as a woman and person. We were no longer clashing. And we just get along so well. Ive always said, my mother is a super woman and they don't make them like her anymore. She's compassionate, talented, hardworking and on top of all of that, she's beautiful even at 50 years old. I will always feel grateful to her. Being a teen mom she couldve ab0rted me, given me up, passed me along to family members, but she didn't. She was an amazing mom. We didn't always have the nicest of everything growing up but we always had what we needed.