In reply to Ridge:
I've found telling myself not to be a child helpful lately (along with messaging a friend) towards digging deeper, it seems to be that to become as strong as one's parents, one needs to face the different challenges they faced in the same kind of head on way.
It probably helps if one grew up with decent parents, so there's value in following on.
Edit: Parents aren't any different, they're just older. Kinda reassuring.
Post edited at 19:35