My grandparents raised me and parented with fear. I tried to do things differently, but the result was the same.

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• My grandparents raised me, and they used fear as a parenting tactic.
• They thought it would make me safer, but it created anxiety.
• I vowed to do things differently as a parent, but my son recently told me the result was the same.

My grandparents raised me, and they weren't around much. I was often without adult supervision, and in an effort to protect me, they injected a healthy dose of fear into their parenting. And...