How were you raised?

I was raised by two loving, hard working, lower middle class, JFK Democrat, union workers who were both born in Italyand moved to the US in the late 1920's. They demanded we speak English at home, that we learn the value of a dollar, and that we work for that which we desire. Both became American Citizens long before I was born, and they were both extremely proud of that status.
My Father became a Mess Sargent in the US Army during WWII (he was Italian, so he could cook! lol) and my mother worked at Westinghouse during that war.

After that, my father became a Longshoreman (waterfront dock worker) and an ILA (International Longshoreman's ***'n.) union member, and did that until he died in 1970.
My mother was forced to give up her job at Westinghouse after the war, to make room for the men returning to the work force. She became a home maker for a number of years, after my sister and I started school in the mid 50's, she went back to work part time, so that she was home in the mornings, before school, and she was there when we got home from school. She worked part time at a woman's clothing store. She died in 2003 at the age of 89.

I once told my Sister that, even though I make more money per year than Mom and Dad could ever think of, I which I was half as good at parenting as they were. I managed to get all my kids through college, and they all have careers now, but I wasn't near as accessible to them as my father was for me, or that I feel I should have been.

Sorry for the tangent.