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#5: Parents

  Day 5 of  30 days writing challenge. Parents Quite a sensitive topic I presumed. Okay, let's start. Why is it so important? In east culture , having children is what defines you. Society dictates people to have children despite they're feasible or not. Lately, there have been more talks on socmed such as twitter  about toxic parenting , and it splits people into two major groups: (1) anak durhaka (unfilial child), and (2) anak emas (golden child). These groups apparently have their own sets of standards, which makes it impossible to blend  them together. How is it so different?  The first group consists of people with ranging experience on toxic parenting; could be from severe, harshly abusive parents, to gaslighting or minor symptoms of neglect or parental egomania. People in this group are seemed to be having repressed childhood, having major trauma issues that impacted their lives. The second group consists of people that luckily have non-destructive, lovi...