Parental influence
Seeing the royal Princes continued tribute and defence of their mother 20 years after her death makes me think how influenced we are by our parents and how no matter how many years have passed people still try to ( often successfully ) to please them .
The influence of parents good or bad stays with people for life .
True?
“They **** you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were ****** up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― Philip Larkin