How have your parents influenced your views/personality as a hippie?

Man, one mornin' I just woke up and was like "I feel like being a hippy." And that was that.

 

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my parents can't change my views as a hippie.I love them so much , but they look so indifferent and grey, they never smile, they never talk about feelings...I don't want to be like them when I get old.That's one of the reasons why I become a hippie

 

I feel they influenced me by...making me feel like I never had any rules. But that sort of backfires a bit, making it frustrating that now in my 20s, I'm learning skills I should have gotten long ago (for example: how to take out the trash, etc.) But... my parents influenced me by not really telling me anything about anything - and they never really asked me about anything either - unless I mention something I'm interested in and then it's 20 questions. So I had to hide interests from them and stuff. still do.

 

well, my mother always tought me to be accepting of everyone no matter who they are...and she always told me to be myself...i suppose that has influenced my personality