The moment I saw this topic, I came running to read it. It's a topic I ponder about a lot coz I'm honestly scared of being a parent coz I don't wanna do anything that'll fuck them up or have them saying anything bad about me.
Generally, the behavior of everyone around influences the behavior of the child, but because we spend more time with our parents as kids, and there's that special parent-child bond, our parents tend to influence us more than others.
I pray that if and when the time comes, we will be good parents to our own children as well.