My sister

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade! That is what my sister and I did. Even in childhood we took bad situations and managed to have some fun, a close relationship, survived due to each other. And we were kids and didn't realize we were doing it. If our life had been peaches and cream we wouldn't have been so close. I know this to be true because I overgave to my kids to compensate for my crappy childhood and only the youngest knows how to stand on his own two feet without mommy's help. Yeah, he's back home, but he's paying me rent. Maybe by the time you get to the last child you realize your mistakes and try harder. Although I did ride my middle child pretty hard there in his teen years. If I hadn't he would have ended up god knows where.
We may not have had many toys to play with when we were kids but by golly we loved and took care of the ones we had! We did have great imaginations though! And when we didn't play with toys anymore, we made up games to play in the woods. board games were reserved for when we were sick, and books were devoured weekly. Kids now a days don't know how to think for themselves, can't pass an fcat reading, because they sit in front of the boob tube watching mindless crap and playing violent video games.
So we weren't nurtured at all, but we did learn the skills necessary to survive!