Hey Trevor,
What other children had such an exciting childhood?
The parents of the WTBTS have no special standing for being of low intelligence, uneducated, uncaring, mental problems, lack of love. There's lot of parents like that, out of millions who aren't like that. My parents topped your parents any day of the week.My parents had serious issues, to say the least. People in and out of the organization are cruel and/or mental and/or stupid.I think larc made a good point when he said about religions: the WTBTS is set up to make children have tougher lives just by virtue of being a jw. (paraphrasing). I think that true. But I also think that some persons gravitate towards the jw's - and are looking for mental & emotional stability because they don't have that within themselves. Sadly, some never achieve mental & emotional stability.Sounds like your parents didn't. I'm sorry.waiting