I had not considered us to be particularly pushy or indulgent parents; mostly, I wanted my children to grow up to be financially independent and live lives of nothing worse than common unhappiness.

我认为我们不是特别强势或纵容的父母; 最主要的是，我希望我的孩子长大后经济独立，过得比普通不快乐的生活好一点。