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I don't usually post but I just had to share my story.  The best thing my father ever did for me is to MAKE me do things on my own.  For example:  I bought my first car when I was 16.  The next day, it would start.  I whined to him that I couldn't get the car to start.  He said, "ok, we'll take care of it. "  We hoped in the car and drove to the library.  What?  The Library?  Yes!  He walked in, checked out the service manual for the car, plopped it into my hands and said, "if you have any questions, I'm here, but you should be able to find all the answers there." 

I learned through trial and error that it was the carborator.  He drove me to the pick-a-part and paid for the part after me, and only me, was allowed to take it out of another old car.  After we got home, I put it into my car, and viola!  The car started.  He taught me how to change my own oil, change my own flat tire, change my brakes, and rotate my tires.  His tough love forced me to learn enough about cars that when I did need to take a car in for service - no mechanic could put a fast one on me. 

This tough love attitude applied to a lot of things.  and for that, I turned into a independent woman who needs no man to change a flat.