Some people should never have children...like my parents.
I survived them somehow, and resolved never ever to hear myself say to a young human the things my parents said to me. I don't regret the decision, and don't feel anything is "missing" from my life.
Re your post 144, you (like "television is just wrong") touched on yet another one of my reasons for not having children. I grew up in a family similar I think to the one you were subjected to. It was a day-to-day hell.