teenager assume mingle rebell stern typical breach unexpected press apprehension tide tension I experienced a kind of emotional growth as I learned to get along with my father. As a 1.________, I was unlikely to understand the intense parental love expressed in the form of 2.__________ of 3._______ Chinese fathers. As a result, I 4.________ in everything like many other kids in their teens. I even managed to stay as far away from my parents as possible, 5._________ that the 6. ________ between us could never be mended. However, things began to change 7. ____________ after I became a mother. All of a sudden, I felt a 8. _____ drawing me back to my father. I could feel all his love for me and even his pain. So I followed my heart to where I belong, with 9. ________ feelings of 10._____________, regret and happiness.