I guess I was a mom so late in life my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!