Parenting

I got to thinking about myself and how I was raised and the morals that I now have.  I hope that someday I will be able to be like my parents in that way, that I will raise someone like myself.  I have been brought up to know what is right and what is wrong without having to question myself.  The only concern I have is that I really want to have the same effect my parents had on raising me, but I want to be able to communicate better with my children than I do what my own parents.  I love my parents to death and thank God everyday for everything I have in my life.  I would not change the family I was adopted into for anything, but I sometimes find myself longing to communicate with my parents the way I see my peers with their parents.  I do not want a best friend instead of a parent, but I want to know that if i do have a problem that I want to talk about I can turn to them.  I want my children to be willing and not scared to talk to me.  I just find myself thinking of ways I can accomplish that without being too lenient with them.