Up and down childhood

This is the first time i have ever done a blog, so please bear with me. lol. Ok, here goes.
My childhood was anything but ideal. Whilst i am sure that my parents loved me and my sisters (and still do), they never really showed it in the way a parent should. My father would spend his days in town drinking tea out of polystyrene cups from the market and swapping cd's and videos with his friends. Mum would stay at home with us kids but had no real time for us. She was always so busy with the housework. Everything had to be spotless. Whilst i can see that this was a good thing in some ways, it was also bad in the respect that us kids were constantly ignored.
I remember i would ask mum for something to eat or drink at lunchtime or if i was thirsty. Mums response was always the same. ''in a little while''. An hour would pass and i would have to ask again. Again i was met with the same response, ''in a little while''. Except everytime i asked, mum would become more aggitated as she was busy with the housework. So me and my sisters (my brother hadn't been born then) would just have to go without as we were not allowed to help ourselves. Life was pretty boring when we were not at school. We would have to entertain ourselves. More often than not this would lead to arguments as what one of us wanted to do, the others did not. lol.
To be honest, i always felt like the odd one out. I was never hugged or kissed on the cheek and i don't remember ever being told ''i love you'' by my parents.  They didn't have a clue how to raise us. Infact, i remember mum and dad saying once that the only reason they had as many kids as they did was for the extra child benefits money.
Now don't get me wrong, we did have some happy times, like when we went on holiday to Butlins, Skegness. lol.