What are some impression's of Dick's parents?

Dick's parents seem like any number of parents you might meet over your lifetime. They loved their son and wanted the best for him. His father was strict.... his mother was wonderful. Their marraige was a happy one.

Dick was "devoted" to them, or claimed to be, and last night during the long rainy ride he had told Perry, "I'd sure like to see my folks. They wouldn't mention it. I mean, they wouldn't tell the parole officer - do anything to get us into trouble. Only I'm ashamed to. I'm afraid of what my mother would say. About the checks. And going off like we did. But I wish I could call them,
hear how they are." However, that was not possible, for the Hickock home was without a telephone.....

The prisoner reminisced. Once, when he was nine or ten, his father had fallen ill. "It was rabbit fever," and the illness lasted many months, during which the family had depended upon church assistance and the charity of neighbors - "otherwise we would've starved." That episode aside, his childhood had been O. K. "We never had much money, but we were never really down-and-out," Hickock said. "We always had clean clothes and something to eat. My dad was strict, though. He wasn't happy unless he had me doing chores. But we got along O. K. - no serious arguments. My parents never argued, either. I can't recall a single quarrel. She's wonderful, my mother. Dad's a good guy, too. I'd say they did the best for me they could."