do you blame or credit your parents for the person you became?

Credit for sure!

I feel like I turned out good despite them being bad parents

I credit them because I didn't want to be like either of them and I'm not.

To an extent maybe… but it’s up to me to become a better person

Both?
She is the prime example of how not to be.

Only met him twice before he died in 2018.

Both, at least in part. I am from the school of thought that says: "we are the sum total of our life's experiences", and my parents had more than a bit to do with my early life.

I don't blame anyone. I was led on my own