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mes parents m'ont

my parents have...

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my parents have... This is not a fixed expression; it introduces a sentence about what the speaker's parents did to or for them. “M'ont” is the contraction of “me” and “ont.” In these examples, the French passé composé is often translated using the simple past in English.
FR: Mes parents m'ont acheté un nouveau vélo.
EN: My parents bought me a new bike.

Mes parents m'ont appris à le faire.

My parents taught me how to do it.

Mes parents m'ont toujours dit de me méfier des étrangers.

My parents always told me to beware of strangers.

Mes parents m'ont forcée à y aller.

My parents forced me to go there.

Mes parents m'ont envoyé en camp pour gros quand j'avais treize ans.

My parents sent me to fat camp when I was thirteen.

Je n'ai pas bien réussi mon examen, alors mes parents m'ont réprimandé.

I didn't do very well on my exam, so my parents scolded me.

Mes parents m'ont appris à patiner quand j'avais trois ans.

My parents taught me how to skate when I was three years old.

Mes parents m'ont tout raconté et je t'avais pas encore remercié.

My parents told me everything, and I hadn’t thanked you yet.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Mes parents m'ont incité à y aller.

My parents encouraged me to go.

Mes parents m'ont fait apprendre le français.

My parents made me learn French.

Mes parents m'ont attrapé en train de fumer.

My parents caught me smoking.

Mes parents m'ont obligé à en faire pendant des années.

My parents forced me to do it for years.

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Mes parents m'ont fichu dehors.

My parents kicked me out.

Mes parents m'ont contraint à y aller.

My parents forced me to go there.