Did your parents do a good job?

Australia
May 21, 2007 11:59pm CST
Do you think your parents did a good job at raising you and if there was anything that you could change what would you change? My parents like to think they are good parents but my father is an alcoholic and my mum is always trying to organise things and always manages to muck up all of our plans.... I dont want to be anything like them as a parent do you feel the same about your parents?
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@lafavorito (2959)
• Philippines
22 May 07
I don't have parents, I had financers... All they cared about is their job or business and feeding us the money they are earning. They never really been a parent who supported our class projects, school presentations, even in our assignments. Lately they stole our hard-earned money just to prove that they are our parents, so how sick is that? I would never ever be like them.
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@sallyxu126 (1184)
• China
22 May 07
my parents don't do a good job if only on money. but they do their good job as my father and mother. they teach me a lot though they are not rich and they could not support some good things to me. but they love me and teach me to do things by myself. I can learn from them and they show their best love to me.they give me the best they have and i can share my feelings with them.
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@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
23 May 07
I hope to be just like my parents while i parent my own. My parents raised me and my brother to be very compassionate and caring people as far as i am concerned they did a great job. They were always there for us and still are today i love them both dearly.
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• United States
23 May 07
My folks are good people but my mom is a busy body and always has to have her way and if things don't go her way,Everyone suffers for it.
• Philippines
23 May 07
I blve that my parents did a wonderful job in raising me and my siblings, you know why? I think, all of us has a part in our hearts where we tell ourselves they should have done this, they should have done that or they're supposed to be like this and that to me! But to sum it up, they still raised you! No matter how hard their ways are, they still raised you...period! And now, whoever you are, and to whatever you want to be, they are a big part of that! As you can see, now you know what you want to be like as a parent! :-) You wouldnt know that without them! :P
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• Canada
23 May 07
i think so. my dad did. my mom? i don't really know. i want to be my dad as a parent, he's very strict and he never spoiled me. i get what i need in life but i am not a bratt.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
22 May 07
I think my parents did a good job...I think I turned out pretty good. I have a very tender heart, I tend to think of other ppl's feelings and I treat ppl the way I want to be treated. I think things through before I do them and I haven't ended up in prison. They had alot of their own problems to deal with but they've always been there for me. LIVE IN PEACE
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• India
22 May 07
Hi Cassy1976! I think my parents have done a good job raising me up. My Mom was always a loving and caring parent while my Dad was a strict disciplinerian and never shown his affection directly to me much. At the same time I knew that he is proud of me and my acheivements because he always was full of praises for me in front of others. If i have to change anything i would prefer to show a little more affection to the child and offer a pat when something good is done.
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@whiten (11)
• Indonesia
22 May 07
its nice to response your idea..! I think every parents want their child be a success,and be a good man in their life.so...dont you understanding,why your parent always to organise and manage your life.I can feel like you too.sometimes our parents can forgetten us when they do their job,but remember...they do it that for us. work hard in every day,every time,what for? for our requirement,for our future.and sometimes they dont remember their requirement too. wow...they really love their child,more than their life. thats so,I say...they are second god.
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• India
22 May 07
i think u are very angry to ur parents.... dont do this...u have to help ur parents,specially ur mother...i think she is a house wife....so help her.... if u r the only child of them u have to take great responcibility..... i think parents is the best partents in this world... my father is a Post Master(govt job) & my mother is a housewife....they always love me,help me..... i am thnakful to them and greatful to them
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@UDDERONES (887)
• United States
22 May 07
My parents were divorced when I was very small. But my mother worked two and three jobs. I value all her hard work and I think she raised me really good. The only thing I would change if I could who be that she could come to see my play basketball, etc or come to my classroom for functions. She was always working and I missed out on that. But my mother did her best to do everything and I value her for that. My father never did come to anything I was involved in. I was just a girl, but he would go to my brothers stuff. Used to make me so mad.
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• Norway
22 May 07
Yeah i think so because i feel ig ot a good raise and i think i began a got person.
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@mzamilla (43)
• United States
22 May 07
I think my parents did a good job, except for the fact that they sheltered me a lot and didn't leave a lot of room for independence. I'm 17 and I still rely on them for some things (I can't drive and I don't have a job yet). If I could, I would probably change that. But I still think that they are wonderful parents.
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22 May 07
yes because I believe I am a better person now because of them but I will have my own way of raising my children in the future to keep up with the changes.
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@rapolu_cs (1184)
• India
22 May 07
My parents are good in their parenting they never gave me a chance to complaint on them,iam very happy and lucky to have such lovely parents and in my opinion they are best parents than us. Today iam a mother of 2 1/2 yr old kid and iam sometimes feel sad in having such a naughty boy and i loose my patience wher my parents never give up their thoughts as mine and they grew with such rules and regulations that once my hubby and my in-laws said that your parents are good persons and well respectfull ane they gave you good sanskarams.
• Philippines
22 May 07
I can't say I'm a good person, but I do think my parents did a great in their responsibilites as parents. You see, they're both loving and responsible parents. They did everything to give us all that we need to survive this world. They gave us love, taught us to believe and have faith in God, molded us into something useful in the society, gave us education, taught us to be civilized and morally upright and gave us the comfort that we need. But since every person is a rational being and is capable to decide on what he thinks is right or wrong. Thus, I trace back all my good attributes from my parents... all my shortcomings are err.. my own making...
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@aprilsong (1884)
• China
22 May 07
My parents have three daughters.My mother has no job,so my father have to support the whole family with his not high salary.I used to think my parents were very stint.And now i have my own family and have my own kid.I realize that every parent want to do as they could to their children.So i do not think the same way about my parents.Cuz raising three kids is really a tough job. Of course,there are some parents who aren't responsible.But the good ones are the most,and we should try to do good when we are parents as we can.
@jlara_gtr34 (3491)
• Philippines
22 May 07
hello there. both my parents are college professors in a uiversity and i really am very proud of them. they are so dignified and they are being looked up to by their students as well as their co-teachers. they have also been known as the ideal couple in the university that they are attending to because they seem to be always happy together. my mother and father is my image of a happy couple and when i grow old and start to have my own family, i would also like my family life to be just like theirs, happy, stable and full of love and contentment. :)
@tina12679 (1126)
• United States
22 May 07
I basicly only had my mother growing up my father passed away when I was very young but what i remeber of him and what everyone has told of him he was a good dad to me even though my parents werent together. My mom did her best to raise us, i dont think i would change anyhting about how i was raised i think i have turned out ok there are a few things i need to work on but i dont think it had anything to with her parenting skills.
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@randallc (54)
• United States
22 May 07
I think that they did a great job. I am a father myself now and i think that what they showed how to be a great parent. Cassy I think that you can learn from your parents even if they have some faults.
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