How do you rate your parent's parenting abilities?

it's a long story & i'm not going to get into it but i wwouldn't give them a very high score. all u people who will think this is ugly walk a mile in mmy shoes before you comment. at least i'm honest!

Hi ronnyb, I will gladly rate my parent's parenting abilities. They lived in a time far different from today and although we had little, I know I was never hungry. I've often wondered since what they must have done without, just to keep us healthy and strong. They didn't complain but I know now that life was not easy for them. They were very much in love and were married for more than fifty years. There were not many rules but we knew what was expected of us and neither me nor my siblings wanted to cause problems for them. There were of course times when we wanted something that we couldn't have, but for the most part we were content. If my mother had one fault it was to worry too much, especially when we were teenagers, but both of them had confidence in our ability to do anything we set out to do. On a scale of one to ten, I would give them a nine, but you will I hope, forgive me if I have chosen to remember only the best . Blessings.

I will rate my parents GOOD because I know they did their best to raise us five.Not all of us had a good education but we had good values.Honest sincere responsible and God loving.They are my inspiration in raising my own children.The only thing that differs me from them,I made sure my three children had the best education.And I owe it to them.I could have not strive harder without them.

I was brought up by my mom in the Philippines while my dad was in the U.S., so I don't know how my dad's parenting skills were. But with my mom, with an overall rating of her parenting skills with me and my sisters and from what I have learned from taking early childhood education in college, I would give her a 4 out of 10. I know that she worked hard raising us girls. She tried to teach us all the good things, the culture, the traditions, and the beliefs. But there were some things that she is very weak with. The very main thing is listening. She would not listen to us. If she were to listen, she would think that we are talking back at her. The way she disciplined us when we did something wrong, it's sometimes physical abuse but mostly verbal and emotional abuse. She'll say things that are very hurtful such as "You are stupid. People will say you're stupid". She would also compare us to other people. For example, she said to me one time "If you took nursing classes, you'd be making lots of money like them (the people that she knows)". Anyway, kudos to all the people who rated their parents almost to a perfect 10. I wished I had the same experience as everybody else.

yes right no word to desribe,time change,weather change, friends change,relative change, relation with brother and sister change,neighbour change. But no one change parents

i think if your parents are not mad all the time you would b good and they would not have to worry about you when you are out side. they can trust you and they would not have any thing to worry about

I think that my mom did an awesome job, and my dad did a horrible job, but since i'm an adult and i make my own decisions now, i can't blame them for any of the things that i do or how i feel.

I cannot say that my parents were the perfect parents that a kid can have but they were my heroes and they always will be. There are things that they haven't taught us and we don't complain about it but i have in mind that i won't make that mistake to my kids. No one is perfect even if we think we are, my parents are very hard working and all they do is for us only, they work for us and they live for us. I know they are trying to give us a life they never had and which they wanted so i always thank god for blessing me with such wonderful parents.

Growing up, we can always find things wrong with our parents and the way they do things or make us do things. But, after we become parents, we see the way our parents did things and find ourselves doing some of the same things. My parents taught me to be honest, one of the best traits anyone can have. They taught us to treat others respectfully, be good to others, and take care of ourselves and stay out of trouble. I never wanted to do anything to bring a bad name to my parents and their parenting. I raised my kids to do the same. Looking back, I don't think I'd change a thing the way my parents raised their kids.

I rate my parents parenting abilities as the best.They have been tough and soft as and when necessary. THey have tried to give us the flavour of everything in our childhood. This helps us in facing all the situations and thus manage all the situations in life.

Sorry if I am saying something wrong,but in my view you should not have put this questions. The love & dedication that parents show to their child can not be compared on any scale. It would be total disrespect to the love & affection that they have selflessly showered on us. We are no one to judge our parent's parenting ability. Every parent do to their child the very best they can do. A rating would be a disrespect to the parenthood.

I don't think my parents did to badly although by todays standards they would have been in trouble.They used to leave us outside pubs in the car,while they went in for a drink or my mum used to send us out to play at four five and seven years old with a dog ,across a main road,we used to have to wait for the traffic to stop on the way back or hope the lady in the saddle shop was there to see us back.Only saying that we are all independent and can stand on our own two feet,we have never been in trouble with the police and are all honest upright citizens.My parents were brought up during the second world war and spent most of their time in an air raid shelter their parents were always at work,no benefits in those days,or washing machines ,dishwashers etc.Really hard work so considering what they put up with and the parenting skills passed on they did really well.We were always well fed and well dressed and my mum always had our photos taken indoors by a private photographer,She was very proud of us so was my Dad,being dragged round to friends houses to meet his friends ect.Times have changed so much in child rearing over the last fifty years and even i would be in trouble these days compared to then,It was considered normal to smack my kids and punish them if they were naughty,if I did it these days I would probably be arrested for child cruelty although It did not do me any harm.I cannot judge my parents they did their best with what they had available and that was not much at times but we were loved and I think the main thing,Mum took us out for walks everyday and we played on the swings even when the weather was bad she still took us out.

1--horrible 10--great Mother--1 Father--0 I raised my daughter completely opposite to how I was raised. Except she has pets, cats, a dog. I raised her to have respect for herself and others. That took awhile! I also raised her to have a work ethic. Didn't think I'd succeeded, but I did. Also, to be frugal with her money. That wasn't such a great success. She's very different from me. I have enough clothes to keep going to work and not have to do laundry more than once a week. She has enough clothes and shoes to open her own store! She didn't get that from me!

I will start off by giving my dad the rating of horrible. Growing up he abused my mom, she got a divorce and he raped her before the divorce was final. He is the most verbally abusive person I have ever met. He has also physically abused me in front of my friends where he pushed me to the ground. I always fought back to show him I wont take it. My mom I give the highest rating. She raised me to be really caring and kind hearted. I saw how strong she was after divorcing my father and beating uterine cancer. My step dad can also receive a really good rating for showing me how a real father can act towards his son and treat a woman right. I think everything worked out for a reason because now I know how to act, and also how to never treat a women or person.

I would give them 9 out of 10,was about to give a perfect 10 but then I remembered how they smoked in front of me lol Well,my dad did which is not so unusual for a man but I only saw my mom smoke when I was about 10 and that was a shock for a couple of days,then I forgot as kids do I'm not one of those whiny people that blame their parents for everything that ever went wrong with their lives,I was always well-fed,dressed,loved and had my peace of mind. Of course,I can say that seeing my parents smoke influenced my tender mind but to tell you the truth,we just have this predisposition to bad habits and that's hereditary! I think they did a good job teaching and showing me good things,if I happened to take the wrong path afterwards,it was my choice!

My adopted mother was a self-absorbed, self-centered, selfish a-hole. My adopted father was absent. Yeah they could have used some work in the parenting role. But they opened some doors simply through the life they offered. Living overseas. Educational opportunities. Needless too say they were character building. Both are still living although they have health challenges. Still adore my father, will always be a daddy's girl I suppose but we certainly had our challenges as I was not the easiest child to parent. My mother on the other hand, well lets just say I speak to her every 90 days out of courtesy.