Much to my chagrin...
By miamilady
@miamilady (4910)
United States
September 24, 2009 1:09pm CST
So, I'm driving along, singing to the radio, enjoying the drive home from picking my children up from school.
My daughter asks me "who sings that"?
I proudly say "Prince" or "Guns n Roses" or "Van Halen", while I smile at her because she is interested...
Then she says..."lets keep it that way!"
Here's the thing. My kids is a smart a$$.
Many parents would be furious at their child for their smart alec comments.
My problem is, she learned it from me! Sure, she needs to respect her mom. But sometimes I just can't help but laugh a little. I know where she learned it from.
A friend of mine the other day, was talking about her daughter and how dramatic she is. My reply was "I can't imagine where she got that from". I could say the same thing about several friends and relatives and their children.
Sometimes they learn some great things from us. Other times, they learn some of our less ideal qualities.
What are some of your not so great habits that your children have picked up on?
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5 responses
@musicman6 (2407)
• United States
29 Nov 09
Yes, miamilady, they do pick up habits from the parents, but I really think it is in the genes!
I noticed that each one usually has one of my behaviors! I also noticed that some of the kids have behaviors that are identical to their mom!
I can almost sit back, and tell you how each one will react, or talk back , or receive criticism, or even work their way out of a situation!
I have kept a real close relationship with my seven kids, and two stepkids, and they share a lot of their feelings with me! And this is even after all the bad times we endured, and all the good times we enjoyed!
And although they did some of this,'talking back', and doing what I would advise them not to, I still loved them with all my heart, and would do anything for them!
That's just something ingrained in my family 'genes' !
@JayShay82 (78)
• United States
19 Nov 09
My kids have picked up on my phrases I say while I'm in traffic. My daughter's favorite one is "what color green are we waiting for". My son's is "it's green people". Like you said, other parents would probably not find that as funny, but I know they picked it up from me and they aren't saying any curse words. I would have laughed if my daughter said to me what yours did. She's just having fun with her mom. Even though you say she's a smart@ss, things like that need to slide. I'm sure you would let her know if she was ever truly rude and crossed the line. Btw, my kids are 6 and 4. How old is yours?
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
25 Sep 09
I am happily childless but my mom was convinced that I was her mom reincarnated.She was a Capricorn ,so am I.She was stubborn ,so am I.She could say the funniest things with a straight face , so can I. But worse, I gave my mom the same amount of grief as she gave her mom.So it's like payback.
@michelyn (717)
• United States
19 Nov 09
The SARCASM!! Often times my husband and I ask each other when they became so flipping sarcastic. That's about the time that the other one of us starts laughing and says "...from us, of course." It just seems more annoying when they do it because they don't understand when it's appropriate to be sarcastic and when it's not. Even though they are 16 and 18, they still don't have the ability to determine when respect needs to be used instead of sarcasm and it gets them in trouble more often than not. Actually, until the kids started dishing it back out, we didn't even realize that we were that bad about it. Now that we do know, we are trying to rein it in a little and trying to explain the proper usage to them.
@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep 09
I think one thing my kids have picked up on is being themselves. I am either a good mood or a bad one. They pick up on that. Yelling is another thing my daughter does that I used to do. I am very critical at times and my grand daughter is the same way. I am sure i could think of others as well but why get myself in a bad mood over it? haha
