do you feel guity for being difficult child in your teenage?

@ksmita (513)
India
February 25, 2010 2:41pm CST
hi. as a child we wish that whatever we ask for, parents should provide. if our wishes are not fulfilled, we go mad,throw tantrums , trouble parents in many ways, but never try to understand parents situation. i remember, my mother used to say 'when you will grow up and become parents , then you'll realize parents pain..' iam not married but i've seen my nephews behaving the same way and i feel guilty for giving tough time to my parents.i wish i could understood earlier that when parents say 'no', it doesn't mean that they don't love you...it just meant that they can't afford it. i wish i could have felt their pain as i felt their love.
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• Philippines
26 Feb 10
i never been a difficult child while i was still a teen, in fact i used to follow what my family wants. my life while still a teen was just house and school, i can visit malls and other places if im with my sis and cousin. i only have few friends in school but i didnt go out with them. thats why when i finished my school ang got job. i decided to live alone to feel free but i guess its a wrong move or perhaps i will blame my weak heart for believing and trusting love so much.
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• India
26 Feb 10
I was never a difficult child and obeyed my parents .My parents too full fill most of my wishes , as was very well aware about the various constraints of our family , so never try to behave in abnormal way .
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@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
26 Feb 10
There have been very few times I have ever felt I wanted a thing and my parents couldn't give me. I am told that I had wanted a tricycle when I was 3 years old and my father never bought it. For he had read an advice against it in some child care book. When I was in my 5th class I wanted a gold ring even a simple designed one but my parents couldn't afford. It seems I kept asking for it and dropped the same after sometime. Later the first ring I wore was not even one I bought for myself after earned, for a gold ornament was never my passion- I had already been schooled a lot on Vedanta by that time, but it so happened that my Mom had bought a Gold Ring for my Dad but he didn't wear for it hadn't fitted or something like that. Then he passed away in 2006. Two years later, i.e in 2008, my mom got it altered and askedme to wear it reminding me of my childhood desire for the same! I was 50 then! Today I wear it just to satisfy my mom, and to make her happy that I have really valued her present. I wear it 24 hours so that whenever she sees me she sees me with it! Even she knows I have long lost the interest for jewelry of any kind. Today if at all I revel I revel in books of the subject of my interest. Only my brother had gifted me on one of my birthdays a book on UML.
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
26 Feb 10
I think yes I do.Although I think that I have been good teenage.I follow what My mom says.I try to understand them, about their pain to take care us grow.But sure, as teenage when we were grow beeing adult,we make mistake because we have no mature thanking yet.Now, when I was being a mom,I know how their pain and I love my parent so much.
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@junrapmian (2169)
• Philippines
26 Feb 10
It's good that as a parent I together with my husband were able to rear our children to be obedient. Not that we were harsh on them when they were still kids so that they will follow what we say but because we taught them how to deal with things patiently and not to throw tantrums if what they want was not fulfilled. We told them the consequences if they will learn to wait and most of all we talk to them as if we were friends and as a friend we expect respect from them since we are older than them. Never did we spank or slapped our children, if we have arguments about anything, we let them talk in a civilized manner, we give them time to explain their sides, we discussed the pros and the cons, it is always nice to have a heart-to-heart talk with my children so that they won't be afraid and keep secrets to us their parents. We always come to an agreement, that's why they have learned to respect and obey us.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
26 Feb 10
I am proud to say that I was not (I think) a difficult chold when I was a teenager. I did have my wants and needs but my mom always told me that we should always accept the fact that we dont have enough money and if we need or want something we have to save money from our allowance. At a young age, my mom taught me how to save money and I was able to do that until now. Even though I didnt have a lot of things when I was a teenager, I am still happy about it because I can truly appreciate everything I have now, now that I have a job and I can earn money but I never forget to save.
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
26 Feb 10
HI, I know I felt sorry sometime about what I did. One thing that always remind me was I was nothing talking to my DAD. I asked something from him but he didn't get it for me and I got mad at him, he asked me to go gethim some newspaper and I never did... He was waiting for me at home patiently. And when I got back from school and I still didn't talk to him. lolz
@MrKennedy (1978)
26 Feb 10
I don't feel guilty because I never WAS a difficult child during my teenage years. I just seemed to "go with the flow" and barely ever stepped out of line. I guess I was probably a parent's ideal teenager really