What fears did you get from your parents?

R definitely got these from his parents, me not so much. Things were tight for mom's family during the depression, but they always had a roof over their heads and enough to eat, and Dad's family did pretty well, I believe. The in-law though, not only lived through the depression, but also WWII in Nazi German, and my mother-in-law tells tales of making soup using weeds from the back yard, and never having a nice dress. So that had to affect them a lot. I'm sure it's why they were so tightfisted and untrusting when it came to money.

Yea. I definitely don't have any faith whatsoever in the government, that's for sure. I hate the government, actually. I know hate is a strong word, but all the government seems to do is rack up debt and it's really starting to hurt the economy. I'm starting to believe we're going to hit another BIG depression in about 3 years or less.. eeekks. I want to move out of the U.S.

I got that fear, too. And when I was growing up we were poor, although we always had food, shelter and clothing. I guess that's not really poor but we couldn't go to camp and all the other things that other children were able to do. I still have that fear and am very tight-fisted with money. Even though I have a healthy savings account and some investments I still skimp on nearly everything, afraid that I'll be caught short and have to ask for help. My children were not raised that way, their dad was a spendthrift and they don't manage money well. So maybe a little fear is good!

I really don't think that I inherited any fears from my parents. I think instead, what I inherited from my mother (I only speak of her because I was only lucky enough to share nearly the first fifteen years of my life with my father) was an optimistic attitude. I also inherited from her the knowledge that you can succeed in anything that you try. I'm sure that my mother does have her share of fears, but she really never showed them to myself and my siblings.

I never face this sitution. Parents are responsible for childrens. It is duty of parents to take care of the children. If any emergeny come than parents should be get aware to children so they prepared theme to face it. We should have only one fear i.e. of God

I got the phobia of heights from my parents

Because my dad did not hold a job for most of the time I could remember, sort of did some self employment, but not consistently, My younger sister, my brother and myself got to be workaholics. Except I am out of work right now. My first hubby and I both were afraid to spend, because of how we were raised, to the point that money controlled us. I have often said that my experiences growing up have been somewhat freeing. I have not been to that bad a place yet, and I am content to do without until I can get what I want and need. I improvise to save money, etc.

Hi savypat, I too just missed the great depression having been born in 1939, but I grew up hearing the stories. It was a little different with me, my parents didn't lose there house as there was no mortgage. My father cut the logs, had them sawed at the local sawmill on the halves,(the owner of the mill took half the lumber as payment) and built the house himself. There were no bills to pay either, except for a grocery bill, but credit there could be cut of too. There was a fear of hunger and of where the next meal was coming from. It's not going to be easy to break the cycle of fear, no matter where it stems from. Blessings.

I suppose my inherited fears would be working hard all my life for nothing..always struggling. Sickness and incompetent doctors haunt me too. I'm not sure how to break the cycle but I sure would like too. The problem is that my children see me struggling and working all the time too...I also fuss about the doctors..lol.

Something is wrong with the people who have the power to change things for better.My grandparents lived in the times of war and hunger, my parents were more successful,I had a good and bright childhood, then the cycle starts again.I'm having a difficult youth.I hate the thought that I'll never enjoy life being young.I mean like 20-30.I'm trying not to think about that and the price I'm going to pay. The world is still messed up.

I think I learned all this through reality rather than from my parents, even though I know my dad lived in poverty when he was little. I wonder how we can make it a better world... seems like if there's money there will always be a rich and poor.

First I will say having fear is not always a bad thing, if the fear is justified. What you are describing is people who went through the depression and came out of it in one piece but still holding on to the fear of it. It's a pretty normal thing, my parents did this too. Our lives shape us in ways we really do not comprehend. As for the cycle of this, parents struggling, kids having more than enough, back to struggling....all of life is a cycle a circle. The way to break it is to teach to our children what it means to work for what they have, to not have more than you need and to share with those who do not have. That is my opinion anyway.

My parents are both paranoid about a lot of things like not being able to make ends meet, criminals barging into our home, losing either one of their kids, etc. Of course its their job to worry but I think it's not right to raise their kids in fear. There are worst things in life that can happen so why not be a good example and just try to be a little optimistic?

I am currently living them right now and all I can say it that government sucks. It's been getting worse year after year. The problems that are going on now started about 50 years ago. They are now just surfacing. This government seems to be afraid of change. We live in a new world today and things have to change in order to move forward. I'm tired of this status quo government.