I believed it is really hard to be a parent.

Philippines
May 17, 2012 9:10am CST
Good day Fellow Mylotters, I believed it is really hard to be a parent. That you cannot predict what will be the outcome as you train your kids. But my concern is, is it really required that a parent especially the mother, should always reminds her child that she did everything to raise him/her. Is it really a part of the parenting procedure. Are mothers should always reminds their children that, they cannot reach anything without the help and support of the mother. Is it really right to always say this after all that they did for their children. As I am really wondering if this is really proper. Hence, I am not yet a mother but, for me, it is a part of the parent's duty to guide and raise their children properly. That, children are not obliged to payback what has been done to them by their parents. As the parents has the obligation to raise their child/children accordingly.
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@krupar5 (287)
• United States
17 May 12
Good day to you as well. As a mother and a daughter, I do not think it is an obligation for a child to pay back their parents. It is the parents duty to raise their children, and hope that they become a good human. When a parent states that they have done such and such for their child it is not to make the child feel like they have to pay the parents back. We say this so the child can understand that we sacrifice things so they can become the best person they can be. It is not to make them feel obligated to us but to let them know that we support them. It is to let them know we do what we can so they can become good humans. I know that not all parents are great and that some are horrible, but for the most part I think parents do this or say this to let the children know we will always be there for them. As a dauhgter, my mom made a ton of sacrifices. I do not feel it is an obligation to help her, I do so because I want to. I know what she did to give me the best life she could and I want to pay her back. It isn't a feeling of duty , but a show of love and appreciation. Sometimes actions are better then words.
• Philippines
18 May 12
good day krupar5, a great explanation.
@GemmaR (8517)
17 May 12
Being a parent is the hardest job in the world, and I laugh at people who say that being a stay at home Mum is an easy option, because nothing could actually be further from the truth. In life, you get told how to do everything. You get advice whether you want it or not, and you get a lot of help. Being a parent isn't like that at all, and nobody can tell you how to do it. Literally the only way that you can find out what it's like to be a parent is to go out there and try it for yourself. It is hard, but most people find that they are able to do it eventually.
• Philippines
17 May 12
Good day GemmaR, As I have said, I truly believed that is really hard to be a parent. However, is it really a part, that a parent should remind their children to payback what has been done to them. Isn't it that, it is the parent's obligation but not the child/children to pay it back to them.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
10 Jul 12
hi, i think so that its really hard to be a parent to your child,because parents is the one to mold a child to be a better person in his/her life,and aside from that parents should show the goodness things to his/her child.being parents is the most heavy task to have.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
26 Aug 12
For me, three years of parenting, three years, I think, that I do not, I'm sure, the hardest three years of my life. And another thing I'm sure, over time, about it, not how to make things simpler and easier. this job, the mother, is up to heaven and back if we want to express the greatest distance possible. Both e and responsibility I feel I have. Responsibility that sometimes seems terribly hard to bear. Sometimes I want to run away, I admit. To get my head and just world free from that weight that pressed my shoulders. I do not always feel that I am capable of doing. I so often feel that I am not what my daughter needs, everything that I am able to do, not enough and that it as it is, is a child too good for a mother like me. But no matter how insecure I am, as many crazy thoughts were going through my head, however I would flailing like a fish out of water, however I feel caught in a trap from which they can not escape, I do not remains only one thing: to go ahead and do whatever they can to be his best.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
30 Aug 12
since at the time of raising and caring a lot for the children can be quite difficult and can take a toll on us for sure
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
30 Aug 12
Hi, You are right. Parenting is not an easy job. We have many responsibilities as a parent. As potter gives shape to soil we have to shape our children and make them strong. We have ti nurture our children for making a good human being.We shouldn't expect anything from our children as a return. if they are good human being they behave like good children.
@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 12
I agree that being a parent is the most difficult job in the world. And there is no a real retirement time for this job. You sacrifice a lot and you don't expect to the return so much. Everything will be different when you have a child. You have to be considerate, patient, responsible etc. And you have to spend time in playing and teaching with your child. You don't have much more personal time for yourself. It seems that your world is related to your child, especially when he/she is little. But when you see the smile of your child, you know all of this sacrifice is worthy. You are willing to do anything for your child. I love China
• Marikina, Philippines
23 May 12
It depends on the situation, I guess. If a mother reminds her child over and over again even her child is already an adult, then I guess, that would not be normal. They are already an adult and they already know what is right and wrong, but still it depends within the family.
@tkonlinevn (6438)
• Vietnam
18 May 12
I have not been a mother now. However, I believe that to be a parent is very hard. I must have much responsibility with our children. This is a hard task.
@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
18 May 12
Yes is the most difficult job. If the child grown up good, parents are really proud and credits are given to them by people. But when child choose to be bad and the wrong path, some people condemned the parents and set aside all the things that the parents did for the kid. I salute all the parents for all their hardships and sacrifices for us. For being aleays there for us to love and care. Let us love our parents.
• Philippines
18 May 12
I am a parent. A mother of 2 kids and it has given me so much satisfaction. Right from the beginning I already prepared myself for all the good and bad about parenting. When I became a parent that's when I realized how tough it is to become one. There is no such thing as bad children...only bad parents that is. It's tough when especially in my part I work in the office and needed to take care of my kids at night. There was a time I even asked my self if this little ones I have could payback what I have done to them when I get old? When my kids are on their deep sleep I look at them and that's the very time I ask myself of what future I could give to my children. Time will come they will have their own families to take care of. So we as parents we should strive hard for our future so when we get old, we do not need to be a burden to our children. Yes for a culture like mine children should take care of their parents when they get old. But we parents should never expect anything from our children coz we do not know what they may have for their future.