"I love you, Dad and Mom."
By apple4doc
@apple4doc (37)
Philippines
January 23, 2007 7:16am CST
Why is it so difficult for teenagers and adults alike to tell their parents that they love them?
4 responses
@marief2rnurse (2704)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Wow, is that really rare nowadays? I thought that didn't exist only in my family and the reason being, my mom wasn't in the country and my dad was never sweet to us. It's only now that I'm 32 that I get to say happy birthday, I love you, thank you, i miss you to my mom and my grandma and sometimes it has to be in letters. I really mean them but they never really said these to me so I am really shy.
With my kids though, I make sure I say it over and over and ofcourse mean it and we hug and kiss each other all the time. I think if you train your kids young and you are always around them, they will love you til they're old.
@apple4doc (37)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
I totally agree with you that when you train your kids to say I love you to you and to the other members of the family while they're young, they will carry that with them until they grow up. And though your kids won't anymore say these magic words as often when they grow older, still you would feel their love for you through their actions. And once, you see them rearing their own children the same way you do, then, your love has borne fruits, and that is truly more than enough, right?
@samson1967 (7414)
• India
23 Jan 07
The expansion of FAMILY is, Father and Mother I Love You. Teenagers and adults dont tell this to their parents, coz they will be Love Blind. ( i.e. concentrate more on Life Partners Love than Life given Parents)
@apple4doc (37)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
I like what you said about the expansion of FAMILY: father, mother, I love you. Thanks for sharing your idea. It's really worth sharing with others. Thanks.
@Soulistix (261)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
Is it really love? or is it obligation?
Some parents are just not meant to be parents.
Kids however do cop alot of flack from their mates about saying they love their mum or dad. Its about the gaining of independence from the parental controls and the fight to be grown up and individual. Hence the daily struggle of a teenager. Fighting between childhood and adulthood.
