Poll for parents: Think for a moment about your childhood...?!
Question: As a parent, do you have similarities with your own parents? Same goals for your kids, same punishments, and teaching techniques? Are you as good as or better than your mom and dad? Or do you feel you're doing it all wrong?
Answers: As a parent, do you have similarities with your own parents? Same goals for your kids, same punishments, and teaching techniques? Are you as good as or better than your mom and dad? Or do you feel you're doing it all wrong?
I know, I am better than my parents. I first listen and then talk to my children and teach them important lessons on their "early" life without the need of spanking to the point of "pain and hurt".
Don't get me wrong, I love my parents but I feel there are other ways to teach a child that "it's behavior is not acceptable" !
most definately I have the same morals as my parents and find myself doing alot of the same things ...love the hat we must have the same designer
yes, similar to my dad, some of my mum.
Don't think I'm better, don't think I'm as pushy for success as my parents (sometimes think I barely have any push at all behind my kids, but they are young)
Some days I don't know if I'm doing the right thing at all, but I'm doing my best with what I think is right.
I'm defiantly a super nanny nightmare of a parent I think., at least in some areas
Well, I never thought I would, but I recently used the phrase "ever-lovin mind".
I`m doing as best i can for my children . My childhood sucked big time , i am trying to be a good a mum as i possibly can !
"Children live what they learn"
Yes, as a parent, I can see some of my mother's ways in myself. Even ones I swore against. Then, I also see differences.
Most of us want our children to have and do better than we did. To be better humans than we were, to accomplish more. But then, they are children, they grow up and become who they are, not necessarily who we wanted them to be. Still...we love them.
As a parent i don't think that you should ever compare yourself against your parents.
Times have changed and things are very different.
I think we may have similar goals for our children, but as for being a better mum and punishment for your children.....in this day and age a parent can be taken to court for spanking their child and teaching techniques have become so modern.
Myself as a mum, i can only do the best that i can do....and i am sure that my mum and dad did the best that they knew how to as well.
I think that the best thing that a mummy and daddy can do is to guide their child in the best direction they know how and to love and support them the best they can.
i was raised by my nan the 1st 5yrs,and my parents well lets say not the best-there are some similarities,but i have raised my kids different to my upbringing.I'm doing it better and my parents are now proud of me,as my kids are always complimented and i have so many people say I'm doing something right and I'm a single mum of 4!