What do you think your parents have done wrong in raising you?

what are you unhappy about them?what were their weak points?

I have been spoiled rotten. It has given me a false sense of privilege.

there is not enough time for me to answer this question...basically, i know how NOT to parent my future children based on the mistakes that my parents made.

nothing..they're awesome

Wrong section, but my mom doesnt let me drink soda at night, oh I forgot she does let me.

not told me answers to questions like "what is sex" and not been open minded enough about me being an atheist

my father never allowed me to kick the snot out of some bullies ..he told me that violance never solved any thing..and he used to hit my mother..today I did some time over standing up to bullies...

They played favorites. Don't support MY goals unless they approve. If they don't approve, they constantly knock me down and get others to do the same.

I have a lot of angst against my parents. However, they are the only parents I will ever have. I simply know that they are not on my side, so I don't count on them.

mum don't really trust me, dad is hard to please.......


apart from that.......there the best parents in the world - no ones perfect

ask me questions repeadidly

my mother is a coke head, my dad is not around. my step dad works too much, i have too many annoying siblings/ unwanted siblings. my parents are very violent, i used to get serverly beaten when i was a child. now im a pothead, i havent graduated highschool, i get intoxicated and i jus got a d.u.i. i dont know who i ran over on accident, i have been shot at, and i live in oakland. plus to top it all off, im mesican!

They did the best they could with the knowledge, and resourced they had.
I owe them my life, and am ashamed I don't tell them more often

You can blame your parents up to 21 or the day you discover your not perfect, then its your job to fix it not theirs!!

instead of let us get education, all she worried about is money
I started working at age 15 as dishwasher, put my self throught college, I will not do the same to my kid

When my dad took me out behind the barn he should have been warning me about marriage not sex.

I was a "surprise". I'm an only child and my mother wasn't even supposed to have kids and I popped out. They didn't raise me like a normal child. Like anything I wanted to do..gymnastics, cheerleading, etc. I wasn't ever aloud to do. They never listened to anything I ever said. My mother just gave me a pad when I started my period yet I had no idea why I was bleeding until I learned in health class a few years later. And I always had to look after myself growing up, and at the age of 20 I was working a full time job, owned a car and had my own apartment.

And they wonder why I am so selfish today.

I think that my parents did a great job in raising me! They instilled all the positive morals and value a human being should have at their core. I live a very successful and fulfilling life. However, I am very unhappy with the example that they have set. One of their major week points has been not knowing when to call it quits and walk away from an unhealthy, unsatisfying, unfulfilled situation. Case in point: Their marriage.

Too much to mention here, but I would say that the number one thing is not sending me to college. They paid for me to go to catholic private school, but they did not pay for me to go to college. Now, I'm 41 years old, still living at home and can't find a job.

i would suggest that my mom raised me to be too alone..she never surrounded me more often with people my age when i was younger so its no wonder at a young age now...why im so mature..but thats given me an edge nowadays ive noticed...so one good example of a con can turn into a pro....and she was always afraid of new ideas...new things...so i followed that....she didnt expand her horizons so..it raised me to scoff at new ideas and be scared of everything...all the time.but i grew out of that...im not that ****** up now lol

taking me to the dentist when i had my last teeth threw

I was never beaten properly. All the other kids had bruises, lacerations, maybe a broken bone. All I ever got, at best ,were welts from the leather belt. I used to beg them to use the coat hanger but they wouldn't listen.They said it was "tough love" but they wussed out in the severe punishment department. Barely a serious injury---and just look how screwed up , emotionally, I am now. It's all on them.

my parents made plenty of mistakes -- alcoholism, rageaholics, etc -- and my youth was misspent being angry/depressed with them. when I finally "got it" I got help for my own attitudes and decided that my happiness is my responsibility. you can only blame your parents for your own failures for so long. after that you owe it to yourself and to society to heal and become a productive, positive contributor to society.

That's not important. The problems ended with me and I was a good parent. I did not repeat their behaviors. I was and am sober, appropriate, and a good provider. married to one woman for 33 years.

My kids are all on their own and ok.

I'm happy with that and secretly think I deserve a medal after the hellhole I lived in.

I think they did the best they could and I know that they love me dearly. I was well-raised b/c I was able to go to college get my degree. I have lived my life as a non-smoker, non-drinker plus being drug and disease free. I am a respectful person who is always looking to help others. So clearly, they did not make too many mistakes.

As an adult, I do realize there were mistakes made for sure. Like my mother leaving us home with my dad who was manic depressive. I dont think I had to be beat as much as I was and I do not intend to beat my children. Another mistake was not allowing my brother and I to make our own decisions. They often forced their own opinions and beliefs upon us. My parents were pretty strict and did not make room for error so we had to be very careful about what we said how we said it and why. I have a hard time communicating with my mother how I feel about this. I love my parents even tho they made mistakes and I hope I will be better as a parent in the future

I think my parents did an excellent job raising my brother and sister and myself! They did the best the could which was a lot better than most had it, but on a lower middle class budget. I think I turned out great and hope I can be as good of a parent to my children!