Has Anyone else realized this???

Question

Now that I am a mother of 2 wonderful kids I realized that my parents were not that bad as parents. When I was a teenager I thought My parents were awful and "just didn't understand", ya know? But now if I think ahead to me children's future, and they do some of things I did, I will react in the exact same way. Goes anyone else feel this way?

Answer 1

All the time, and it makes me crazy.

Answer 2

I notice that I do some of the same things! Especially when it comes to safety. But I must say there are still some things my mother did that to this day I do not understand. Also there are things she did that I will not do to my children b/c I know how it feels. So, whether she was right or wrong, I did learn something from it, whether that be to agree and use her methods, or to disagree and know not to use those methods.

Answer 3

You got it right!

Answer 4

I think thats how its suppose to be... we are suppose to learn from our parents and change their mistakes but raise our kids the way we think our parents did good raising us. I know their are a few things i will change but my parents did a good job with me and i want to raise my son the way i was raised.