Would you raise your kids the same way you where raised?

Question

Would you raise your kids the same way you where raised?

Answer 1

yes and no. i think my dad if WAY to though on us, but my bigsis went off to collage and came back for break and comp;ained about how misbehaved and what horrible manners everyone had.

Answer 2

My are definaltly my mentors on my first child. I respect my parents and think that they raised me to be a good person in society. So yes I am raising my son practically the same way.

Answer 3

almost completly the same - probably a few diffrences

looking back i had the best upbrining of anyone i know

Answer 4

I basically raise my boys like i was raised with some differences but I will never raise them like my father was raising me but my mom I think is a great mom and so I do take some of what i learned from her and apply it to my own parenting.

Answer 5

No, I will treat my children like human beings who have a perpose and not treat them like nothing they say is of any importance.

Answer 6

In some ways I have, but I have always wanted to give and do more with my child than what I got to do when I was young.

Answer 7

NO!!!

Answer 8

h**l NO! But i had no consistancy, no rules ect... my mom was the "friend" mom. bad idea. but it did teach me how i want my relationship with my daughter to be. I want to be close, want her to be able to talk to me and not be scared i'll snap about something, but at the same time, i'm her MOM, not her friend and she won't always like what i tell her and thats OK. We can be more like friends when shes older.

Answer 9

In some ways I do- I expect my girls to behave in a certain manner and follow through consistently to make sure that they do (of course they are 3 and 4 years old...) so that further down the line they will have a good base-line of understanding what is socially and morally acceptable and what is not. I see SO many parents who just look the other way and let their kids do whatever assuming that as the kids get older they'll be able to 'work out the kinks' in the behaviour. That has to be instilled at an early age- it's easier to set expectations now rather than change the rules of the game when the kid hits their teen years.

In other ways I do not. My parents did many things to me, unintentionally I'm sure, that were damaging to my self-esteem and took many years to overcome. I don't want my daughters to have to go through the same things I did without a parent who can understand where they are coming from. Understand I'm still the parent and not 'a friend' but I want an open relationship where my girls feel they can come to me with issues, problems, successes and questions and not be judged.

Great question!