as a child???

Question

growing up as a child did you have a special relative or other family member you looked up too??

Answer 1

yes, my cousin. although he is 8 years older then me, he's like a best friend. i still look up to him and love him as a brother.

Answer 2

Yes, the women in my family. My fondest memories of childhood are from when I stayed home with my mother, before I was of school age. It all went downhill from there. I would work with my father a lot on projects around the house, but I always felt inadequate and stupid around him. Nothing was ever good enough. So through the years, I've felt closer to my mother and grandmothers, who were more nurturing and less judgemental. As a man, this has led me to be more effeminate and eschew machismo.
Later in life, I grew to have a special relationship with my paternal grandfather because he had pursued some hobbies that I was becoming interested in (photography and printing). I would be eager to show him things I had done to try and give him something to be proud of.

Answer 3

At first my dad, then no one really. I wanted to grow up to be a man and none of the relatives I knew were the image of the man I wished to become. I look to my own vision and hope that one day someone will look to me.

Answer 4

My mom was the oldest of 8 children so when her and my dad married, her parents got divorced about the same time and her teenage siblings came to live with her and my dad. I looked up to my aunts and uncles who were 6-15 years older than me and thought they were so cool. Later i realized they were troubled kids and my mother at only 18 raised these kids and taught them right from wrong. Now it's my mother and dad i look up too. I used to feel so bad when one of my aunts would knock at my window and beg me to let them in cuz it was 2:00 in the morning and my mom had an 11:00 curfew. if they werent in she would lock them out. Now with teenagers of my own i know what she went thru

Answer 5

Besides my parents I really loved my aunts and grandmother. They always had time for me even after I grew up. I always felt completely loved when I was with them. The last one died a couple of months ago but they left a warmth in me and a great example of how to love your family.

Answer 6

My dad!! He and my mother met when I was seven. My mom had three girls and he had three girls. They married two years later and he started the adoption process. After finally finding my real dad three years later my name changed. I called him dad before he and my mom ever married. I wanted a dad desperately and I followed his every move. To this day we are closer than any of my sisters and he has even told me I am his special one. I am thirty five now and my dad is in poor health and it is very hard to see my HERO not be able to do all he used to.

Answer 7

yes my younger cousin and brother always looked up to me, its a great feeling but its hard having people look up to u because u have to watch what u do so u can set a good example for them, and if u get in trouble they'll use that as an excuse if they get in trouble for the same thing

Answer 8

yes,i looked up to my mum & my granny

well my mom passed away 6 years ago but she worked hard to make sure that i grow u to b better then she was and my granny was always dey 2 help and she's still still here 4 us

Answer 9

i mostly looked up to my cousin and my uncle... even today i look up to my cousin. in highschool he took his track team to state and won... he joined the military n was sent to iraq n came back. and now he's going back to college to become a teacher.. and my uncle... he always gave me advice that my father should have gave me. and he started taking me to all the seahawk games since 1998. and he has always seemed more like a father instead of a uncle

Answer 10

my grandmother was a special lady. she took me as a two year old to raise when she was 70.

she taught me everything and how to deal with situations that i didnt know how to deal with.

she always had time for me, no matter what she was doing.