Were your parents old-fashioned in their parenting?

Question

If so, how? Please provide an example.

Answer 1

Yeah they believed in spanking and we actually got in trouble for stuff. Kids today walk all over their parents.

Answer 2

When it came to boys my mom was old fashioned. I was not allowed to call boys. She claimed that if they wanted to talk to me then they would call me. She was also old fashioned when it came to bedtime. No more phone calls after 8:30 and in bed at 9:00. This was my bedtime until I went to college.

On the plus side she was really cool on letting me stay out late on the weekends, I didn't have a curfew, I just told her what time I would be home and I was told to call if I would be later. She also gave me money whenever I asked for it.

Other than the bedtime and boyfriends, my mom was pretty cool and we were very close until the day she died.

Answer 3

If old fashion meant...

1. saying "Yes,mamn/sir to all adults"
2. taking my headgear/hat off in doors.
3. whupp'n my *** when I did wrong.
4. tell'n me to go to bed at certain time.
5. critizing some of my choice of friends
6. not buying me every fad that "everybody" had.
7. showing up in school to check up on me.
8. making me pull up my pants to were they meant to be worn.
9. and the list can go on, and on....

If this is what an old fashion parent is..., then YES my parents are old fashioned.

And...,

I would'nt have had it any other way!!! My parents taught me what it took to be a parent, and I hope to honor them by the way I try to raise my 2 boys. Hopefully to be great MEN!!!

Answer 4

My parents were firm believers in physical punishment, not just for the perpetrator, but for the rest of us as a warning.

We got hit with hangers, belts, hands, anything that was handy. Eating soap was common, as was getting slapped in the face.

I was not given an allowance and whenever I made mone babysitting I had to turn it over to them, so they could tell me how to spend it.

Sundays were church days and had to wear a dress all day. Could not go out with my friends either.

Older brother was God's gift to the world and no matter what he did was fine.
My parent's paid for him to go to college and flunk out several times, While I as a female only needed to go to college to meet a man to get married, I would never use my education therefore they would not pay for it.

There is more, but I prefer not to put it on a public forum.

Answer 5

No, not old-fashioned, strict in the right way, so I and 6 other siblings grew up respecting others and trying our best to DO WHAT IS RIGHT and to keep away from wrong and did not get into trouble.

Answer 6

Only in some things such as "respect elders", don't steal, don't lie etc.

Overall, they were pretty up on things, actually my dad especially was a really cool guy, my mom a bit more restrictive but I parent just as my parents did, and so far so good.

Answer 7

We didn't have a curfew..we could come and go as we pleased. Our parents trusted us when we were in high school. But our mom had to know who we were with.. and by know, I mean.. people who had spent countless nights sleeping over.. and had gone on family vacations with us. But we didn't have rules in high school, we didn't need them. Why?

We had old fashioned parenting when we were younger.

We didn't lie.. because soap doesn't taste good (especially the liquid kind). We didn't steal, because even when you are four you have to take that peice of bubble gum back to the store, apologize to the manager, give it back, and go home and get a spanking. We didn't swear for the same reason we didn't lie.. this is also the reason we didn't talk back to our mom (that, and a smack in the face hurts). We didn't cheat.. because even if your teacher doesn't find out, your mom will, and thats worse, believe me.. and a good mom will make sure the teacher knows, of course, so you don't get a grade you didn't earn. We did chores when we were kids.. even when we were adults still living at home. We didn't get allowance for these chores, we did them because we were told to do them. We didn't ask for money if we wanted to buy something.. asking for money means you don't get it. We asked if there were any extra chores we could do.. and then we'd get paid a little bit for doing each extra chore until we'd earned the money for what we wanted. We got spanked.. I got spanked a lot. We cleaned up after ourselves so our toys didn't get taken to goodwill. We cleaned up after our dog so it didn't get taken to a family that would clean up after it. We went to church on Sundays with our mom until we were old enough to drive ourselves.. then it was our choice.. because you cannot force religion on someone. We made dinner for our mom after school so when she got home from work she could spend time with us. We did all of this with much complaining about how we hated it and how we had the meanest mom in the world and how our friends never had to do stuff like this.

Some of our friends never got to enjoy high school either, because they were having babies at the ages of 11 and 13 and 14. And some of our friends never got jobs because they figured that since their parents gave them everything they wanted, they were owed something, and now they are on welfare. Some of our friends have wasted their lives on alcohol and drugs. We were not popular in highschool.. because we weren't having sex and drinking and smoking.. because we were taught not to.. my mom didn't have to worry about us doing these things.. they never crossed our minds..and I plan on raising my kids to be as unpopular as I was.. so I can trust them to do whats right also

Answer 8

Yeah. I wasn't allowed to date until 16, and when I turned 16, they upped it to 17 and a half. I wasn't allowed to go out much, I always had to call several times while I was out. When I was out playing, I had to check in every 20 minutes. Then again....maybe they were just strict.

Answer 9

They sort of are. They're pretty strict, make me do chores, spanked me when I was little, and stuff like that. It's worked really well. I'm really obediant and stuff. I got the wash out your mouth with soap for saying bad words.

Answer 10

Yes, they wanted me to be home by 10pm from dates. It was a constant fight to be able to stay out longer.