how has being a mother changed you as a person?

Answer 1

I'm not really a mother, obviously but I am a single father. That has changed my life more than anything in the world could have. I'll be quite honest, before my kids were born I was a bit of a partier and I really didn't take much seriously. When my oldest was born I was only 18 but he really taught me there was something to life other than staying out late drinking with friends. And because his mother couldn't see that and she didn't want to be held back from the life I gave up, I had to and still today have to play the part of mum and dad.

Being both a mother and a father to my kids has turned me around so I'm not pretty much the polar opposite of how I was before they were around. I learn something new from them every day and I think and hope I'm becoming further and further away from who I used to be. Being a parent has taught me to put them first instead of myself. I'm so lucky to have each of them around, they've all changed my life in so many ways that it isn't possible to write. I'm sure every parent says this but it really is true.

Answer 2

I was only FIFTEEN when i got pregnant and had my son when i was sixteen... So i wouldn't call it CHANGING me cuz i was just a little girl to begin with....but in a weird way its kinda like were growing up together i guess u could say....lol. I am now nineteen and my beautiful son is 2 1/5....He has been my inspiration since the day he was born to succeed in life and make sure that in every way he is happy and had a better childhood than me. Having a child, no matter what age you are teaches you patients, how to work hard, and to appreciate the little things in life....(at least 4 me it did....lol) That kid is my life and always will be and HE IS THE REASON that on a daily basis i work so hard....and in the end its ALL worth it to see that beautiful smile and to hear I LOVE YOU MOMMY come out of his mouth. He is one of the most well taken care of and happy children i know and i take pride in that, cuz he deserves it.....I dint even wanna know what id be doing with my life if i didn't have him to motivate me to move forward in life....so MAIN POINT....lol.....Being a mommy help me GROW UP in every way possible.... :-)

Answer 3

Besides discovering what unconditional love is, never loving anyone as much as I do my child, I have beocme a better driver, pray a lot more (thanking God for my bundle of joy) and also more "respectable"--do not want to go out except it is to show off my little boy. I also dress like a mom, because I am one and I have really become my mom! I am no longer ashamed of this, either--I finally understand what she has been talking about all these years, about her children being her masterpieces!

Answer 4

I believe you will find this answer will be as different and personal as the individual. I have given birth to 2 children but raised and mothered many more over the years. All I can give though is my own personal experience and this small space is not really enough to explore the sentiment of your question. I will do my best though.

At the age of 23 I was concerned with finishing college and enjoying life. I had just moved in with my boyfriend and the world was at my feet. We had been practising safe-sex, but even with the best of intentions, I discovered I was pregnant. Even though we didn't have much money, there was never a moment when I thought I would terminate my pregnancy. It is just not something I would do. After a difficult pregnancy (pre-eclampsia, toximia,gestational diabetes, to name a few) I gave birth to an 8lbs 1oz baby girl. My life has never been the same.

It had never occurred to me how important being a parent would be to me until I had my daughter. Since the day I gave birth to her, I have devoted every waking minute to making sure I provide for her every need. I even deprive myself of things I would have thought were essential to make sure her needs are met. It has not always been an easy road, money has always been tight, since getting my degree has been slowed, by caring for her, but I am still at it. It is important for me to show her and now my son who was born three years later, how important finishing your education is to me.

I used to think it was important to have lots of money to have children. But, I have found that although it would have been good for me to have finished my education so I could have landed a better paying job to provide for their needs, it is o.k. even though I hadn't. My children were able to have all their needs met by their father and I even though we don't hold college degrees. We even managed to take in my husband's two nephews and raise them from teenagers to adulthood. Both of them have families of their own now and I couldn't be prouder of them.

I asked the oldest one if he ever felt slighted because we didn't have alot of money while he was growing up. He looked at me with the most puzzled expression and said, "Aunt, everything I am is because of you and uncle, I am a good father, a hard worker, and a productive citzen in the community. More money, wouldn't have taught me the value of a dollar and how hard it is to come by, it wouldn't have taught me that being a good parent means sometimes NOT taking the overtime everytime because your children need your influence at home to guide them to make the right choices in life, and to apprieciate what we do have and share it with others. You taught me that and I am a better person for it."

I was never more proud of him than that, and to have been a part in helping mold the person who said that and then set him free to share it with his children and the rest of the world.

Being a parent is the hardest job I have ever had, but it has also been the most rewarding and enriching job as well.

I have changed, my outlook on the world, who I am, and who I will become, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share my story.

Answer 5

I am a creator of life. How can that not change you? When I had my children, it was as if I was given a tremendous gift. One that I thought I would never experience, because I had them when I was 35 and 37 years old. It forever changed my way of thinking and the way I loved. I have never been so loved as I am by my children. They are everything to me. They are why I am alive.

Answer 6

My world has changed because my thoughts no longer revolved around MY needs, but the needs of my children. I became stricter, but not so much that I come across as mean.

Answer 7

I have new feelings and i became a better person! The MOTHER feels responsible for all the world and try to help everybody! It is a very nice feeling!

Answer 8

I used to be wild, and all i wanted to do was hang with my friends, party, and do all kinds of dangerous stuff, but since i have had my daughter I am like a worry wart, and very protective of everyone in my life.

Answer 9

I never knew happiness and true selflessness 'till I had the love of my life, my two year old son. I always put him first in every decision I make.

Answer 10

I tell you what has happened to my wife. She is more responsible, more caring, soft, protective, thinks about future.
Crazy buying for baby, doesn't allow me to drink and smoke.

But over all i am so happy to see her changed. When i hug her after having a kid i feel her warm.