Loving
Encouraging
Did they spoil you?
Cold
Strict
Discouraging
Religious
You get the point. Feel free to add to the list. I was just wondering what kind of parents other people grew up with. Most people I know came from disfunctional families. I guess I'm curious to see if it's just the ratio is high just around here or if that's how it is for most people.
2007-01-09 05:37:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Well I was raised by my grandparents and they are the best parents a girl can ask for, encouraging, loving, a bit strict (but in todays society I can see now that it was needed), my Daddy (grandfather) spoiled me rotten ( I'm a princess), religious yes I was raised and still am a devout catholic. My biological parents created me but didn't stick around for the rest of the job but I never missed out on anything. My Grandparents took me to balet lesson (when I decided that I wanted to be a ballerina one year), they dealt with the parent teach conferences, taught me to be wise, they are wonderful.
2007-01-09 06:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lexy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mom was loving, a bit overly religious due to her own upbringing, not really strict but constantly worried for our souls. Dad was emotionally unavailable a lot of the time. Somewhat abusive but not beyond the point that most poor men with little economic support are. We have grown much closer in recenet years. We were too broke to be spoiled... lol
2007-01-09 13:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by mzflyfemme 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I grew up with a single parent as my dad died when I was 3 years old. When I was 8 I became very sick and ended up walking as a cripple kid. My mother was very loving, encouraging, attempted to be strict, although she would sometimes (and still does till this day - 43 years later) say I couldn't do something because of my disablity and was at times overprotective. But as a child I did not appreciate how she was raising me and believed that she was foolish etc, as many kids feel about their parents. But today after being a parent myself I realize just how difficult it can be and am very grateful for all the unconditional love that she gave me throughout my troubled teen years especially and try to show my gratitude to my mother as much as possible today. I am also very proud to say aloud that although we did have many battles and disagreements throughout my hormone induced years that today we are very good friends as well as mother and son.
2007-01-09 13:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by crazylegs 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My parents were very cold and seemed unable to show love to me and my brother. Also they were very strict though not I suppose for the times as I grew up in the 50's and 60's when parenting was different. I was forced to attend church. They were quite critical which has been something that caused problems for both my brother and I in later life.
2007-01-09 14:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by Rose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother was very religious. I grew up watching PBS and the news. We literally prayed before eating peppermint candy. We, my sister and I, would sneak and listen to the radio because any music that was not gospel was not allowed to be played in her house. I am thankful for my upbringing in that I didnt have to have the latest fashion or do what the majority of people did. And listening to the news helped me a lot in college because where my classmates found news articles torturing, I found it informative.
2007-01-09 13:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by Nique T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I am 14 so my parents are still in the act of ruining my life LOL.
GOOD POINTs
Lets see, they are loving,Encoraging, Religious I guess, and they care about me and my future, although they don't give a rip about the social part.
BAD POINTS
way over protective, don't spoil me, strict, not very understanding, weird, and bent on making me weird too. LOL
PLEASE ASWER ONE OF MY QUESTIONS!!
2007-01-09 14:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by theskysthelimit 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My father is an alcoholic, he abused my mother and cheated on her. My mother was stressed out. She loved us, she did the best she could but she didn't leave him until we were all grown (my sister was 16). She could be both encouraging and discouraging. She also was manipulative, especially as we got older and wanted us to do certain things her way.
Are all families dysfunctional?
2007-01-09 13:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by fab 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a bubble i had it all
Loving.. they thought me to love everyone and myself too.
Encouraging.. They told me i could do what ever i wanted to do with my life.
Spoiled....Yes they did that to but with their time and love...
Discouraging... Yes they discouraged me from hanging out with bad crowds.
They were Cold to me when they needed to show me that i had done something wrong, i couldn't stand it..
Religious.. Yes they taught me that God is good to all of us that he loves us with no end..
I know that they loved me like God loves me..
2007-01-09 14:36:04 · answer #8 · answered by LittleDaisy. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loving, but also strict and, yes they spoiled us all
2007-01-09 13:43:15 · answer #9 · answered by Silver Fox 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Loving and spoiled each one of us.
2007-01-09 13:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by Baby Jessica 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋