What will you do differently than your own parents did?

Question

When it comes to raising children, everyone has their own ideas. It would be interesting to know how the young people of today plan on raising their families. Will it be different than their own upbringing, or will they follow the methods used by their own parents?

Answer 1

i plan on staying married.

aside from that, i don't remember much of my childhood. I'll raise my kids how we'll see fit. timeouts, taking crap away, no cell phones until they can pay for them, no TV in their rooms, no computers in the rooms, etc. all computers, TVs, and video games will be in the living room, etc.

Answer 2

well i have had some great upbringing and there r a few thing i would not do with my child as iam raising her.I know i will talk with her more and on alot of different levels,about alot of things give her space but not to much,i believe that is where some parents go wrong thats y its so many young children having babies,so yes i will use some of my parents gudielines,but also make my own we r dealing with generation X.

Answer 3

In my case, it is what DID I do differently. My daughter is almost 26. The main thing I did differently is I showed her a lot of affection, and told her "I love you" every day. Other than that, I heard my mother's words come out of my mouth at times (and freaked when they did!) and pretty much raised her the way I was raised, which is a good thing. I am very lucky to have come from a wonderful, Christian family.

Now she has 2 daughters of her own. This would be a good question for her!

Answer 4

98% of what my parents have done, I agree with. But there are a couple of things I will do differently.

~I am going to teach my kids to swim at a young age.
~My family is very musical. I began on violin at age 4. But I stopped liking it. I've decided to wait with my own children until age 6 or 7, epose them to different types of instruments, and let them decide on their own.

I'll think of more things. My parents are really good parents! It's hard to think of things I would change. Basically, you have to take the best things fromy your parents and make the worse things better. everyone's different.

Hope I provided some answer to the question.

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Answer 5

I would give my children a lot more freedom. I would give them an allowance. I would never hit my children.

What I will follow in my parent's footstep:

I will yell at them if they do not listen or are too spoiled
I will teach them respect throughout their whole life
Show them how to treat others the way they want to be treated
Never take life for granted
Take education as a priority

=)

Answer 6

My parents had me later in life although I adore them dearly, I had my boys when I was younger.
They have had the benefit of my fathers wisdom and I am now only in my early fifties and they are all out in the world.
Plenty of time for me to start my life as without all the responsibilities.

Answer 7

I would NEVER drink

and I'd wait at least 10 years.... having a 27 year old parent at age 13 is kinda weird (not me but my oldest sister)

Answer 8

Daughter1}i will deffenitely finish my education first. i will make sure my kids have a perfect daddy figure.i will never leave my kids with the wrong peeps.
daughter2}i will never though a frozen chicken at my husband like my mom.

(2 cute, and that chicken really hurt! 12 year olds have great answers, don't they!)JB

Answer 9

I won't hit my children unless it is a life-or-death situation (running into traffic, etc)

I won't call my children worthless, horrible, rotten, a waste of my time, etc.

I will have a hobby that gets me out of the house and keeps me mentally balanced; and also shows my children that there is more to my identity than "mom-mode."

I will never tell my children than their grandmother (my mother in law) is mean, wicked, horrible, and doesn't love me, their mother.

I will never pit my children against their father, using them as a manipulation tool in my marriage.

I will never twist their words against them to make myself look better.

I will never tell my children they're stupid.

I will never tell my children they will not amount to anything.

I will never tell my children I wish they were never born.

I will never tell my children that no one could ever love them and they'll die miserable and alone.

I will never let my OWN self-worth determine the self-image my children has.

Answer 10

remember the quote "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"?
i think that children today will most likely follow their parents' path. that's how we got brought up and if it turns out well, then it worked :)