2007-08-21 01:41:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Rain and Summer said it best. However, I would like to clarify.
Husband and parents are adults and do not depend on this woman for their activities of daily living. (Meals, hygiene, transportation, etc...)
Children are dependents and require constant care.
Therefore, you cannot drop a child.
Husband's place is secondary to the children. However, if he is a functioning parent, and assisting in raising his children, then making Him a priority becomes sooo much more do-able for the wife.
Exhaustion counts. The more he helps to conserve her strength, especially when kids are small, the better his odds of getting some attention.
Parents: I love my parents. When they need me I am there. At this time, they do not need my care. They are independent.
When they do need my care, my children will be grown,as the youngest is now 14. And my kids, my brothers and sisters, and I will be there for them.
I do not think in terms of "my kids are more important than my man." or "my man is more important than my parents." I love them all, they all love each other, and when someone needs to be the priority we functions as
A Family.
2007-08-21 10:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by Puresnow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children, if any, should come first while they are young. They are the future and should be the world's first priority. They need to be taught what is right and wrong, how to stand strong. They need to be taught compassion and love.
Husbands, if any, are second to the children. This is of course, a temporary thing as children will become adults and have their own lives. A husband is a woman's companion for life (ideally) and partner in everything.
Parents are last on the list, with one exception. If a person's parents are ill and it's possible to take care of them, they should be taken care of. I don't feel it's right to just put people in nursing homes or retirement communities if it's possible to take care of our elderly. They are a valuable resourse that isn't utilized enough. If parents are healthy, they have their own lives to live and do not require top priority.
2007-08-21 02:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Erin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The husband should come first because she committed herself to love him till death. Parents are second because the Bible requires children to obey and honor their parents. Then the children, because they have to be nurtured and trained…however, they usually follow the example of the parents…how I treat my future husband will have a definite effect on the children, because the children imiate and copy the things that they see the parents doing. If a child sees the parents respecting each other and obeying/honoring their parents, the children will immediately take that example and follow it…in other words, children are influenced by example. So the order (in my opinion) would be husband, parents, then children. However, it might be husband, children, then parents…because the parents might not be living with the husband and wife…so it depends on the situation.
2007-08-21 17:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ Victory ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The husband is the top priority. Then children and after them parents.
2007-08-21 17:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by Kaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
children>parents>husband
I propose the above order, from an evolutionary point.
Given that the children carry half of the mothers' genes, and since she has already invested a lot through childbirth, it is easy to explain a mothers' devotion to her offspring.
Parents also have half of the woman's genes
What is a 'husband' but an arbitrary social label? - For sure, the female will do best to choose a faithful male. But in terms of furthering genes in the pool - the husband is of less importance after inception.
2007-08-22 02:36:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woman has to visualize her life as a juggling series of balls. One ball is her husband, another ball is her children & the other one is her parents. I should add another ball for her job & one for her health. But since we set for priorities, she have to choose from those 'balls' being mentioned here. She can't keep all them on the air at the same time & she have to choose which one is the glass balls that she don't dare drop & which ones are the rubber balls that she can let bounce & try again.
GLASS BALLS are my children...meaning they are my TOP priority & rubber balls are my husband & parents who could be persuaded to understand my needs. Hope i made a point.
2007-08-21 02:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by ~~ rAiN & sUmMeR~~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be husband first, then children, then parents.
2007-08-21 02:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by barbwire 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Her Children. her parents are also important, as are her husband, but i guess that depends on her husband. if he's a complete jerk, then he comes last, if he is a husband who loves and respects his wife, second.
2007-08-23 15:55:32 · answer #8 · answered by tmhangel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband, my children, then my parents.
2007-08-21 01:57:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you never pick a man or woman over your children in any abusive situation. otherwise/man/children/respect always for parents.
2007-08-21 19:40:50 · answer #10 · answered by Savanna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋