or do you want to raise your kids differently than she did?
2007-08-23 09:34:33 · 24 answers · asked by - 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Oh I definitely want to be a mom like my mom was. My mom stayed home. We lived in a nice house in a nice neighborhood (they got a REALLY good deal on it, otherwise we never would've been able to live in a neighborhood like that, it was referred to in town as "snob hill"). We never had much money, but my mom and dad always tried to make things great for us, and they did. My mom was always there for us. We had home cooked meals every day, she was always volunteering at school and helped out with our class parties and field trips. I am so greatful for what she did and for the sacrafices that my parents made for us. My mom was a superwoman, and I hope that I'm as good of a mom as she is!
2007-08-23 11:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by ~*Mrs. GM2*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did NOT raise my son the way I was raised. I made sure he grew up having great self-esteem without being cocky, knowing how smart he is and that he can accomplish anything he seeks to do. I always tell him how much I love him, what a good person he is, and how proud I am of him. I stayed on top of his education, participated in cub scouts and coached some of his sports teams. He has always known he was the most important person in my life. I also worked very hard at being consistent with discipline and aspired not to do or say anything debasing.
He is now 26 and is married to a wonderful woman. He's the husband I wish I'd had. He is plying the profession of his dreams. You can bet that if he had been raised the way I was, he wouldn't be in the place he is today.
2007-08-23 09:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom did a great job raising my older sister and myself until I was 13... Then she kinda went off the deep end and left my dad and I have barely talked to her in 6 years... But even after all that, my sister and I both turned out very well and now we are both mothers ourselves. I have a lot of bitterness toward my mother because of what she did, but the fact of the matter is that she molded me into the person I am today and I am thankfull for that. So in some ways I want to be like my mother, I want to teach my daughter the same values that my mother taught me as a child... But in other ways I want to be nothing like her, becuase I plan on being there for my daughter when she is a teenager and needs me the most. I have definately learned from her mistakes...
2007-08-23 10:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom was great..always there when I needed her..I got married 4 months ago and miss her terribly even though I'm only 30 minutes away.. She is still my best friend..We talk on the phone every night..I hope I can be just like her in raising my children!
2007-08-23 09:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mommy 2 Heaven Angel & 1 N Belly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom's very caring and fun. She's always been honest with me about her experiences while enforcing rules that (while I won't admit it) are for my own good. We have a great relationship but one thing I don't want to with my kids that she did with me is openly criticize my other relatives, often harshly. Mostly, it's because I'm her oldest daughter and confidante about matters in the family that she doesn't feel comfortable discussing with her friends, but sometimes her observations color my relationships with them. Overall though, I hope to someday have as good a relationship with my own children.
2007-08-23 12:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by onegirlalone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't want to be like my mom, don't get me wrong she was that best that I ever had but I wish that she would have been alot strickter on me than she was because I tell you I need to be beat a lot of time I really messed my life up and wish she would have been strickter but everytime I had a problem or need her to help me clean up (drugs, drinking, sex) she was always there with open arms and helped tremendously. But however I do want to be like her in many ways just not all of her parenting ways I agree with so yes and no.
We do fight alot about how and what to do with my son and I don't like that at all
2007-08-23 13:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by mary m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different in things she never saw.. athough i love her with all my heart she did some thing i wil change. she wasnt happy with her self and it showed . she never made it a point to get cleaned up every day untill much later. this drove me nuts, also the way she raised my older brother that was always told he had some disability was bs .. she let him get alway this murder. he was and is a brat at 40 . He never had to do anything . he had a fit and he got his way. .i dont believe in that . i have worked with ppl with handicaps fro 14 yrs and have learned they need to do this too , Besides he really isnt very slow he is more mentally ill
2007-08-23 09:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by iamblessed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very differently. A couple of little things will prolly be the same, b/c I actually do have my mom's personality, but the big things will be very different.
I'm dreading it, actually, b/c she still influences me, and I don't want to fight all the time about what I do w/ my kids :(
2007-08-23 09:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by Dj 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom did a great job with us. She made some mistakes as surely we do and I try to learn from them. I know I'm making mistakes of my own though
2007-08-23 10:25:03 · answer #9 · answered by Baby Ruth habla español 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I hope to be very similar. My mom did a pretty decent job and is still doing so.
2007-08-23 09:51:47 · answer #10 · answered by mixedmummy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋