What is one thing that your parent(s) said....?

Question

.....to you as a child, that you have remembered and actually made use of as an adult?

My father said, "Watch everything that I do. Take the things you like and take away the things that you don't like from me as a father and use them to raise your own children."

Answer 1

If you find a dollar in the street leave it there, there are people who need it more than you...
now.... he didn' say anything about a 100 bill... hehe... Still I don't pick it up.

Answer 2

Yes, I told Buttery Biscuits that I'll admit and you should all keep it in mind.

I hate to say it but I don't think my mother told me anything that I was able to take with me as an adult except for labor. It gets worse before it gets better.

Answer 3

I have no positive recollections, lived in a dysfunctional family.
Your father's advice was wise.
Our children used to tell us they weren't going to make their children adhere to certain standards-like eating vegetables and set bedtime, but we find they have kept ideas that make sense to them and are experimenting or discarding those they are unhappy with.
That's exactly how it should be.

Answer 4

aww what your father said is very cute! i like that ...

2 things come to mind for me .... my mother always says "if your going to be late ... dont go at all" and now as an adult i am NEVER late to anything!

another thing she always told me was "dont ever let a man laugh at you" (meaning dont let a man make a fool of you) - and as an adult that has always stuck with me.


very good question!

Answer 5

"Adults don't want to be bothered by bad kid"


My father used to tell me as a child and I REALLY learned to agree with him as I grew to adulthood.

Answer 6

Mom, mom ,momma said to remember always to take my flinstone vitamins so I can live long and strong

Answer 7

Be yourself when dating.. cause you can be you forever. but if your fake it want last..

And what ever I do in the begining of a relationship I better keep doing it till the end..


and last dont say bye.. but solong when leaving..

Answer 8

LOL! My mom always told me "Do as I say not Do as I do!" I get it now that I'am older and have kids! I tell mine the same. We all have bad habits that we don't want to pass to our children! GOOD QUESTION!!

Answer 9

Choose your friends wisely. I love what your father said...very good.

Answer 10

"Watch your back. There are some strange people in this world."-That came from my one true parent, my mother.