Your Relationship with your Parents

My mom is a ball of paranoia, which causes alot of friction between her with me and my sis. Every little trivia matter is a crisis to her.

My dad and I used to be close when I was really little, now all he does is mock me at the dinner table like some overgrown big brother. He has no idea how to talk to young people.

My relationship to both goes up and down and up and down. Didn't help that I dropped out of college because I have no idea what I want to do and its wasting fees.

Critism and negativity from them stings, and mom knows how to emotinal black mail me. I wish parents will stop treating their kids like pets in a dog show. I'm a human being dammit, I don't get the immediate answer to what I wanna do as soon as I step out of high school!

Parents need to stop expecting perfection and focusing on letting us do what we want and do our very best in it. Raise us to be human, not gods.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

A footnote after reading more posts on the thread. Being a parent doesn't mean your tastes and opinions are absolute. I wish more parents are more accepting to what we enjoy. Remember, Picasso was mocked back in the day and now, parents dragged us to artshows to see his stuff. I'm pretty sure video games and anime will be more respected as time goes on.

My dad thinks video games are silly, dumb, waste of time yada yada. Mom lets me play them but isn't fully supportive either. Bah. That's right, tell me your opinion on something you know NOTHING about.

Though funnily enough, they both enjoyed the Wii. My dad LOVED bowling.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

You would think with the creation of the internet people will research before making their dumb opinions won't they?

If she thinks they're all hermaphrodites, then let me ask one thing, has she MET any young Asian boys before making that lame assumption? Asian boys have slimmer builds and all. Or did she just assume that anime has this weird thing of making men looking more femine?

Parents =/= Gods who know everything. Stop using the pain you gone through in labor as some metaphor that you created all life and know everything.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

...Oh god I don't even wanna go there... Why can't people get with the times and stop being racist?!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I meant muscles Racin. :P

How ya doing, buddy?

This thread is kinda depressing... Human's aren't perfect, but can't they at least try to prepare themselves before having a kid, and do their best to care for them when you have them?

If you want some mini me clone to do your bidding the way you want it, tough luck. If you expect your kid to move out in a week without an advance notice, that you're a moron who doesn't know how the world works, or you're simpley heartless.

Did any of these parents from the above posts even think TWICE before having a kid? Marriage is a big step, but at least its 2 people who should know how to care for themselves indepently. Having a kid means a human being thats gonna depend on you completly for 18 years. Its a huge commitment and responsibility that you can't easily get out of and be forgiven.

Why is parenthood getting more fucked up by the minute?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well the physical violence has been toned down from the past, but it seems like the sane mentality of parents is spiraling downward to me from all these stories... I mean it kinda scares alot of people from having kids of their own cause of their parents or other parents. It makes me wonder if I would change if I decided to have kids...

FELIPE NO

Which I agree, but then again, were'nt we all the same when we were 2 years old?

I really honestly don't want kids, though its not really because of a career, but I don't wanna clean up after them, and then have to deal with teenage emotions, then have to deal with a college fund.

But trouble is, kids, and us when WERE kids, are going to be selfish, ignorant, lazy and probably stupid too. There's no method or medicine that automatically makes the kids be bit more responsible and cosiderate. Hell some people grow up and are still never considerate of others.

I won't deal with kids myself, but I wonder how the rest of the future parents will deal with them? Think any of them are fully prepared or are all parents doom to screw themselves cause reality is different from their visions?

Instead of slapping though, I suggest a hit on the head. Hurts just as much, teaches them a lesson, and no real obvious red mark to people who are oversensitive to "child abuse". I'm against using object like caning though, thats a bit too overkill and barbaric, unless the kid just won't quit it.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?