Your Relationship with your Parents

Well, my relationship with my parents is non-existent. My family is the definition of "dysfunctional," and I grew up with neither my mother or father. (I was raised by my grandmother, which was a vicious cycle of neglect and conflict... =/) My whole view on the "family" concept, as such, is pretty skewed.

However, most of my friends have the sweetest parents in the world, but they (the friends) dislike them (the parents) because they're "overbearing" or something. This literally hurts me because I never had anything like that, and I can't imagine what it be like to have parents that act like they cared that much. But I guess it's my background that allows me to have such appreciation.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I agree entirely. I think if you're going to produce some offspring, you should be absolutely sure that you're going to be able to provide them time and attention that ALL CHILDREN need.

It seems like so many people plop their kids down in front of a television set and let that babysit them. I understand that its really HARD to raise kids in todays day and age where the cost of living requires two parents to work - but if you're going to reproduce, you should ensure that your kids will have enough of your attention and guidance to help them with their growth.

Stuff like that almost makes me wish that there was some kind of test people had to go through to have kids.

Surely, not EVERY human is fit to reproduce.

There's nowhere I can't reach.