Parenting is hard, I think we get to see that come around fifteen years of growing up and seeing the stupid things we've done in the past. But as a parent one has to just let it go, we're kids and we learn from our mistakes. Not everything can be taught solely from listening and following you, we just want to be our own person and learn from that. So don't make us do anything we don't want to do, push us in the directions you want, and if we like it so be it. Don't force those vegetables down our throats, that's what the Gummy Flinstone vitamins are for. Punishment is okay for drugs, grades, and alcohol, but don't punish your kids over stuff you couldn't do as a child. That excuse is ridiculous and times have changed, it's time to let go, kids should be able to sleep over their best friends' houses, and they should also be allowed to go out once in a while with friends if they really hadn't done anything wrong.
To my parents, I've been on the lucky end of the stick, I think. Everything you've done to or for me helped me be my own person, you didn't push too hard, but just enough. Mom has let me be responsible and make many of my own choices. Dad you've been hard on me my whole childhood, from schools to sports to health, and its paid off, I know now why you did it and it made me better in the end. So you guys did your job, I turned out okay I guess.
As long as your child does their work in school, does what they like to do, and stays out of trouble, what other means is there to parent them on? To all the parents who's kids fit those 3 things, I think you've succeeded your job in being a parent. Thanks.
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