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Do parents understand their children?
Topic Started: Jul 26 2005, 03:27 PM (676 Views)
Charlo
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They were kids at one point, so they understand me somewhat, but since being a kids in the 60's is way different than being a kid now they are sort of clueless. :P
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darkdragon15
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My parents understand me very well. They are my best friends and faithful collegues. I love them tenderly and no doubt, with a strong, pure heart. Bless them, they are my soul companions in this ugly, ever changing world. I have cried with my father shamelessly about all the terrible incidents in this black world of death.As Richardson once said, "Curse those who defy the peace of earth that God has intended us, and send them to the deepest parts of Hell!"
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Sarah.
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My parents understand me, they let me be who I want to be ;) :blush:
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Prosthetics
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my parents dont understand me
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Curare
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Yes, they understand you VERY well. They just want you to be a different person than you are, and that's likely for the better.
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Kookin Keith
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No they don't, they know whats best for me but other times....they don't understand me in general. It's hard to explain, I dunno lol.

It just sucks, my parents are the type of people that are like, no matter what I do, they jsut believe its expected. Like I run cross country and track, and its always 1 more up for them, like they don't udnerstand the concept of winning a race, they think i slack off becuase I don't win races. Some parents would have their kids thrilled to even do a sport, but no, not me. They gwet pissed that I'm at the computer all summer, and I usually run like 2 times a week, 7 miles every time I run. They don't like the fact that I don't have a job even after I looked everywhere possible in a rance from 0 to 15 minutes from my house. They are ******* comparing me to my friends, oh so and so got a job there, and im like, yea well their unclle got that for them. Seriously it's never enough from them.

I dunno what the hell they're so worried about all the time too, my dad's constantly worried that since I'm doing nothing during the summer, I need to vary my activities or something. Just because im on the computer doesn't mean that I'm doing the same thing all day, this machine is jsut frickin conveniant. I'm listening to music, type and talking to people on aim and msn, making art in photoshop, and playing a game here and there. My dad's like, how you can be content with yourself doing nothing during the summer. I don't need that bull****, I run over 500 miles a year, I think I'm entitled to a little break ya know, and the thing is im still not taking a break. One time he was worried i was gonna get fat and out of shape from drinking too much pop, I'm like, oh yea dad I'd really be worried about getting fat, wait didn't I just run a mile in 4 minutes and 45 seconds? Oh yea thats really terrible, stay praying to God that I'm gonna get fat.

It's just things like that that piss me off, so I guess you can say I have some surpressed anger, but I know he isn't gonna change so I just learn to accept it. Thats what he doesn't know about me, he doesn't know what I think all day, so he just assumes I'm thinking about nothing but videogames and comptuer programs and internet all the time.

My mom on the other hand is a lot easier to talk to, I usually talk to her at least 40 minutes a day becuase she understands me. My dad though, he's just blinded by his arrogance thinking all the time that his way is the right way. For being so intelligent, I'm surprised how little he knows about human reactions and psychology. It's my little way to get back at him whenever he thinks he's right and I'm wrong.

Anyways im gonna stop ranting lol.
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Sarah.
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I honestly don't think the question is correct though, shouldn't it be "Do your parents understand you?". You can't just say no parent that walks the earth understands their child one bit, because my parents do. I don't think you can judge all parents just on the behavior of your parents, because on a regular basis no two people are alike, therefore no one treats their child the same. There are parents who are strict, some who aren't strict enough, people who are too distant, people who are too close, but there are parents in between all that. So I say that the question that your asking, is the wrong one.
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.Raven
Jul 26 2005, 05:48 PM
I honestly don't think the question is correct though, shouldn't it be "Do your parents understand you?". You can't just say no parent that walks the earth understands their child one bit, because my parents do. I don't think you can judge all parents just on the behavior of your parents, because on a regular basis no two people are alike, therefore no one treats their child the same. There are parents who are strict, some who aren't strict enough, people who are too distant, people who are too close, but there are parents in between all that. So I say that the question that your asking, is the wrong one.

You're right.

Most of you don't know what you're talking about, because you've never been in your parents' shoes.

They know what's good for you, and you don't.

They have experienced your age already. You haven't.

They know what will happen when you do certain things, because you did them to.

Your job as a child is to shut up and listen to your parents. They know what they're talking about, because they have been you before. So there's no way you can say they don't understand you. As a whole, they most likely understand you better than you do.
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No, when it comes down to it, they dont understand us in the slighest.
But then again, we dont fully understand them either.
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Nemesis_77
Jul 26 2005, 10:12 PM
No, when it comes down to it, they dont understand us in the slighest.

Hehe, that's why my mom get's so chocked and runs out of the room when she hears a growl from the music I listen to, since she listen to old old old old old old old old old old *blablablablablabla* music. :ermm:
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ForceEight
Jul 26 2005, 04:05 PM
.Raven
Jul 26 2005, 05:48 PM
I honestly don't think the question is correct though, shouldn't it be "Do your parents understand you?". You can't just say no parent that walks the earth understands their child one bit, because my parents do. I don't think you can judge all parents just on the behavior of your parents, because on a regular basis no two people are alike, therefore no one treats their child the same. There are parents who are strict, some who aren't strict enough, people who are too distant, people who are too close, but there are parents in between all that. So I say that the question that your asking, is the wrong one.

You're right.

Most of you don't know what you're talking about, because you've never been in your parents' shoes.

They know what's good for you, and you don't.

They have experienced your age already. You haven't.

They know what will happen when you do certain things, because you did them to.

Your job as a child is to shut up and listen to your parents. They know what they're talking about, because they have been you before. So there's no way you can say they don't understand you. As a whole, they most likely understand you better than you do.

Maybe so, but I'm banned from chats and messengers and stuff, and a forum is the same to them. I trust my judgment on that, I'm not going around telling people where I live and whatnot, but they think I'll meet a stalker or something.
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Kookin Keith
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ForceEight
Jul 26 2005, 10:05 PM
.Raven
Jul 26 2005, 05:48 PM
I honestly don't think the question is correct though, shouldn't it be "Do your parents understand you?". You can't just say no parent that walks the earth understands their child one bit, because my parents do. I don't think you can judge all parents just on the behavior of your parents, because on a regular basis no two people are alike, therefore no one treats their child the same. There are parents who are strict, some who aren't strict enough, people who are too distant, people who are too close, but there are parents in between all that. So I say that the question that your asking, is the wrong one.

You're right.

Most of you don't know what you're talking about, because you've never been in your parents' shoes.

They know what's good for you, and you don't.

They have experienced your age already. You haven't.

They know what will happen when you do certain things, because you did them to.

Your job as a child is to shut up and listen to your parents. They know what they're talking about, because they have been you before. So there's no way you can say they don't understand you. As a whole, they most likely understand you better than you do.

It's not like that, I know that they know what is best for me, thats why my dad is hard on me all the time, and I probably wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for him. The problem is hes always looking towards the future instead of the past and present, he never looks at what I've done, it just adds onto the list of things he expected me to do. I know he's proud of me for that but he doesn't show it...at all.
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My dad knows me well. My mom lol another story. If my mom knew how I believe in the para-noraml she would send me to counceling :rolleyes:

It sucks when you came home from the best day. And then your parents then start yelling at you for something tht your brother did. it happened to me. i wanted to tell them both of.

And when you coem home and you happy then you have to do like 500 things.
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i agree with some and some i dont.....my parents definately understand me....they let me do wahetever because they know its my life :ermm:
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My parents and dont understand and frankly, dont care about my opinions on things.
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