Most parents do what they do out of love for their children. This might be so, but let me tell you, growing up my parents were flat out annoying. In fact both my mom and my dad annoyed me in their own unique ways, how lucky was I. At the time, for me to consider this lucky it would have had to be paired with winning the lottery. Now in hindsight, I feel lucky to have the goofy parents that I do. It was as if my eyes were glued shut before, and now that they have been pried open, I no longer see their gestures as pure torture. Growing up, and even looking back on those times, I am pretty sure my mom's only goal was to humiliate me. She claims that she didn't try to, but in my heart I know better. My mom always has embarrassed me, and even whips …show more content…
Often times it didn't even take effort for them to be effective. It was as if there was no bait needed to hook this fish on his fishing hook. He was able to get on my nerves just by asking my questions. For example, often times during my elementary years, my dad would drive me places and he always asked me what I had learned in school. Of course being an annoyed child I always grumbled, "I don't know." He would replicate my sass back by saying, "why do you go to school, if it's always 'I don't …show more content…
A challenge of the sort, in fact. To not only see these bothersome moments as glimmers of love, but to cherish each one in it's uniqueness. For no one can ever know when the Waterfall of Annoyance will stop flowing for good. From now on when you set sight on the beauty of these irritating streams, you might find that a tiny part of yourself grows to appreciate it. Grasp every moment, because one day this river will dry up. You will wish for that annoying question, or even long to roll your eyes one more time. No matter if it's your mom, dad, grandparents learn to, dare I say, enjoy their annoyances, and cherish those that have occurred in the past. Don't take their role in your life for granted, because there are some of us who dream to be annoyed by our loved ones yet another time. Find yourself wanting to get out of the torture of annoyance and irritation that parents bestowed upon you? It might be hard to recognize at first, but consider this to be a trap that you are lucky to be in. One that reflects how much you are loved. After all, to get along with a group of humans so well that their very presence makes your eye twitch in anticipation of an eye roll, is something special. So bring on the annoying gestures, and the embarrassing family moments. Bring on the laughter and the bright red cheeks. Lastly, bring on the love that only these type of people can bring to the table, and do the world a favor. Cherish it with all you've got
As a young child, I knew my mother as strict and consistent. The house was orderly. Rules were clear and expected to be followed. Of course, I was compelled to always test this side of my mother--I can’t tell you how many hours I spent sitting on a chair in the corner of the kitchen, staring at our yellow tile!! Even then, my mother did not believe in spankings and corporal punishment as such, but she did use the occasional “wap” on the arm or behind when she felt it was necessary. If you watch the old family movies, you will see me in many scenes pouting and rubbing my arm (Testing those limits again!!).
I yelled at them, ignored them, and occasionally did the opposite they told me too. At the time, I thought that made me better than them, but in the end, it got me nowhere. Soon I entered high school and my bratty preteen-self calmed down. However, my parents became stricter on my grades because there was a big milestone that would be coming up in a few years, getting accepted into college. My parents made it very clear that if I did not get a large scholarship to any university, I would have to go to the local community college. That was the last thing I wanted to happen, I wanted out of the house. I now had a strong incentive to do well in school. I wanted to be able to go out on my own and escape their tight grasp on me. I completed year after year, always making “A’s” in my classes. I soon climbed to the top of my school’s ranking system and was at the top of my class. Though, this did not matter to me, I wanted out of my house. At this point, I knew I was not disappointing my parents, they were as proud as can be with a daughter at the top of her class. This was the first time in my life that I felt as if my parents were generally proud of me and my accomplishments. I still however, felt guilty. Even though I was doing it for myself, I felt bad that I wanted to escape my parents. I did not hate them, I just could not stand being under their control
...e the money to pay for my lesson and attire, so they pulled me out of the activity. I was angry at her for that and assumed she didn’t understand how it felt to have something that you love be taken away from you, when in fact she knew all to well. I found out so much about my mother and came to accept that even though she did not do all the right things with raising me, or the things I thought she should have done she did her best and I grew up to be a very respectful, intelligent young lady.
It is true that obstacles in life are uncomfortable and unsupportable experiences, but if we would learn to look at the bright sides of problems, keep seeking opportunities, manage situations and learn from failures then the difficulties that we face in our life would turn out for the better not only in the present but also in the
It was 3 a.m., and I could hear the argument downstairs. My parents had to do this at 3 a.m.? I got up, walked around for a minute, and went back to bed- I had school the next day. This became an increasingly common occurrence, almost every other day the fall and winter of junior year. The argument had been more or less the same for the last month, centering around my dad's alcoholism and family's money troubles.
Parents need to be involved in their children’s life and be excited for them. By doing so, this emits a sense of kindness and respect for them. As corny as a parent’s enthusiasm might seem, their positive
When Amy Chua, a professor at Yale, wrote her personal memoir in 2011 called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, controversy arose regarding the topic of an extreme parenting type called a “Tiger Mom” (Tiger Mom). When The Wall Street Journal posted an excerpt from Chua’s book on their website, it received over 7,000 comments both positive and negative including death threats (Extreme Parenting). In her book, Chua describes is forcing her 7-year old daughter to stay up all night without bathroom or drink breaks until she was able to play a certain piano piece (Extreme Parenting). Her daughter rebels, drops violin, and takes up tennis (Luscombe). Extreme parents exert great pressure on their child to meet expectations, and if they are not met, the child may be punished (Hatter). The MacMillan Dictionary defines a tiger mom as “a very strict mother who makes her children work particularly hard and restricts their free time so they continually achieve the highest grades,” (Tiger Mother).
Timothy introduces himself to Cindy and Jim, and they took him to take a shower. They soon phone the police to report a missing child, but in the midst of the conversation, Jim saw a disturbance in the garden where they planted the box. He hung up and went running to Cindy and soon after they came to the realization that the child came from the ground, reciting, “of fifty-four possible girl name, and one boy name, Timothy,” this child was for them. This magical inclusion from Disney part is not foreign, yet is represents a twist on how the world operates and ways in which we get what we want. This scene signifies the opposite to reality because a person cannot simply place their orders on things such as a human being and receive exactly what
In conclusion, we learn in life we have to face these challenges in each accomplishment to give us a sense of unity through our family members. In life, we have to go through these challenges everyday and some days it will be easy and some days it will not but as long as we have our friends, family and friends to point us to the right direction we can achieve basically anything we want too. Life there will be things that will hurt us or we can't be able to due, but we will soon overcome all these challenges in life and it will open a new doors for us.
If my Mom did not give in to my requests I would just throw a simple temper tantrum and five minutes later victory would be mine. On the other hand, when my dad was around, everything was to be done his way. If he didn’t think I needed it, I would not get it, no matter how much complaining and whining. In my Dads mind I had to deserve everything I received, if I did something wrong a couple days earlier he would remind me about it as I was asking for a bike or whatever else it is I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, my dad wasn’t a mean guy or an abusive father, I knew my limits and when I would get dumb enough to cross that line, he was right there to put me back in my place.
Every parent has different skills that they use when dealing with their child. Growing up I had two parents with completely different techniques on how to handle situations with me. Both of my parents love me unconditionally, and would give me the entire world if they could. For every parent, teaching lessons and earning respect is a very important aspect to them. Each of my parents love me so much, but both have very different ways of showing affection, discipline, and communication.
As parents one only want the best for their children. Therefore, one sometimes tend to come off as strict parents. Parents that only want the best for their children try to teach them respect and mold them into bright, intelligent individuals. Nowadays, the way you appear and carry yourself if very important. Parents who do not let their child participate in some events only does this because one is looking out for their children. Parents are sometimes strict because, one does not want their child to stray away, one does not want their child to make the same mistakes as one did when one was younger, and to teach discipline.
My father has influenced my life in several ways, for staying in my life he has taught me about priorities and responsibilities. When my dad tells me things he does it in a unpleasant voice, he claims that’s just the way he talks but I
To begin with, they gave us life. Parents who help us to grow up; without them we would not be in this world. It was not easy for them to bring us in this world .They provided shelter, clothes, and medicine whatever we needed at that time; also they provided education, and teach us how we could survive in this world. Parents always try to make their children able and they want to see them a successful person. Sometime parents even kill their own desire and happiness to make their children successful. Therefore, they have right to expect something from their children in their old age. Our parents sacrifices a lot of things for us in their life so, children can show their love and gratitude for elderly parents by taken care of them.
I always had, and still have, a very good relationship with my parents. Some things have altered slightly with time but not too much. I used to adore my father. Like most young kids, I thought that my dad was the best thing since sliced bread. My feelings began to shift some as I started to grow up. I began to have my own ideas, and no longer was he always correct. Sometimes he was simply wrong, and pointing this fact out to him sometimes got me into trouble. The punnishments for these deeds taught me more in the long run than they did at that time.