Somehow it just seems funny that you worded it that way. It's good though, I can picture her in my mind.

 

Both of my parents had a net income of $2,000 a month... raised 3 children on welfare, all college graduates, and doing well. actually, both my sisters are doing great... me, i'm ok. =)

understand this... parents always want the best for their children and sometimes, they **** up. we choose what we become (like somebody stated above). i know from experience... we all have stories to tell but i'll save mine for another day.

ultimately, shit happens...

 

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're going to get.

 

I don't think every child who has successful parent's is some ungrateful peon. My Father has a decent job, my Mother has never had to work a day in her life. We live in a nice house that's paid off. My Brother and I are both in College, and it's all paid for. My Father bought me my S2000 when I was 17, and he is paying a healthy sum of my Brother's C5 Vette bill. If I woke up Tomorrow and it was all gone, oh well. Not everyone is lucky. There are people out there who worry about how they will get their next meal, so I don't ask for things and then bitch when I don't get them. I didn't even ask for the car.

I think it all depends on how you were raised. When I was much younger, my Brother and I rarely got nice stuff. We had the basic stuff that kid's want. I never had a 4 wheeler, or dirt bike, when Christmas came around I got what I got and I was grateful for it. My Parent's were alway's there for me and supported me and that's all that matters. Most parents today are so money oriented their children take the back seat. They think that if they spoil them rotten it will somehow make up for the fact that they aren't there for them. All it does it provoke their children to be snotty brats.

All in all, I seriously think parents should be able to whoop up on their children. It worked for me, I'm still afraid of wooden paddles.

 

But seriously...Raising a family is more difficult then having a successful career.any hard working "IDIOT" can be successful at his job but raising a good family is a full time job which takes alot of brain power.just because someone makes a lot of money doesn't mean their "SMART".In my eyes successful means having a good career and a solid family life.


btw to answer your question...like others have stated they didn't raise these kids with strict rules.just let them do whatever they wanted



peace

 

That's the key right there. You need strict rules in order to set things straight. If you don't have any rules, the kid's will do whatever the hell they want. I remember the day before I turned 14 my Parent's had me at my first job interview at Burger King. Nothing like being 14 and making $5.15 an hour haha. That was baller status back then.

 

^^ AMEN TO THAT.. I was 16.. when I turned 16 got my license, and got a job that very same day.. $5.75.. BALLIN! lol..

 

[QUOTE=C_Unit,Feb 2 2007, 04:54 PM] if my mom yells at me and i think it's total bullshit, i hold my tongue until i know she's calmed down enough that she won't chase me around the house slapping me upside the ass with her slipper if i open my trap.

 

The person your describing, well they are pretty much a dime a dozen around here.

The faking pregnancy thing, wow that is just crazy, lol.

 

i hate successful parents that have kids. wanted to have it all, but prob messed up the kid's life in the process. be mature and decide one or the other.

imo, parents dont get enough blame for how their kids turn out. as one poster said above, kids are the product of mostly their parents, regardless of what it seems like.