How were you raised and how will/did /are you raising your children?
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I’m 14 and have to write a paper about it for Parenting&Child dev. so I thought I’d hear a few stories for help. I need some help though. We have to write about our childhood and how our parents brought us up and I really don’t want to. It would be inappropriate. (I don’t feel like telling everyone about my drug addicted mother and alcoholic father and the abuse and stuff)
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Answer by notcrazyunwell
I know what you mean. My step dad beat me, my mom allowed it, and my real dad just thought I was lying. He changed his tune, though, when the cops called him to pick me up from the hospital at 3am on my 16th birthday because my step dad had beaten me so badly. I’m older now, married, with my own daughter and I can tell you that I can’t even bring myself to spank her! She’ll probably be a bit spoiled, but I never intend to tell her exactly why.
Answer by MeggiesMama
I came from a “picture-perfect family.” Two parents who loved each other. One older sister, two older brothers, two dogs, two cats. Everyone saw us as what the American family was supposed to be. My parents were good parents. My mom was the stricter of the two and my dad was the push over. However, my brother who is three years older than me had a lot of rage issues and abused me quite violently and my parents never did anything about it until I couldn’t handle it anymore and told the authorities. Even then my parents didn’t really cope with it all that well.
My parents believe in spanking, and did spank us with a belt when we got out of line. We were a scouting family. My sister and I were in Girl Scouts and my brothers were both in Boy Scouts. We took a family vacation every summer. For the most part we were and still are a very close knit family. My brother has gone through counseling and has learned to control his rage and is now an excellent father and husband.
Do I raise my kids the same way my parents raised me? No, but close. I reserve spanking for extreme offenses. I read to my children every day, and when my six year old needs discipline I either put her in the corner or take away priveleges (TV, friends, etc.) Because of my experiences with my brother I will always be on the look out for sibling abuse (physical, mental, and sexual). I will not ignore it. I will confront it and get my children the help they need.
I believe that as parents, we should never fight in front of our children. We don’t. If we have an issue and the kids are around we don’t say anything right then and wait for a more appropriate time, or if it’s urgent we pull the other aside and explain the situation without getting angry, rude, or mean. It’s important that children see their parents as united and not two people with opposing thoughts.
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