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Love 'em or hate 'em, or maybe both: what do your parents mean to you? Do you get along with them? Do you wish you got along better? Do they give you fair rules? Do their rules have you itching to move out and be on your own? Do you like the amount that they are involved in your life? Can you imagine life without them, or with different parents? Got anything else to share about parents?
Well I love my parents. My mom knows how I feel and that I have a boyfriend and she gives me advice. My dad cares about me and says he loves me, which makes me feel good, but sometimes my mom blames everything on me instead of my brother. He's like 17. I always have to clean my room even though it's still clean, and my brother has his boxers all over the place! My dad sometimes takes his anger out on me, but I still love them, and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world.
I love my mom and dad to death. Sometimes, I think about when they will be gone and tears start to form. My dad: I LOVE MY DAD! He is a little old, but he has a young spirit in him. When he comes to pick me up from school, his music is loud and clear: ACDC, Rush, Journey, any rock band that sounds good. My dad is a great guy. Sometimes when he comes home from work he's a little tired, and he doesn't like nonsense from anyone. My mom: I LOVE MY MOM! She is always there and is really funny at times, but she has this weird thing where when everyone is laughing she will say something about someone who died, which downs everybody. We call her "Downer." My mom is really strict, but I don't think I could survive with another mom and dad. These guys are perfect. And even though they aren't always fair, I will always love them.
I love both my parents to death, but they are sooo annoying! They nag me all the time and won't let me do anything because then they would have to do something, like drive me to a friend's or set aside to hang out. I'm not even allowed to hang out with my best friends and my crush! GRR! But I still love them because I know they're only like that because they love me!
I love and hate my parents at different times. For instance, I love my mom when she remembers to pack things in my suitcase that I forget. And I love my dad when he wrestles with me. But I hate it when my mom expects me to do something, but doesn't tell me about it, then screams at me later for not doing what I was supposed to do even though I didn't know I was supposed to do it in the first place!
I love my parents a lot, but like any teenager, they can get a little annoying at times. These include when they are nagging me about friends or are just plain crabby. I think it would surprise my parents to know that the best times are when they are treating me like an adult and both are in a good mood. This rarely happens to me, but when it does, it is worth the weeks of unhappiness.
My parents are very nice, and I think having parents is a great thing. A lot of people think that their parents are really annoying, but they only intrude on your personal life because they CARE! My parents are divorced, so it's kind of hard to talk about them together, so I will talk about my mom, since she has custody. My mom's rules are not very tight around me, so I am very happy with my mom's rules. I get along amazingly well with my mom because we are so alike it's weird. I like the amount that my mom is involved in my life. It is kind of hard to deal with divorce, but it is copable. You eventually get over it.
I really appreciate my parents for everything they have done for me. Yes, at times they can make me mad or say something I don't want to hear, but at the same time, it's always for the best for me. I really wish I could be close to my mother, though. We are close now, but when it comes to boy talk, she quickly changes the subject. When she doesn't change the subject, she goes around telling everybody what we talked about. Then it gets to people like my younger cousins, who I don't want to know, and it's just a lot. So now I don't really talk to her because I don't really trust her enough to tell her stuff about boys. And I really want her to meet my boyfriend, but she will find out sooner or later. But in the end, you should always appreciate your parents.
My parents…um. I don't know what to say about them. Sometimes I can tell they love me. Sometimes I can't. They can be the most annoying, hypocritical, rude things on earth! I wonder where they get it from, but without them, I don't know what I would do.
I'm OK with them, but sometimes they get on my nerves. Like I'm grounded right now, and they want me to write on this. OK, whatever; thanks for listening!
My parents are sweet and funny. Sometimes they get on my nerves, but I still love 'em!
My dad passed away when I was 7, so the only parent I have is my mom. I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her, but sometimes she really makes me angry. When I have a problem with my little brother (which is all the time because he's really annoying), she will just make jokes about it and not take me seriously, or she will just not do anything because she doesn't want to deal with it. When I tell her about my problems, she always turns it around on herself and what her problems are. I understand she has problems, too, and I try to listen, but she can hardly listen to mine. It really is annoying.
I love my parents even though during the past few years it's gotten even more and more embarrassing to tell them that.... What they mean to me is something you can't really describe in words. I appreciate how they brought me into this world, cared for me, helped me grow, and never let me down in any way. I hear and see stories about people getting into drugs or skipping school a lot since I'm in that age group. A couple months ago--and I'm not ashamed to admit this--I wanted to be one of my classmates. I wanted to be wild and try something new. I had a boyfriend even though my mom and especially my dad were and are against it. I continually complained about how "strict" my parents are and how they never let me live my life. Now, though I think I've changed quite a bit, I KNOW that everything my classmate is doing is wrong. And I appreciate that about my parents, too: they never let me go out without knowing with who and where, and they wait for me in the lobby of the movie theater until I get out. I just want to say to anyone out there: appreciate your parents, even when they are strict or nagging at you, because that means they care. And remember that you don't know what you have until it's gone.
mums are brilliant,
mums are great,
mums are the people we appreciate,
when they go it's oh so sad,
that's when comes the amazing dad!
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