Poll: Rate your Parents

[Uilleand]

My parents are ridiculously cool ... my mother's an actress and director, my dad a musician and poet. They've both made careers out of doing what they love, and raised my sister and I to be kind, compassionate people. Family gatherings consist of music and laughter, and my parents' home is a place where anyone feels welcome and loved...

Only problem is...it's tough to grow up knowing your parents are infinitely cooler than you are... :Þ

 

[era81]

I lost both my parents when I was younger but they did an awesome job raising me and my six other siblings.The only time I really had an issue from them was when I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps and join the 75th when my mother had just been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

 

[JWAN]

My Dad understands me. My mom is a total *****.

 

[Toriver]

I Absolutley love my mum to bits, she understands me, sees both sides of the story, sympasizes, loves, does stuff for me but lets me do my own thing and sometimes make my own mistakes.
My dad however... well i won't swear, but he will spend time with me and buy me things and enjoy it, and we'll have fun but he is so selfish, never considers what i want, how i feel or sees it from my perspective! he will only think of hiself and will never admit he is wrong, he will not let me put my point back at him, even if he is completely WRONG! but no... i've got a hole in the wall where he's fustrated me that much. he loves me but he's too bloody selfish.

I still love 'em though

Wow, sounds a lot like my parents, but the other way around. My dad is the understanding one who will see both sides and all that stuff, and my mom is, or was, very selfish. She had quite the anger management issues for all 18 years I lived at home, and only after I grew up did she start going to counseling to correct them. She's a teacher and would get very frustrated with her students but could not act on it in school, so she would "save it for home" and take it out on her own children. Nothing abusive, but she would easily over-react to the smallest things if they interfered with what she was personally doing. I also liked my dad more because it was clear which parent liked me and my younger brother more. My dad preferred me and my mom preferred my brother, and when we argued and asked them, they would sometimes argue about it too, my dad taking my side and my mom taking my brother's side. But I am glad my mom is getting that counseling, as I can clearly see it's working well, and she and I had a nice long mature talk about our mutual issues a few summers ago when I was visiting home. Though yeah, my younger siblings now get away with a lot more now than I ever would have without the fear of our mother's wrath breathing down their necks.

 

[Marter]

Mother + Soon-to-be-Stepfather: Awful parenting skills exhibited.
Father: Decent.

I left from my mother's house back in September, so far the best decision I have made in life.

 

[child of lileth]

I put great job, because they weren't the best parents at times, but they did what they could with how limited everything was, I guess.

 

[Regiment]

Well my mum and my dad have had to put up with me and my sister for so many years so that alone makes them deserve a right pat on the back. But honestly mum's always had that time for me (You know, kids picked on you at school, so much work to do, the dog just ate your treasured childhood teddy bear and puked it all over your bed) and my dad's always been a great mate. They never spoiled me but did not neglect me, they never threw me into a snake pit for punishment but they never let me get soft on justice, they never raised me up as the centre of the universe but never showed me the same courtesies and attention they might show to a displeased termite and they've raised me on good old fashioned morality and high-tech new age acceptance.

I love them so much.

Wait, you have my parents? I didn't know I had any siblings...

 

[RootbeerJello]

My parents may be the strictest most humorless people I've ever met. Everyone else in my family, however, is hilarious and amazing and awesome. Last time I ate dinner with my whole family, I walked in to hear my cousin was reassuring my grandma that she wouldn't be arrested for the pirated copy of The Blind Side that he gave her, and my uncle was saying how Sandra Bullock should have stabbed her cheating husband in the eyes since he knows how to read "nipple braille". My mom then yelled at me for making a non-insulting joke about my brothers height.

 

[ben---neb]

I'm a well adjusted atheist who has a girlfriend and does well in school.
Fantastic job.

I too am a well adjusted Christian who doesn't have a girlfriend and does well at university. The first is down to God not me. The second is down to my own personal choice. And the third is thanks to genetics.

I love my parents, they're great, I'm still living with them even though I'm at uni which kind of shows that we get on well
[sub]I'm saving money; don't judge[/sub]

 

[SextusMaximus]

Brilliant! They're fantastic parents

 

[V TheSystem V]

Seeing as my dad doesn't really care what I get up to but still provides me with food and money, and my mum lets me have parties and is popular with my mates, I would say that they're purdy awesome.

 

[FoolKiller]

Gaming wise they're ok I guess. Don't like me being on for more than an hour or so, even though I'd find 2 hours enough. They have me write my times on a chart. ugh.

Other than that, they're freaking amazing!

My mom is awesome but my dad is non-existent. As for the time spent gaming I was allowed 2 hours growing up. My mom was so worried that I played way more that I created a chart and showed her that, on average, I only play 47 minutes a day.

 

[Berserker119]

My parents are awesome, My dad is a successful writer, which, coincidentally, is the career path I'm going for, so he helps me with a lot of that stuff, he likes metal, and Xbox, which is awesome, he plays guitar, and he has a kick ass beard.

Spoiler

My mom is great, as well, she's always there for me, helps me whenever I need it, and gives me quite a bit of leniency, which is always nice. As for me, well I don't do drugs, I get quite goods marks in everything but PDR, and I know how to deal with stressful situations

Spoiler

Don't cut yourself

 

[Obrien Xp]

Gaming wise they're ok I guess. Don't like me being on for more than an hour or so, even though I'd find 2 hours enough. They have me write my times on a chart. ugh.

Other than that, they're freaking amazing!

My mom is awesome but my dad is non-existent. As for the time spent gaming I was allowed 2 hours growing up. My mom was so worried that I played way more that I created a chart and showed her that, on average, I only play 47 minutes a day.

Yeah, its funny how as soon as you have physical data to show how long you're on, they think your reducing your time while in fact, they just thought you were on more than you actually were.

 

[Lemon Of Life]

I think they did a very good job. They can be a bit embarrassing, but I love them.

 

[Lucas Momeyer]

Cool, first time posting(far too lazy to register). My father abandoned my family when I was seven and tried to rip me away from my domineering mother. My mom's just as bad really; she arbitrarily assigns me every household duty possible. I'm a full-blown adult essentially, while still being a minor.

 

[SnipErlite]

I do decently in school, they don;t over-hassle me. It's reasonably cool.

So not bad I'd say.

 

[Aunel]

I was raised on Led Zepellin, Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.

[sub]and my mom bought my first bass for me[/sub]

so, yes awesome parents