Hip Parents?

Wow. I have horrible parents. They are old fasion conservative Polish communists! That's not even the bad part. ...The hate weed. They never even smoked it, I get so much critisism. I just want to be peacful and do well in school and go to work. I believe it is wrong to pass judgment on something that you are ignorant of.

 

"i have a 2 yr old girl and a 10 month old son and one on the way i hope to be a good parrent i try to be but i think i like ur dad henry151 he sounds kool im into homeschool n all of that...but we live in the wilderness our town is population 75 people if that...nearist big town a hour and a half...try driveing that in a blizzard or a ice storm.........but off the subject.....did ur dad teach u about santa???and easter bunny n all that good crap?????i think im goina tell my kids that it is all fake from the get go .....i promissed to neaver lie to my kids about anything and well that would be lying would it not???"

If my dad had his way, we would have all heard the truth about santa and the easter bunny and whatnot right away. My mom wanted to make us believe... she managed to get the eldest of us (my sister, now 18) to believe till she was 5, but us two younger children (me and my little brother) never fell for it in the first place, with older siblings to explain about the lies. I think it's stupid to claim that those things are real, BSing your kids. Just be open with them. Santa is a stupid idea anyway. The youngest of my family is now 9 years old, and my mom still labels presents "From Santa"... she's the only one in the dark, she still is convinced that my little brother believes in santa claus, and he hasn't since he was too young to remember.

 

talk about disfunctional

 

Is telling your kids about Santa & the Easter Bunny lying or is it setting a foundation to believe in the the unseen?

we let our son believe in Santa & all; his friends & television introduced him to the mythical holiday things. When he was old enough to wonder if they were real, we told him the truth; but by that time, he was already forming his own theories on how thw earth was created (at 4, his theory was that alien trash cans collided in outer space and melted forming the earth's magnetic core, then the stuff around the core cooled and made the earth's crust).

Imagination is a very important thing; it's what future inventions are made of.

 

when my children were really small i tried to tell them the truth of the santa & bunny scam, it was cool not to play into the commercialism of the whole thing, but then as they got older i went along with it, but never liked it, it doesn't make any sense, it's all created to make you buy shit that no one needs. most people have forgotten the real reason for christmas and easter. now that my kids are all raised i really enjoy the holidays more cause i don't have to play into it anymore. i get gifts for my grandkids but i don't believe in cutting down trees either for christmas, so i always buy a little pine and then plant it in the backyard after christmas. i like to keep the holidays simple and i love making gifts not buying them or cooking cakes and cookies as gifts.

hippiewise

 

My parents are religous, conservative people. They are strong in their beliefs, and they, paticularly my father are not afraid to voice their opinion. They have alot of different opinions than I do, and always have. You know what though, when I was a young punk, causing trouble and going out of my way to be rebelious, they always stood up for me and showed me love. They always did what they thought was best, even if I didn't agree with it. Now that I am older, and have a son of my own, I still have different opinions than my parents, and expect that my son will have different opinions than my wife and I do, but I know that the best thing I can do is love him, no matter what he does.

 

the biggest snobs you'll ever find! my mum can be really cool and good to talk to and she's always there when i need her.. but she's just such a snob and so narrow minded, it can drive me crazy. and my dad.. well.. i haven't really gotten along with my dad since i was like 8 or something. he can't stand the fact that i don't want to live my life like he wants me to live it.. that i don't want to be like him. i always have to please him.. and if i don't do things his way.. well, i'm not gonna get into that here. I know he can't stand me, he's told me that plenty of times. He always says "why can't you be like your siblings?", he just doesn't get that i don't want to be like them.. i don't want to be like anybody, i just want to be me.. *sighs* i can't wait to get out of here..

 

i love my parents...annoying at times, but i couldnt ask for anything better. Sadly, my father passed away several years ago, and my memory of him is fading...but my mother has done a wonderful job of looking after me and the rest of the family. She would not condone drugs at all, but i think that just makes her an even better parent.

 

i love my parents... now. we get along great now, that never happened before. i guess me moving away made them realize that they really did love me.. ha and now they're actually taking me places (willing too, thats never happened before either) since i finished the first term with a 3.7 gpa.. (should've been higher, but story's completely unrelated to the thread)... ironically though, unlike 10th grade, i hardly want to go anywhere now.
ah they're awesome.

 

I love my parents, but they sometimes try to shelter the children in this family too much. They tend to be strict on things that would ruin innocence in their eyes. That being said, they are pretty cool, they mostly respect me and my wishes, and I wish I could talk to them about anything, but they're the type that will blow it out of proportion, so most of the time I just keep to myself. So far it's worked out pretty good. I couldn't ask for better parents, though.

 

Ever seen "The Odd Couple" -- Either the 1967 film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau or the early-'70s TV series starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman -- about neatfreak Felix and slob Oscar? That sounds like your parents.

During most of the '70s, I was as obsessive a neatfreak as Felix. Then i realized that as I grew older, it wasn't good for my blood pressure. So now I'm half-way between Felix and Oscar. I can't stand a dirty kitchen, yet I'm rather lazy about the rest of my house (I clean for a living as a custodian, so I'm not in the best of moods to be fastidious at home anymore).

-- Skeeter

 

my parents are okay, my mom is more open minded then my dad. i know they love me and theyre only looking out for my best intrest, but sometimes they need to let me look out for my best intrest

 

i'm really not at all sure, liek i dono i drink with em and stuff.. not smoke up or anything unfourtunatly.. but they are pritty good with most aspects and such life gives us i guess hmmm i dono