WHO do you give more credits to your mom or dad?

mom and dad - parents
Philippines
July 20, 2007 5:15am CST
though parenting works both ways, we cant avoid but favor one from the other. i like the way both my foster parents had brought me up but, i give more credits to my foster dad since he's been more supportive of me from my studies to my line of work.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
20 Jul 07
I actually only give credit where and when credit is deserved and in my case NEITHER of them deserve it so they dont get it...I dont favour one over the other - I hate them both equally and they have certainly earned it ;-)
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• Philippines
20 Jul 07
seems there is so much anger in your comments there my friend. for whatever the reason is, i can relate to you (i never grew up with both my parents)but i have never learned to hate them. hope you can still find a room for love, after all they are still your parents.
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@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
20 Jul 07
I give more credits to my mom. Coz since I was a child she is the one who is striving more to have money she has more part time work than my dad. I can see also how she supported me and my dad in everything. Eventhough my dad has a work also, through her were I can see the through meaning of hardwork. And at the same time take caring of me.
@gapeach65 (805)
• United States
23 Jul 07
I would have to say that I give more credit in my up bringing to my mom. I remember so many times my mom and I spent together when I was young, there were a few years during my teen age years where we weren't so close then when my daughter was born, we became close again. She helped me so much with tips on how to care for my children, and when my first husband was being a jerk, she was there for me. She was the one I went to whenever I just needed to talk to someone. It's been 5 months since she passed away, and I miss her every day. My dad passed away 18 years ago, but he wasn't much at spending too much time with the family, he was a lot like my ex, he did more things for himself, things he wanted to do, so we had to let him.
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• Philippines
23 Jul 07
i'm so sorry bout your mom. im sure you miss her so much. at least her legacy lives on. :)
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
20 Jul 07
I don't give much credit to either of my parents. I lived with them very seldom, and more often lived with my grandmother, however, I don't give her a lot of credit because of the level of abuse she put me through. *thinks* If I have to give someone credit, it's my father. Because I know the struggle he was going through himself when I was a child, and he did make an attempt to show some concern towards me anyway, he just wasn't very good at it. And much of my love of language is his doing, so that's something nice. =)
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• India
20 Jul 07
Both are equally deserved the credits bcz i know how my parents had brought me up. They were equally supportive for each n every things, equally concern about my studies during school/college days, in other social activities also.. so it is difficult to give whom more credits..
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• Philippines
20 Jul 07
you are very lucky to have such parents.
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@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
25 Jul 07
That's a hard question for me. If you have asked this 10 yrs ago, I will immediately tell you that I give more credit to my mom. Because I was much more closer to her than to my father. I could talk to her about my problems and she was the one who made greater sacrifices for our family. But today, I can't choose between them. My father had already made great improvements in his role and it would be unfair for him if I still choose my mom over him. He made mistakes in the past but what's important for me is what he's doing now in the present.
@magikrose (5429)
• United States
20 Jul 07
I give more credit to my mom. My dad was not a very good father figure to me. My parents didnt always get along so my mom divorced my dad and then took care of me on her own.
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• India
20 Jul 07
I would have to give all the credit to my mom because she brought me up single-handedly. My dad went abroad when I was about 2yrs and came back when I was around 12. All these years, my mom took care of me, my schooling, my studies (I never had any home teachers till class IX), the home and also her office. And this I am talking about is India of the 70’s when there was hardly any infrastructure or support system for the working-woman. There was no underground rail to reduce daily travel hassles, no processed-food to pacify a nagging child, no telephone to check if her daughter has come home safely from school, no computers to look up study materials, no electronic gadgets at home to help her…oh! she is a super-woman. By the time Dad returned, I was so hooked to my Mom’s apron, that he did not even make an effort to know his daughter better!
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@rb200406 (1824)
• India
20 Jul 07
I too will give to my father as he was always there when we needed him.I will not say that my Mom was not there she is still there but the authorative way that he is there was with my father.He gave me everything from freedom to values to morals.I was pretty close to my father as i could discuss just anythinh with him rather than my mother.
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@Cassy1976 (796)
• Australia
20 Jul 07
I give alot more credit to my mum than my dad, my dad didnt have alot to do with us when we were children, he worked alot and when he wasnt working he would be at the pub having a drink with his mates, I really dont know how my mum put up with this but she did and she did the best that she could in raising us 3 kids, she may as well have been on her own!
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@dbhattji (2506)
• India
25 Jul 07
It is very difficult to choose between them, both mother and father play important role in our upbringing and we are what we are because of them, so the credit goes to both of them and may they have long & healthy life.
• Philippines
26 Jul 07
you are very lucky to have such parents.
• United States
20 Jul 07
My mother, i love her with all my soul and heart. Don't get me wrong i love my father, but my mother is there for me more...more understanding. :)
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• Philippines
25 Jul 07
I have really not been that close to both my parents. but I have seen how hard they both brought us up together. My dad has a stable job then, while my mom has her own business. Short to say that my mom has not really have that much time to us, like preparing breakfast, preparing our clothes and the likes when we were kids. though we perfectly understand that because they have both to work then. My dad used to assist us in our assgnments when he comes from work. So I guess, it is my dad.
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• Canada
20 Jul 07
I really don't give credit to either of my parents for raising me in any particular way. I know that I really prefer living with my father, because at least it better than living at my mother's house, but I wouldn't give either of them credit for being good parents to me.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
23 Jul 07
I really wouldn't give more credit to either parent. Both of my parents did a great job, they just did it in different ways. They have both been there for me through everything that I have been through in my life, and have both been very supportive of me.
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@healer (1779)
• India
20 Jul 07
Yes, i agree with you but most people give more favour to their mother and i too give more credit to my mom as it was mom who was always there and dad who will be out busy with his works. Your case is different and its nice to hear that its your foster dad whom you favour most as those cases will be rare.
• Canada
20 Jul 07
My mother because she adopted me and she was a single parent... my father wasn't around while I was growing up and for a single woman to take an 8 year old into her home when she is over 50 was a great deal
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
23 Jul 07
Like you said, parenting goes both ways. We are afterall human. We tend to takes favor over many things in our life, including the people we know. Look among all your friends, you will then to like some more than others, loath some more than others. Same goes for your parents. If you have siblings, there will be some of your siblings that your parents dote on more than others. Probably cos they can do the right things to please them a little more than the other siblings could? Hard to say. It is good that you are able to see the love showered upon you by your parents. Not everyone is able to do that. Your parents are lucky to have you as their kid!
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@astarag (10)
• India
21 Jul 07
mom and dad equally important to me.mom supported me all along my life in all weather ,good and bad.father helped in studies and other things.all are important to be grown up and be a good human being.they worked in their own way.
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• Philippines
20 Jul 07
my father left us when i was still a kid so much credit should be given to my mom.
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