Have Your Children Learned From You ?
By MOMMASAM
@MOMMASAM (1004)
United States
August 17, 2008 10:17am CST
i believe it's only natural to keep our children safe and happy.
i was a single parent to a single child.
my daughter, now 30, and i moved from san francisco to my home town
when she went into first grade.
i divorced her father who was diagnosed with mental illness.
i felt safer to be with my family.
it is a struggle to be a single parent. financially as well
as emotionally.
thoughout her upbringing, i was her role model.
i always spoke with respect and honesty to her.
whenever i messed up, or made a wrong decision, we always discussed it thoroughly.
i wasn't always sure she heard the message behind the words.
no one wants their child hurt. we always want to keep bad things from happening.
we always want to protect our children.
do you feel your children learned from your struggles?
4 responses
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
4 Sep 08
[i]HI MOMMASAM,
wow...you're such a good mother...I am also lucky to have a Parents like you! I learned a lot from my Dad and Mom, the experiences we had made us very close to each other and made us become very patient and hard working! I want to do the same if ever I will have a child!
I know it is not easy to raise a good and responsible kid but for me, the things I have learned from my parents will lead me to become a very good model to my future kids![/i]
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@MOMMASAM (1004)
• United States
13 Sep 08
you've got the best of foundations to work with.
thank you for the compliments my friend. they mean alot to me.
yes, and i did all this as a single parent, too.
if you have a child, you will instill your wonderful foundation
into them.
and the process goes on and on through the generations !
@dheal888 (283)
• Indonesia
22 Aug 08
I'm not a mother but in my experience at my family, i said yes that children learned from our struggles. I can feel too that teach, to control a children especially teenager is difficult, hard, and sometime going to frustrate. As a single parent of teens is there are no magic formulas that bring parents guaranteed success. But there are always be solutions, ways out that have been proved to work time after time. Keep your spirit and take care!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Definately! I raised three by myself....and had to fly by the seat of my pants a few times...what did they learn? They got educations....they learned how to save money...and they learned to respect themselves and adults. They learned that boundries were made to keep them safe and now they set boundries for their own kids! THey remember things that I have forgotten and use those experiences in their own lives!
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@MOMMASAM (1004)
• United States
18 Aug 08
isn't that wonderful
to have your children absorb all the
great stuff ?
and to actually see all your hard work
in action. these are lessons i think your
grandchildren will implement into their lives, too !
i think that is the test of being a good parent
to see the great things passed on.
