Do you play with your parents just like friends

China
December 6, 2011 6:39am CST
As we all know,there exists a generation gap between us and our parents.But sometimes parents can also be very funny.For example,when my mum select the clothes with some of her friends--some women in the age of 40s,she would just be as exicited as a schoolgirl,that's so cute of her.When my father played ios games or watched vedios on his iphone,he would also be as curious and happy as a boy.There are many other moments when our parents seem to be young in their mind,and the generation gap seems to be not obvious at that time.In my opinion,parents are our most important teachers,but also our good friends.If we and our parents can be free to talk to each other just like friends,that means we are enjoying a good relationship with our parents,and also a happy family.Do you agree with me?And are you willing to regard your parents as your friends?
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11 responses
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
19 Dec 11
We all expect that we can be friends with our parents. As you have said, parents are not always so serious and strict. Sometimes they have young hearts as us. People think that there is a generation gap between their parents and themselves. I think some gaps are generated by ourselves. Sometimes we think our parents are old and often take the generation gap as an excuse for the different views or opinions. In fact, different people have different opinions. Another reason people think their parents are hard to treated as friends, because their parents are take a serious face in front of them, maybe some parents are afraid of being looked down if they are not seriuos. I hope all parents who take on a serious face who just want to show dignity before their kids can realize that most kids are wanting to take their parents as friends.
• China
19 Dec 11
Yes,if parents they themselves don't choose to be friends with us,they would actually feel uneasy in their minds,although they don't say out.In many cases it depends on our parents whether they can be friends with us.But if they don't,we also have the right to give suggestions to them and persuade them to be friends with us.
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
I always do, I always make jokes with my mom and even sleep in her lap. I love making jokes that both of us laugh together.
• China
19 Dec 11
That's a happy moment for both you and your mom,and I believe you and your mom would both keep this moment in mind for a long time!
• Indonesia
7 Dec 11
Yes, My father always used to scare me in joking way when I was a little kid. He run and left me alone in a remote and lonely places until I cried out. I remembered when I was under ten years, he always took me to the river which was fifteen minutes on walking distances. The river where was used to have shower and bath in the rive by people in my village. He always joked on that there was someone who would run after us if we didn't take shower quickly. I laughed about his jokes every time he said that. I was already enough old to understand his jokes, so I said, Dad I didn't trust you. Then, he picked me up on his back and about half way, he said he was tired. He convinced me to walk back and slowly we walk, I followed him from the back. Suddenly, he run very quick and left me alone without notice that woke me up and his action scared me. I cried out and shout why he did that to me, but he laughed at me. He just wanted to amuse me and tried to make me happy. I finally laughed and kissed him. I was very happy when I was young. He always stayed beside me and joked on me every time he wanted. I missed the moments.
• China
19 Dec 11
Oh,what a funny father you have!Humor in the family would certainly reduce a lot of stress and tention,and happiness would then come with you.These moments are so happy and worth cherishing.I hope you are forever friends with your parents and create more and more happy moments in the future.
@drambits (96)
7 Dec 11
I usually play around with my mother. I sometimes play jokes on her and it is really fun. Of course I need to make sure that the respect is always there because she is still my mother. My mother is also fond of playing facebook games such as city ville and farm ville. She's like a child sometimes because she wants me to give her gifts on those facebook games. :D
• China
19 Dec 11
In my eyes,people always have a childish part in his mind,no matter what his age is.For children,this part can be easily presented because they have little stress in his life and he can enjoy his life without worry.While for the grown-ups,they have many responsibilities and pressure in his life,and he should spend more time on dealing with these matters,which makes him too busy to enjoy the happiness as a child.But if they do feel happy sometimes like a child,that means they are in very high spirits.When our parents sometimes behave like children,that's a really pleasant moment for the whole family!
@kicysmile (213)
• China
7 Dec 11
hi my lotter.i an a newer for here.happy to come your place,i have a generation gap between us and our parents,i don't want so,but really exist.i hope talk to my parents just like friendly.but it's hard for me.my English lever is poor,just can say like this,hope you can enjoy you life everyday,my best friend.
• China
19 Dec 11
Hello,friend.In fact it's not too difficult to deal with the generation gap between us and our parents.At least we can find some common interests between us and our parents,and we can try to talk something about them.It doesn't matter if your English is not very good,mine is not good,either.As long as we can make us understood by others and share our experiences with them,that's enough.Besides,there's a lot of English-speaking people here,and after communication with them,your English will gradually improve as time passes by.
7 Dec 11
Yes. Although my parents had kids very young (17 and 18 years old...), I am very close to both of them and we regularly hang out and talk about anything and everything!
• China
19 Dec 11
That's very good.Parents themselves actually want to be friends with us.And if we can handle this opportunity well,the whole family will benefit a lot from it!
@knicnax (2233)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Yeah I do. Actually my parents and I have a lot in common. My mum and I love playing Sims Social in facebook. We also love to talk about everything under the sun. We update each other about stuff that happen in our lives. As for my dad, we're both techy geeks. We love talking about technology and collecting gadgets. We both ALWAYS show off our gadgets to each other. It's like a never ending battle as to who has the better (or newer) gadget. He always wins though, cause he has more money than me. Haha
• China
19 Dec 11
That's so good.When we share the interesting things with our parents like friends,we also strengthen our affection with them.Sometimes I even play jokes with my parents,and they would not be angry at all,that's the time when the whole family is filled with laughters!
@EavesJ (95)
• United States
6 Dec 11
Yes, it is very good to have a good friendship with your parents. They do know a little something about life and some about having fun. They would like nothing more or should like nothing more than to be your friend no matter how hard life gets. If they love you they will do their best to adapt to their children. I think of my dad and mom as my parents and as my friends :)
• China
6 Dec 11
Yeah,if we can be friends with our parents,they are certainly our forever friends and close friends,and they would help us whenever they can.That's so good.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
6 Dec 11
No I don't see my parents as my parents. They were terrible, selfish people who beat us kids up with whipes, dog chains etc. Day and night. These are not the kind of people I would choose for my friends and I also don't want them close to my kids. Fact is I am already living without them 2 times longer as I did with them. This is fine with me. I let them be the kind of person they are and I can be who I am. If my parents were teachers they only teached what a dangerous, terrible people adults are.
• China
18 Dec 11
It's normal for us to get some beats from our parents when we are very young,I'm not exceptional.But that's when they make mistakes on educating us.Parents are also normal persons,and they sometimes make mistakes.But it's indeed difficult for us children to completely forget these unhappy memories.As we grow up,if we can gradually sense the love from our parents,we would then forgive their mistakes with time passing by.I hope you will have a better relationship with your parents in the future.
@mohkanari (1957)
• India
7 Dec 11
In my opinion friends like relationship between parents and children at home bring more intimacy in their relationship. It would bring a pleasant atmosphere at home. Everyone would be frank to open their mind so that any issue in anyone's mind would be solved at home itself. Home would become a great shelter with happiness, peace and protection.
• China
18 Dec 11
When we have the pleasant atmosphere at home,we would feel much more happiness at home than we usually do.And if a person can get much happiness in his life,he can just live without regret!
@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
My father and i would always play chess together. I learned playing chess by observing him play with my neighbors while i was young, and i still have that habit until now. and with my mother we play video games together. friends are members of the family but in their case no need arguing. happy mylotting :)
• China
18 Dec 11
Yes,I agree with you,friend.I also played games with my parents when I was very young.During the process of playing games,I often found my parents to show childish part in their mind,that's so interesting!