would you raise your kids the same way your parents raised you?

We sometimes say we won't but subconsciously I think most of us probably will... Before you know it, you'll be telling yourself, I'm now sounding more and more like my mother/father....:-)

Raising kids is a difficult job to do.When we were kids our parents had limited resources & many other things on their priority list.Yes to some extent i'll bring up my kids in the same way i was brought up.But now we have better schools, more resources at our disposal.Even though times have changed the values remain eternal. We have to be friendly as well as authoratative.Be their guide & their friend. In our times parents were only dominating but now the friendly attitude is there.My kids are always welcome to come to me & share everything they want.

No. I don't follow behind a lot of things that my parents did to my upbringing. I have different points of views than they do. I love my parents, and I respect them, but I do not have the same rules for my daughter that they had for me.

My parents raised us pretty well despite of financial constraints. They aren't that strict when it comes to house rules for I believe that they trust us so much.. I didn't have any problem with the way they brought us up. As I've said they raised us in a very lenient way. They didn't require us to do household chores and as much as possible they tend to give us everything we want from them. I am just so lucky having responsible and very much caring parents like them. If my turn comes to be a parent I would most likely adopt their ways of raising kids, it's just that I would modify some of them. Maybe, I would be more strict when it comes to discipline and in all house rules. I'll be strict yet in a friendly manner. I'll definitely train my children on all household chores. Anyway, its for their own good. It would be of help for their future. Based on experience, as I've said my parents didn't require us to do household chores, the effect now is that I don't know anything. I don't even know how to cook. So, it would be a drawback on my part. So, If Im the parent I will really see to it that my children can do things and stand on their own. But before doing this, I'll explain to them the significance as to why I have to do this. I'm pretty sure they'll understand.