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myLot reputation of 89/100. CoffeeAnyone (1702)   ranked 1,038 out of 38,533 in life1 year ago

I can almost hear a resounding yes as you answer this question. I on the other hand have been discussing this with some friends and still have to ask the question; Are you proud of your adult children? This question does seem ridiculous I know! I mean of course we are proud of our child who is all grown up. If your child grew up to be of like mind as you as far as morals and integrity goes then it would be easy to be proud of them but what if they didn't? Your an honest person with a high sense of integrity to treat people right and to not lie or manipulate to get what you want. What if your child does the opposite of those things you value as being of good character. I mean not a bad person but just someone who exaggerates the truths and lies and manipulates to get what they want. Would you still be proud of your grown up child and how would you deal with it?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 88/100. Angelwhispers (4595)   ranked 926 out of 38,533 in life   1 year ago

CoffeeAnyone I am very proud of my Grown boys and their wonderful families, I am not always proud of the choices and decisions they make. Now that they are married it is not in my control how they live their lives, but I do not hesitate to tell them how I feel, but ultimately it is their lives to either fall down upon, or run with and mature.


myLot reputation of 89/100. CoffeeAnyone (1702)   ranked 1,038 out of 38,533 in life  1 year ago

Yes we were talking about this exact thing to. You can be proud of them but not be happy with all their choices. Another way we were thinking was if we are not proud of their characteristics can we be proud of anything they do. I was thinking yes you still can because you can still be proud they haven't screwed up everything in their life. Does that make sense? Some people are great with jobs and just the tasks of life but not on their personal growth. I mean it is nice if we can all say we are proud of our kids but we all can't. Some parents are so grieved in their hearts over how their kids turned out. For some people it is more important to rate their success on personal integrity rather then materialism or career choices. I thought it would be neat to see what myLotter's had to say on this subject.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. danishcanadian (20736)   ranked 105 out of 38,533 in life   1 year ago

I don't have children, but my usband has lots of chilren. There's a bit of an age gap between us, so the children are all older than I am. LOL It's pretty funny. We're proud of them all because they're all successful in their ow lives.


myLot reputation of 89/100. CoffeeAnyone (1702)   ranked 1,038 out of 38,533 in life  1 year ago

Can children be successful in life and still not be the kind of person you hoped they would be them to be. These are all the things that came up in discussion.

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. carolbee (6809)   ranked 229 out of 38,533 in life   1 year ago

I am extremely proud of our grown children. We have three daughters and they are happy, healthy and have good careers. As they were growing up I always told them I expected two things from them: to be happy and to be educated. Our girls were never in any trouble and have been model citizens. All the time, energy and love it took to raise them was so worth it in the longrun. We do have one single daughter who makes horrible choices in men. This has been our only disappointment but she's happy. And we all know if the kids are happy, we are happy..lol Good discussion.

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