Are you proud of your parents?

Philippines
December 12, 2009 4:18am CST
There are some people who don't want to talk about their parents simply because there's nothing they can boost about them, like their parents didn't earn a degree, or didn't have a good job,alcoholic or trapped with vices. Are you proud of your parents? Is it right to be ashamed of our parents?
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11 responses
@Cheiyen (317)
• Philippines
23 Jan 10
hello, careguarden! YES, i am. it's not because they have very special skills that other parents don't have. i'm not ashamed to tell other people that both of them haven't got any degree. having a degree isn't an assurance to be good parents and raise your children well. we grew up with limited resources but they did their best to provide our needs. my late dad used to have community service each summer for young boys so as to the poultry of our neighborhood. i can't remember when any of them took advantage of our neighbors or of other people. they had shortcomings but they always taught us and showed us how to be considerate and helpful to others. my dad used to drink and smoke a lot. i remember one time when he got sooooooo drunk and became a nuisance. things changed after he got a mild stroke. he instantly quit drinking and smoking. there are children who are ashamed of their parents. we can't judge them because we haven't really experienced their pain or struggle. i respect other people's opinion because i want them to respect mine as well. being proud or ashamed of your parents is your choice based on your family experience since you've learned to remember them when you were young.
• Philippines
24 Jan 10
You're right, having an educated parents is not a guarantee that they'll gonna be a great and responsible parents. What matter is a kind of parents who will able to spend time and share love with their children. Parents who will always look after their children's welfare, parents who can give a good example to their children on how to love and serve God and His people. You're right, we don't have the right to judge others opinion towards their parents as we didn't know what they'd been through, especially those children who grown up with an abusive and irresponsible parents. We can't blame them if they will swear and hate their parents. It's their choice. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your weekends!
@eddify (412)
• Pakistan
14 Dec 09
Yes I have a colleague who is always talking ill about his father and so was my ex who was always up against his own father. They have fights and what not. One day one of his friends said to me , if possible he would have changed his father , or alternately his father would have changed him. But there must be many reasons, like my ex and that friend of mine both are of the view that their parnets took advantage of them and used them.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
12 Dec 09
Hi care! I am very proud of my parents. It is they who brought me up and gave me an opportunity to enjoy this world. Their support and care cannot be measured at any scale because it is enormous and priceless. I always respect them and thank God that I am blessed with such a kind parents.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
I'm glad that you are proud of your parents and you love them. Yeah, they are our priceless gifts and treasure here on earth. They deserve to be love and cared, especially when they get older. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
13 Dec 09
I am super proud of my parents. As well all know, without them we will not be where we are today. They have clothed us and bathed us thus we should be thankful for them. Even in the midst of our lives they have discontinued some of the things they should be helping or maybe you have some indifferences, it does not mean that we will not be grateful for everything they have done. For me, I am forever grateful for the love and kindness they have shown me.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
It's nice to hear that you are proud of your parents, and that you love them so much. Parents were the one who is responsible for what we are right now, without them we'll be nothing. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
13 Dec 09
For me I am proud to my parents because they are so good to me even if I'm the eldest.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
Oh, it's nice to hear that ebuscat. We are not all lucky to have a very caring and loving parents. I'm proud of my parents as well because they guide me to the place where I am right now. They are very supportive and understanding. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@Norah0804 (165)
• China
12 Dec 09
I am proud of my parents in some extent. My dad is a intellectual and he focused on medicine for many years, his attitude towards learning is very precise, i really admire that. My mom is a typical housewife and she is kind to everyone, she takes care of us and prepare very thing well for my dad, she loves the family and devotes herself into the family. I really appreciate that.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
You seem to have a very happy family. Both of you parents plays a good role in your life. You are very lucky to have them in your life. There's nothing you could ask for more from them. And your parents deserve to be love from all of you. Anyway thank you for sharing with us my friend and enjoy your day!
• Boston, Massachusetts
13 Dec 09
Hi Careguarden, I am a proud daughter of my parents. they played a vital role in my life for being a good person, reaching my dream and become successful in my chosen career. i appreciated so much my parents who used to visit me when i am in college. they were able to go even in my field visits and areas. they involved themselves in the activities that i do, met my classmates and friends and made them their friends too. in our class, it's only my parents who gave me a surprise visits in one of our community immersion sites. i appreciated it so much. they want to check if i am fine and really enjoying my preferred course...it was summer and that's our field instruction subject where we an adopted area and stayed there for almost two months. my parents are very hardworking, loving, simple, patient and dependable. THey brought the best in me. i salute them. mom is still alive. dad is gone but i know he's always there watching us and continue to be proud of us!
@amyson (3498)
• Philippines
12 Dec 09
yes i am proud with having great parents and there are very lovable and supportive to me so far i can say they brought us to be responsible adults and not over dependent to them.they taught us the moral values that we very much appreciated.
• Spain
12 Dec 09
It happens and just like your example, we can booster the love of our parents by seeing our limits outside the border. We could not prejudice our own growth, and they can not impede us. If our aim is to uplift the quality of our family we must become their model. Personally, I am the eldest among the 13 siblings of a farming tenant father and a plain house wife mother but I was able to manage and stood up beyond obstacles and adversities that came and knocks our way. Humbly speaking, 8 among the siblings are now settling in canada and australia.
• United States
12 Dec 09
I'm proud of my mother, she is a wonderful grandmother. She is a retired Vetaran, serving her country proudly she set herself up for a successful future. She is on top of the world!........ Even though she is now in debt by $30,000 due to unpaid student loans. She tried college obviously we can agree that the navy was a better choice back in 1975. Denise was stationed at pearl harbor CA 24 years after the devastating attack directed toward the united states government a bold and timely move by Japan, I just wonder if the president knew if the attacks were going to happen before they did.....much like 911?
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
3 Apr 10
I am always proud of having them as my parents. They are not so rich, but besides that they made to gain a degree and lead a comfortable life now. They worked hard for me to come up in life. So i am proud to be their son!