are they always right?????our parents??

@asliah (11137)
Philippines
May 6, 2012 11:18am CST
greetings to all of you guys,i am just wonder if our parents are always right,do you think they are always right to decide what is good and bad for us?why?our parents have big role in our life to guide us in life we take,but still there are some parents who lead us in wrong path,that's why that makes me think that are they always right?or just because of what they experience and belief in life.are they always right?what do you think?
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19 responses
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
6 May 12
Greetings. My parents were not always right but they were my parents. Their experience and what they have learned is all they have to go by. The trick is to respect them for who they are. And their job is to listen and evaluate. And they do love us and want what is best for us.
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
6 May 12
Thank you for your opinion.
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
23 Oct 12
I think they are not always right for they are just human. They can also commit mistakes. But parents know best for us, their children, and they will not do anything that will make their children to be in vain or to be harm.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
18 May 12
Parents is not always right...they are sometimes doing a mistakes in guiding us. Some parents want to control their children not guiding them...
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
14 May 12
I don't think they are always right, but they do want what is best for us, what they think is best for us.. so we should follow them as long as what they want also sounds right.
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
15 May 12
No, They arent always right. Like for example my mom who tolerates my nephews behavior that is obviously not right, like playing while eating, stomping of feet while walking,disturbing his cousin who is a 1 year old baby when the baby is sleeping. But my mom doesnt even get mad at him and she even told me that, his demeanor is ok with her.She tolerates bad behavior.
• India
14 May 12
We kind of always get this feeling that parents are wrong. But we keep hearing people say that they are right and you will understand later on. But the fact is that, sometimes, parents maybe wrong. But, I always listen to my parents now, as it breaks my heart to go against them seeing how hard they work for me, and all they want is to see me successful
• United States
6 May 12
In all honesty, they usually are. They are speaking from experience, life that they have lived. Odds are they have done exactly what you are thinking of doing and know how it will turn out. Some parents are crappy and don't get it, but many do get it. You can always use your parents as a "What Not To Do" if they aren't good parents. If you have good parents, then yes, they are almost always right.
@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
6 May 12
There are times that there are parents who are wrong too, maybe in other aspects. Most of the time parents are right especially when it comes to their concern for their children. The children could assess whether their parents are doing right being together for so long more than anybody else. That's why they developed their trust and love for them. You yourselves could conclude based on your experiences with your parents. They may be wrong in a decision when it comes to problems but mostly their decisions are right. They deserve the love and respect of their children though there's a little similarity in the saying that customers are always right, parents are always right as well.
@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
7 May 12
I think parents are human beings and, as such, are bound to commit errors. When we are little, we do what our parents say. We are too young to oppose them and we are learning. But there comes a time when we have to make our own decisions. We must not blame our parents for the final path we take: we have the choice to go one way or the other.
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
7 May 12
Nobody's perfect, and parents maybe wrong sometimes, but on the other hand their advices are more rational or relevant as they have gone through life ahead of us and the fact that they seem to care enough to influence our lives as to what to direction to take.
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
7 May 12
Our parents like us are humans so expect that they are not always right. I agree that parents differ in the way they are raised up and that affects the way they will raise their own children. But certainly, there are parents who should not be a parent in the first place because they can not even lead their own lives.
• India
7 May 12
Parents are the ones who traveled through their life and studied various facts of life and such facts are very important to us. Such facts helps us to have success in their life. The people are well known about the life and how life has to go on. This is the one of the reason why we seek the opinion of the parents. We people are new to the life. We people may not opt a good option or a good decision. So it is better to seek the advice or opinion of your parents.
@pandora22 (868)
• Romania
7 May 12
no they are not it is ofcourse a good thing to consider our parents advices.i think any true parent wants the best for his child ,so even if sometimes they lead us on the wrongh path they don't do it because they want to. what many parents forget is that thay have to lead the child on his own way.i know many parents that want to realize their dreams through the kid. i have a friend that argued with her mom because her mom wanted her to go to study law but she wanted to study something else. the law was actually an unacomplished dream of her mom.my friend told her:"mom this is your dream,not mine" that is why we must consider what our parents say but make our own decisions.it is our life.
@zarasoc (110)
• Philippines
7 May 12
I think it would be better to say that "they always think of what is right or best for us". ;) Sometimes parents also give improper judges or wrong decisions since nobody is perfect. And it could happens because of their too much love for their children. That they do not even consider anymore what could be the feelings of their kids for forcing on a certain decision.
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
6 May 12
That was we always knew that if your a parent you know whats best on your kid. I listen and obey my parents all along until I regret it one day. I don't like to be in detailed but in my experience a parent can only guide her children but not to choose what is to be in his children. At the age of 18 we can decide on our own parents must be a guidance to us if we choose to obey what's their opinion it's our choice. My eldest are old enough to decide, she was into a relationship that ended to have a child on the age of 20. I guide her all along but she choose what she wants, and that she continue to have a family instead of being a single first and enjoy her life after she graduated. My youngest now is 14 still on my power because she is too young to decide on her own, but still I guided her most and warn her if she chooses the wrong way it's her suffer.
• India
6 May 12
Of course parents are always right! Because, they have more than enough experience in life that has taught them what and what not to do at any particular situation. So they can give us the right ideas and suggestions at every stage of our life. They've crossed these ages and experienced is pros and cons and hence they know what exactly is right. But the thing is, they know what is right but they may not always know what we like! Sometimes you encounter a situation where they think something is wrong and you think what you are doing is right. You may also be right! Due to generation gap, there are some issues whose outlook has changed. On such issues, they may not be always right!
@ShyBear88 (59283)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 May 12
No parents are always right we are only human and what we feel is right for our children doesn't mean it really is. Kid's don't come with hand books we go with our gut and what we feel is right but with each kid we learn from our mistakes. Parents make mistakes just like there kids do. That is why when our kids become parents they might do the same things we did as parents or differently because they have seen what we did to them or to there siblings. Like for me I don't spank my daughter I don't believe in it because I was spanked as a child and it never taught me anything and I feel it will never teach my kids anything other then its okay to hit people angry or when people do wrong things.
@vertu007 (683)
• Romania
6 May 12
Humans are wrong sometimes. Ar parents are humans. So they are wrong sometimes. They see things from their own point of view and sometimes they don't think that we might see it differently. Let's hope when our time comes we will be better and learn from our experiences.
@riempie9 (1021)
• South Africa
6 May 12
Our parents are right most of the time. They have lived. They have experienced life and tasted all kinds of obstacles. Parents know more than we do and so we should listen to what they have to say and decide whether it is right for us. We should at all times treat our parents with respect and even when they are wrong we should be gentle and take care with our words and explain things to them in a calm way. We can find a man or a woman any time we want; we can't find a parent for sale on the internet. In Islam, God has a very high regard for children who treat their parents well, especially in old age.