What do parents owe their children?

I feel that as a parent we owe our children all the love and understanding we can give them . To know that we will back them up weather it is good or bad , to be there to hold them and help them overcome any fears and just to let them know that even if they did something wrong and we may be disappointed that we will never stop loving them , no matter what .

As a parent it's my duty to give my child unconditional love and understanding. Receiving love is such a great feeling and children just can't get enough, so that is why a parent's duty is never enough.

Yes too often parent become a victim in the give me game. We owe the tools they need to one day be wonderful adults and responsible people and future parents! Too often kids are offered toys to behave and sometimes thats the wrong road to go down and they end up thinking they are be rewarded for their behavior! I am proud of my two girls and the adults they've turned out to be!

I am a parent of three, two boys and a girl. I understand what you are saying but I don't think parents feel guilty because of a game their children play with them. Personally, I feel guilty because I did not meet MY expectations of myself. what I thought a parent should be. Of course, there is no way I could have, but that is almost besides the point. I did the best I could, but I think most parents truly believe they didn't do good enough, there had to have been something else we could have done to make our child more intelligent, more secure, more...That isn't a game kids play, but they will take advantage of it! The guilt goes away for most of us when our kids have kids of their own and come and say...now I understand. That is when the last of the guilt left me.