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Originally Posted by cheryl000 Well, my parents never supported me when I was in school. They never came to one game and I had to quit basketball eventually because they wouldn't buy the basketball shoes for it. They didn't help out with prom when I asked, nothing. They didn't even go to the prom-walk in. Mom was even a stay-at-home mom. And dad felt like drinking beer and watching tv was more importnant I guess. I fully intend to support everything that is important to my son unlike how I was raised.
But we can agree to disagree. In the end she will do whatever she wants and hopefully her son will be able to play on the team. |
I'm sorry to hear about your upbringing. Parents should not behave like that. I guess that's why you feel so strongly about parental involvement.
For me, my mom has always pushed me to think and to look for solutions myself. Sure, I'd always tell her what's bugging me and she'd offer me advice and her opinions. She'd encourage me to take steps, provided, that's what I wanted to do. Because of the way she brought me up, I'm very confident with what I do.
We had a family friend who's constantly worried about her son. She'd shelter him from anything and everything. He grew up with a bad immune system, can't handle a slight cold. I remember whenever he had problems at school, confrontation with someone, his mom ALWAYS stepped in. His gap between his peers became even wider. He had and has no friends.
Apparantly, my opinions of child-rearing are very different from everyone elses' on here. But, that's just the way I was raised and I believe my mom did a terrific job on both my brother and I.