Friday, October 31, 2008
Parenting
My parents were definitely a mixture of authoritative and authoritarian. I think if I would've been a child with a rebellious attitude that it would've seemed they were authoritarian. But since I never really fought against them, things stayed where we were always open and communicated well. They were never afraid to say no or tell me I was doing something wrong, but they also let me explain why I did what I did. (Not that an explanation always made a difference :) But they made decisions and rules for me out of their love for me. I can honestly say that I hope I can raise the kind of kids they did, in the way that they did. I feel it helped me develop into someone who is reliable and independent, but also someone that can make good decisions.
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your parents sound alot like mine. They were very open when it came to making decisions about punishments. I always respected their decision and didn't fight with them. There is a reason for rules and i always knew they were not supposed to be broken and if they were there was a reasonable punishment for my mistake!
my parents were kinda the same way. except i went through a stage where i fought with them about everything.
Those are a lot like my parents. When I was younger, they were very 'because I said so' oriented, and as I got older, they let me in on discussions.
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