For those with children: Do you think you’re a better parent than your parents were?

[ThaVirus]

Discuss

[Katipan]

4X better

[TLO]

My child isn't old enough for me to judge that yet.

[Reerun_KC]

In b4 off to DC

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

In b4 off to DC

?

This thread shouldn’t be that controversial.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Katipan

4X better

Nice. What’s stopping you from being 5x better?

[Katipan]

I was a latchkey kid with a bus pass for all of L.A. county.
No phones, no pagers.

It was just different.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Nice. What’s stopping you from being 5x better?

My tubes are tied.

By and large, parents do their best with the skills and knowledge they have at that time. Short of abuse and being a raiders fan, there’s no real use in comparing.

[ThrobProng]

Definitely, considering I had to try to offset the damage being done by their other parent in addition to the normal parenting stuff.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by TLO

My child isn't old enough for me to judge that yet.

Same here, but I still wonder everyday.

Figure there are a lot of CPers who have been doing it long enough to have a better idea. Might be a good opportunity to brag about their parents or themselves. Or maybe a good time for introspection on how to be better.

[Katipan]

My kids dad killed himself while they were in the next room.
I had it good as a kid.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Nice. What’s stopping you from being 5x better?

To hit a 5x level, you have to wear pearls and high heels all the time. In modern society, that's a big ask.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Katipan

I was a latchkey kid with a bus pass for all of L.A. county.
No phones, no pagers.

It was just different.

Bruh. I talk about this all the time! We had our bikes. We’d be halfway across the city while mom was working. As long as you were back by the time the street lights turned on, everything was good in the hood.

It’s kind of alarming how little our parents knew about our location and activities back in those days.

Originally Posted by Katipan

My kids dad killed himself while they were in the next room.
I had it good as a kid.

Omg. Are you serious?

[Rain Man]

I didn't have children, which was the best possible parenting I could have done.

Via observation of people that I've known since childhood, I've noticed that everyone parents in the same way that they were parented. They'll complain about how they were parented and will then do the same thing with their kids. It's kind of amazing once you notice it. There are a few generational twists, but the core principles carry from one generation to the next as if they're purely genetic.

[wazu]

I never really thought so, but both of my kids seem to have turned out better than me.