Do you respect your 'rents?

spect my rents eh? Nah No Way. I will never respect or even like my father.get up and leave as soon as his boys born not a bad idea huh?
My mother has been the one here for me. however just because she can provide things and she gave birth to me does not mean I owe her or him respect. they have a duty as a parent to love,respect,care for their Son. I know none of us are perfect..but when one makes continues mistakes knowing what it will do.
you get the feeling they'd rather you were never even there.
 
Yes, I do. It's true that I don't agree with everything they do or say, it's far from it. However, I respect that what they do, they do it because they want what's best for us, and not just because they're the parents and we're supposed to do what they say. For instance, when they gave us limited time on stuff like TV, I hated it and wanted nothing to do with it. But when I thought about it, I saw that they wanted us to go outside and play, to be more active than they were. Although that failed pretty badly in my case -- I'm more active in college than I ever was at home.

My parents are also pretty flexible, and they're willing to listen. Really, they're good parents. I haven't issues with them at all. .____.
 
Well, I have no respect for my mom. ;; I've tried a zillion times to but I cant. Long story. A Veeery long story.
I highly respect my dad. He's the most down to earth person you'll ever meet. He's 63 so he does get a little cranky at times but I dont mind that. I might get irritated at him but when I look back I realize that he's pretty cool. :)
 
I respect and love my mother. Like every other teenager these days, I have problems with my father; I suppose I love him and respect him, but there have been issues in the past that really ripped me up, and my family up, and I find the thought of loving him or feeling positive towards him painful. ^_^;;
 
Jax Malcolm said:
Unless your mother was the Virgin Mary, your father would have had a hand in it too, even if he wasn't the one carrying you around and shoving you out into the world simply because if it wasn't for his sperm, there wouldn't be any situation where your mother would be carrying you around and shoving you out into the world.

So, in a sense, he helped give birth to you too.

That said, to answer the question, yes, I respect my parents. They brought me into the world, taught me most of what I know, clothed me, fed me, paid for my schooling, broke their backs to support me (and my brother, for that matter, who was never easy to care for), and were generally more trustworthy than anyone else I've ever met. As my father once said, "The only people who give a damn about you in the world is your family."

Of course, the end of that quote would be "and sometimes, not even then," and I'm not naive enough to think that every family is like mine. Sure, if you've got due reason for it, then you're free to refuse to respect your parents, and there certainly are good reasons out there. However, if it's just a streak of teenage angst, then you'll eventually just sit back and take a look at who got you that far. *shrug*
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Couldn't have said it any better. Both the thing about parents and the thing about sometimes not even your family.

Yes, I respect both my parents very much.
 
The problem with me and my parents, I tend to act as if I disrespect them.

I love them and I'm quite grateful for them but I usually act quite casual around them--even when guests are in.
This, of course, makes 'em pretty upset. My mom gets irritated from time to time but my dad gets into a mess with me. He understands me the least.

My parents try to put me into certain etiquette classes and church because of so, but I dislike attending those and start whining to them. I do have manners, I just don't use them all the time. It's too much work. I understand that they brought me into the world, but I'm not gonna lay low with them as if they're king and queen.

'Course, it isn't all the time that I will act hoodelally.

They still continue to complain that I usually talk as if they're my friends. (Though, I guess I'm working to improve?)
 
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