Ever thought that maybe there is a correlation between apathetic parents and devious children and vice versa?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah that's what I thought when I read this too. A lot of the time, the kid is smart and makes good decisions because their parents are strict, not vice versa. The same goes for kids that make bad decisions and having irresponsible parents.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

INB4 someone says that doing drugs doesn't make you a bad kid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I took a lot of drugs in kindergarten. I think those eye surgeries went well.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well they ARE their kids, they act like their parents would've acted.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, some kids with strict parents are worse than kids with lax parents. There has to be a balance.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't know about this. It's probably normally true, but my house is pretty relaxed. My mom gives me a lot of freedom. I'm more strict with myself than she is. I get angry when I get an A minus and she's telling me I'm doing a good job. I can have people over after school, and I don't really have to tell her first. As long as it's not some boy I have interest in (which pretty much wouldn't happen anyway because I'm a nerd). She let's me paint all over my walls. She pretty much lets me do whatever I want. And I've never gotten so much as a demerit at school. I don't drink, do drugs, or commit crimes. I have excellent grades. I think it depends on whether or not the parents cared in the first place, and how much trust they have in their child. My mom is kind of awesome, though. She lets me "be myself".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it has more to do with who you are rather than how your mom is parenting. And if you did start screwing around, she'd probably tighten the reigns more.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But how did I become that way? Aren't we products of our environments?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In part true. But you can turn out different from your parents based on your friends (which i guess your parents would have some level of control on) and i feel like you and your mom just have a system worked out, not that your case is usually the case. Wait, you've already said this. Eh...my bad :/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I was just trying to point out that there are exceptions.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Same here. I basically have the freedom to go wherever I want at whatever time I want without asking, because I've proven that I'll make good choices without being followed like a hawk. All my friends are jealous because I've never had a curfew, but I don't because I've never needed one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't comitt crimes either! *hi5* But, no, really that's great. I'm kind of a good kid, yet my parents think they just don't know about all the stuff I do behind their backs and are dieing to find out... It's kinda sad really, since they're just wasting my time and theirs.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Just prove them wrong, I guess.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

this is probably off topic but being a nerd doesn't make it so you can't have interest in someone [high standards might] or people can't have interest in you [I have yet to see someone who isn't a nerd like a nerd but it could happen i guess] but mostly it is just nerds who like other nerds and most of the girl nerds who people I have interest in can't date or just won't date.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh, I have interest. But I'm a bit socially awkward with boys (because I'm a nerd), so I don't "invite" them over. I have a hard time flirting, and don't see the purpose in engaging in sexual activities before I am fully matured. Did you not get the implication of inviting a boy over for whom I have feelings?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

sounds kind of like a geek but it is sort of late where I am so I might be wrong. I personally don't flirt either but I just kind of make conversation. Personally I would if I didn't have the mother I had or the sisters I have because for some reason whenever I have a female friend they think I have interest in her like that and it is like ''whoa we are not like that we are friends''.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My parents were pretty laid back. We never even had a bedtime. We were just expected to get good grades and be home by 9 on week nights and 12 on weekends. As long as our parents knew where we were we could pretty much do whatever.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It'd be nice if it was reverse...or if strict parents learned to loosen up at least a little when the kid begins to grow up...or is 18.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not me. I am smart and make good decisions. My parents are chill.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

One of my friends was a really good kid, very smart, but his parents thought he was the devil/druggy and restricted him from everything. He ended up getting so ticked at them for it, he turned into the bad kid,and got expelled form all schools in our county, and the counties around. Now he's living on the other side of the country. (Literally, from florida to washington) okay long winded story over.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

imagine if their parent[s] were miners and they moved to china because then they would've dug and made it to china.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Parents arent retarded because their kids are bad, the kids are bad because the parents are retarded. But personality, circumstances, and the environment also plays a VERY large role.

by Anonymous 12 years ago