Strict Upbringing vs Parenting: What Your Childhood Taught You About Love, Rules & Life?

[Anonymous]

# Think about your childhood, were your parents strict, relaxed, or somewhere in between?

1️⃣ How did your upbringing shape the way you see rules, discipline, and love?
2️⃣ How will it influence the way you plan to raise your own children?
3️⃣ Which lessons will you definitely carry forward, and which ones will you never repeat?


#Be honest, did strict parenting make you disciplined or traumatized? Did a relaxed upbringing make you free spirited or chaotic? Or maybe both?

# If you had strict parents, would you secretly enjoy breaking the rules with your kids or will you enforce them anyway? And if you were raised lax, would you be stricter? Or let them figure it out on their own?


° Share your stories, experiences, and thoughts, the good, the bad, the surprising, and even the funny.

° Let’s see how our childhoods shape the parents we’ll become.

[LadyBecks]

My parents were rather strict. I had a very early curfew in high school, I was never allowed to go to sleepovers. They were very particular about respect, manners and appearances, and overall neatness.

I don't think I am as strict with my own kids. I do try to instill respect and manners in them, and while they have freedoms to be with friends, I do pay close attention to who they're hanging out with and where they're going.

[Nikki1989]

I rarely saw my parents when I was a kid, and by the age of 12 I was abandoned and living with a cousin. Aside from school, music and books were my primary sources of education, guidance, and inspiration in life. I was even cooking for myself by the time I was 8. I had to grow up and learn fast. I was working full time and helping to pay rent for an apartment by the time I was 16 because I had no other option at that point.

[Daytoday79]

I got hit and screamed at, so I'd never do that to a child of mine.