How were you raised?

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Feel free to share your experiences.


Some guiding questions:
Were you raised in a strict authoritarian household?


Were you raised in a lax fun environment?


Did you grow during your years at school?


How were your parent's personalities like?


Were you harshly punished?


How do you intend to raise your kids?

[SaltyMeatballs]

Growing up I loved my parents but some days I hated them. They were always there for me but god damn when they got angry it was legit the scariest thing on the planet. My dad's hand felt like a ****ing wrecking ball just swinging full force at you whenever you got slapped across the face. My mom's slap would feel like a strong bee sting.

And oh my ****ing god the belt. The mother****ing belt. I don't even wanna talk about that

The punishments stopped when I got older. Overall I have some very good parents who push me to work hard and be a good person so I'm thankful for that. I had an awesome childhood, but when me and my siblings would get punished, it felt like we were going to die that night.

[Jasper]

dude , you were a bad kid. :lol

[SaltyMeatballs]

dude , you were a bad kid. :lol
Only sometimes. Other times I'd legit just be playing video games and my dad would come from behind like an angry bull charging at me because apparently I wasn't listening when he'd call my name. I swear they'd be making some things up

[Prometheus]

I was always allowed to watch and listen to anything I wanted. Growing up, my friends would come over my house to watch movies their parents didn't want them seeing, because my mom didn't give a shit about that stuff.

My dad and his family don't count - I didn't even meet any of them until I was 10 years old and they don't mean shit to me. My mom's family is a bunch of catholic Italians, and she's the random one who decided religion wasn't for her, so I was raised without it.

I grew up in the suburbs and always had a ton of friends. Always had people over my house, my friends from school as well as my cousins, sleepovers (only on weekends) video games/trampolines/movies after school. High school life got complicated with drugs and females, but I had a great childhood.

My first twelve years were incredible... I was a part of the very last generation with a pre-internet childhood. When I was in elementary school, we were still outside all the time, playing football, manhunt, etc. but we also had super mario and the legend of zelda and street fighter. But the internet came along at just the right time that I was in middle school during the AOL instant messenger days. Facebook came along right when I got to college. I really think I came into the world at the perfect time.

[Jasper]

Raised in the 60's , my family was typical low middle class in Milwaukee.
Dad worked , mom housewife.
She over ran everything ... and my father became more removed from the family year after year until his drinking escalated into a divorce.
Back then it was not a popular means.
I was protected all most like I was in a bubble.
Had few toys if any, but I was athletic, so sports and the playground opened to school sports, as well as golf ,my dad showed me as well as stepdad.
15 had a new dad , and he put the hammer down , and started forcing me to do things my folks never had done.
I will have to say from age 12 on , they stressed work , and saving.
18 years old , bought my first house , but I was way to young for that , moved from northern Wi to Chicago... then my career started.
It was good I had moved otherwise I would of possibly become an alcoholic as
my dad...

[rufuspaul]

Mom was a school teacher, Dad was career Army. He did 3 tours of Vietnam, retired as a Lt. Colonel and then taught as an instructor at the Special Warfares school at Fort Bragg. He was a good father for the most part but at times the soldier in him would come out. He never hit me but he could be quite verbally abusive to everyone in the family. He died 17 years ago from lung cancer.

My mom was a saint. She was the perfect buffer between my dad and me. She died in February of this year. I still haven't really come to terms with it.

Overall they did their best to raise me and my 2 sisters.

I have a teenage daughter and it is a challenge raising her. I work on not barking orders like my dad but sometimes that DNA shows itself.