how would you rate your parents?

[fuscia]

my parents are pretty cool. my father was a high school history teacher and my mother is still a painter. of course, when we were growing up, we went to every museum in sight and, even if i exhibit the skills of a hopeless hack, my mother opened my eyes to a visual view of the world i have always valued. in fact, even though i am a professional musician, i've often said i would rather be deaf than blind, if i had to choose. my father, like most history teachers, subjected us to the annual 800 mile trips to see a pile of canonballs, but he was also someone who looked for the unusual in life. his idea of family fun was bringing home the myers-briggs test for us all to take, just for laughs. he also once did a sculpture of a chicken out of thousands of toothpicks. aside from the silly crap, most of his friends are former students who think very highly of him, even forty years later. best thing they ever did for me was being pains in the *** when i was doing my best to get in as much trouble as i possibly could. they just made it too much trouble to continue down the wrong path. on the whole, i'd give them an A.

[mitchbones]

My mother I would give an A. She has sacrificed alot for me and always takes intrest in what I do and supports me all the way, even when Its not the right choice (void illegal things). My dad on the other hand I would give an F or D- for reasons I will keep to myself :P

[pmj]

Thread needs a poll. I think I probably had pretty good parents, but I didn't really like them anyway, especially not my father.

[dbbolton]

my pops should have gone to college and become a physicist, but he chased his musical dreams. thank god for that. i probably wouldn't be a musician today if he hadn't.

[fuscia]

Thread needs a poll.

sorry, i despise polls. all they tell you are things like "9 out 0f 10 ubuntu users think lizzie borden was right."

[steven8]

lizzie borden wasn't right, but she makes good condensed milk. :-)

My rating of my parents would have been quite different when I was 18 than it is today when I'm forty one. I am a parent now myself, and I see things much more clearly. I'd rate my father a B+ and my mother an A-

[chaosgeisterchen]

Ultra-conservative I would sometimes call them, their education really reflects the rural area they origin from and still living in. I am rather a rebel compared to them but we have a rather good relationship. They have no idea of technic and computers but I have no idea of automobile mechanics and farmership, so we have both our competences.

I think they're nice. My father is a very humorous person and my mother is a very warmhearted human.

You simply can't hate her.

[Kieranties]

My mother is quite simply the greatest person I know. I would swim through a sea of broken glass and salt just to make her smile. (Though I doubt she would, after seeing me in that state, but you get the drift)

My father...Well, I asked my mum to divorce him when I was 13. A year later I broke his nose when kicking him out of the house. He has never done anything but bring misery to my family, and I am glad I have nothing to do with him. I wouldn't so much as say goodbye if he was dying at my feet.

Suprisingly, I am a very happy person! :D:rolleyes:

Juxtaposing my mother and father shows a greter degree of difference then juxtaposing black and white/chalk and cheese

[adam.tropics]

I wouldn't dare rate my parents!

[daynah]

I would rate my parents differently when I'm living away from home than when I'm living with them. When I'm living away from home they treat me with respect and all that. When I come home for the summer, they attempt to not allow me to do the things I was allowed to do for the last year (no offence to high schoolers, but there is a time when parents need to let go).

Away from home: A-.
At home: C.
It has to be close to failing because I'm considering losing my family's funding simply not to live with them. That's pretty bad.

[fuscia]

My rating of my parents would have been quite different when I was 18 than it is today when I'm forty one. I am a parent now myself, and I see things much more clearly. I'd rate my father a B+ and my mother an A-

on the first father's day after the birth of his first son, a friend of mine got a card from his father saying "perhaps now, you understand the value of "BECAUSE I SAID SO!"

[viper]

My rating of my parents would have been quite different when I was 18 than it is today when I'm forty one. I am a parent now myself, and I see things much more clearly. I'd rate my father a B+ and my mother an A- to quote steven8

Ditto, unless you become a parent yourself (boy 16 girl 14). I was always close to my Mum, whereas it took me having kids for my Dad to open up to me.
Current rating is 10/10. But hey we have never been no Brady Bunch!! :)

[Kieranties]

on the first father's day after the birth of his first son, a friend of mine got a card from his father saying "perhaps now, you understand the value of "BECAUSE I SAID SO!"

:D I send my mum a fathers day card on fathers day :D

[sonny]

I have the worst parents in the world... they never kept theirs eyes off of me... I got in so much trouble and I got pretty bad punishments... for that I thank them... and with my children I'll try to be as worst as they were, if they had been less strict with me I'd have probably ended up in some gang or loosing myself in the wrong path. I guess they deserve an A+ because although I really was a very very very problematic kid, now I've become a productive adult.

[Henry Rayker]

I guess it all depends...

My parents really weren't too involved with me. When I graduated from High School, my aunt said something to them like, "You must be so proud. You did a great job!" and they just looked at her blankly and said something to the effect of, "No, he basically raised himself from about 2 on...He did a good job."

I had some rough times in high school...went through some rougher stuff in high school and felt like I didn't have anyone to go to, so I took it all inward until I blew up.

However, all that being said, I think I like the way I grew up. I learned a lot of things that, otherwise, I wouldn't have learned. My brother went through a severe depression and, because of what I went through, I was able to help him when my parents couldn't...

I don't think I could give them a grade ranking, or a #/10 ranking, but I'll just say they passed...sometimes very well, sometimes by the skin of their teeth.

[xhaan]

I rate my dad as cool.
I rate my mom as dead, but even though she's in a coffin that's in a concrete vault that is buried underground in another state, I still don't trust her.

[Koori23]

My parents are great. Even better now that I'm outta the house (They got a whole lot smarter at that time.. I apprrceiate them now more than ever). My dad owns a Tool and Die shop. He always made life interesting for us as kids... Always a practical joke. My mom is pretty much the same way.. She's a sweetie who we could always talk to.. about anything..

[djsroknrol]

My mom was always a buddy to me and my friends...My dad was horrible. Always working all the time and when he wasn't working, he didn't pay any attention to us kids...I loved them both so much more after I left home...I miss them both so much now that they're gone...

Fuscia, what a terrible question to pose to the forum...:(

[ibanez]

I'd Have to rate my mother A* Even though she died when I was 14, The amount of crap she had to put up with from me does'nt even need mentioning, I was the eldest of 7 pretty unruly kids 6 boys 1 girl, & she died at the age of 31,
Well now I'm 43 have 2 kids of my own and see things in a new light, I tend to let them make thier own decisions, and deal with the concequences of the wrong ones, ( unless they could cause harm of course.) This seems to work because they are neither obnoxious, nor potheads, ( although they've seen alot over the years.) My daughter (16) is studying 'A' Levels Psychology & textiles & art & is the only Linux user in her school (U.K.) I have no complaints about my son although he hasn't hit his teens yet. All he wants to be is a Pro DirtJumper. :)( Sorry 1 complaint he refuses to use linux, too damn lazy)

I wish now in retrospect. That I had treated my mother with the respect she deserved, So however you rate your mother remember she aint always gonna be here. !!

& my Father who the hell was he ? I dunno I never met him after he heard I was on the way he did a runner, so he gotta get an E- rating..

However you rate your parents now will most certainly change if or when you have kids of your own.

[ComplexNumber]

I wish now in retrospect. That I had treated my mother with the respect she deserved, So however you rate your mother remember she aint always gonna be here.one only truly realises the value of those who have passed away after they have passed away.
my mum and dad are still with me, but i have often thought about how i would feel when they are gone. i know for a fact that i would wish that i had told them this or asked them that. most of all, i think i would love to be able to tell them how much i love them and how much i appreciate them and how much i value them, but words never seem to convey it.

[xhaan]

one only truly realises the value of those who have passed away after they have passed away.
my mum and dad are still with me, but i have often thought about how i would feel when they are gone. i know for a fact that i would wish that i had told them this or asked them that. most of all, i think i would love to be able to tell them how much i love them and how much i appreciate them and how much i value them, but words never seem to convey it.

With my luck my mom will show up on my doorstep tomorrow and tell me she faked her death, start telling me what to do and stealing my money.

Yes, I was very sad that she died, because she is my only mother, but I don't miss having her around...