Potential parents: Will you copy your parents' parenting style?

No

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  by Jenna Obney

  I have to admit that my parents were pretty great. They taught us love and family and friendship are more important than money and social standing. They installed good values ...read more

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  by Danielle Friedl

  My first instinct to whether people copy their parenting style was to answer yes. Many of the things that my mother said to me have flown out of my mouth with wild abandon as I...read more

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  by Elizabeth Tragash

  There is nothing more unsettling than hearing your mother's words come out of your mouth in a voice that sounds shockingly similar to hers. You look in the mirror and catch a gl...read more

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  by Tasha Poemoceah

  It depends on the person or who you are! These are the factors that sometimes play into people lives. In all the observations that I have made from life, period. I have noticed ...read more

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  by Danelle Karth

  We often look back at our childhood and see the glaring red lights of the things our parents did that we think or more importantly thought were wrong. It is hard to look back an...read more

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  by Barbara Kasey Smith

  Most people will copy their parents parenting styles regardless of how much they attempt to avoid doing so. I often caught myself trying to use some of the same parenting styles...read more

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  by Fran A

  Will You copy Your Parents parenting style? I do not think SO 1. Because, my mothers times were old times, they did not have HdTV , they did Not have cellphone ,...read more

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  by Pamela Beuerlein

  I look back at my life and realize that my parents both parented in different styles. My mother was very easy going while my father was a total control freak. My father expected...read more

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  by Shahnaz Khanum

  I will definitely say a big No. My parents did not know child psychology . They thought children can only be controlled by command. They were of the op...read more

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  by S. A. Holley

  Would I copy my parents' parenting style? Well, at first my answer was a firm "NO!" from my childhood prospective. From an adult prospective, there are some things my Dad taught...read more

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  by Samantha Van Sciver

  As a disclaimer, let me first mention that I am writing this from a slightly different perspective, as I'm already a parent. Before I had children, I always swore I would NE...read more

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