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

Results so far:

Yes
34% 184 votes Total: 544 votes
No
66% 360 votes
  • 1 of 13

    by Kristie Dunlap

    Not unlike many young girls; at sixteen I was rebellious with a "know it all" attitude. I was also adamant my parenting skills would not reflect those I was raised with. Forever...read more

  • 2 of 13

    by maddie rose

    Will you copy your parents? Yes, the statistics of it happening are great but realx. It is true. You, yourself as a parent are able to raise your child as you see fit. And yo...read more

  • by Pierrette Komarek

    I think I am more then qualified to answer this, for I raised a large family of six children, using almost exactly the same style my parents did! With a few exceptions, since I ...read more

  • 4 of 13

    by John Graham

    My parents loved each other and first and foremost taught my elder sister and I that the immediate family was important. We had extended families of course (with 11 uncles a...read more

  • 5 of 13

    by C.V.Varun

    One may think that I may not know much about parenting being born in 1990- Which means i am still a happy go lucky teen. But the fact is that I have lived almost each and every ...read more

  • 6 of 13

    by Terri Combs-Orme Ph.D.

    Potential parents: Will you copy your parents' parenting style? Most of us do not ponder this question; nor do we make a rational decision about the answer. Most of us simply...read more

  • 7 of 13

    by James Lynne

    "Son, How many times have I told you to...." Remember those words or some similar to them, loudly proclaimed by your father? At some point in life, you will most likely provid...read more

  • 8 of 13

    by Colette Duval

    Parenting is one of those things which one can look back on from a point of reminiscence or analysis. When in the midst of it, parenting often seems like nothing more than a m...read more

  • 9 of 13

    by Daggys Wife

    Will I copy my parents' parenting style? There are many behaviors and actions imprinted in me by my parents that I have used on my step-children. As a product of a broken home, ...read more

  • 10 of 13

    by Sarah Grau

    When I was 16, a young Jehovah's Witness knocked on our door and received the shock of his life. As he opened his mouth to tell us about the "wonderful news from the bible," my...read more

  • 11 of 13

    by Todd Pheifer

    "When I am a parent, I will NEVER do things the way my parents did them!" For some, this is a definitive methodology, as negative aspects of their childhood inspire them to pur...read more

  • 12 of 13

    by Kim Sharpe

    I believe that if you had a happy childhood and your parents were loving then you will strive to follow in their footsteps. Of course, not everyone had such a happy childhood ...read more

  • 13 of 13

    by Phil Hill

    I look back in shame at the way I spoke to my parents at times, particularly in my teen years. I remember in a fit of temper telling them that I never wanted to turn out like th...read more

  • 1 of 11

    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

  • 2 of 11

    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

  • 3 of 11

    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

  • 4 of 11

    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

  • 5 of 11

    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

  • 6 of 11

    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

  • 7 of 11

    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

  • 8 of 11

    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

  • 9 of 11

    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

  • 10 of 11

    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

  • 11 of 11

    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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