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Are parents responsible for how their children act as adults?

Results so far:

Yes
50% 188 votes Total: 376 votes
No
50% 188 votes
  • 1 of 12

    by Nancy Scheffers

    I know that what a parent teaches a child will stay with them for the rest of there life. Parent's may not relies how often children do listen to what is being said . I grew ...read more

  • 2 of 12

    by Bruce W. Coffman

    Having to choose a side on this debate is a little tricky, because the question itself raises the issue of nature versus nurture in human development and behavior. Also, you hav...read more

  • 3 of 12

    by Margaret Kennedy

    Being a parent is one of the most important roles we will ever undertake and most of us are ill equipped to handle the role that we all take for granted as our God given right. ...read more

  • 4 of 12

    by Erica Burns

    Parents do the best they can to raise there children. We all know that children don't come with a manual. Unfortunately, some of the mistakes parents make have lasting impressio...read more

  • 5 of 12

    by Aileen Garofil

    Whether we like it or not, we are the one responsible for our children's act. Parents seem to have that undetachable bond with their child in all aspects. The deed of our childr...read more

  • 6 of 12

    by Hermes Roberts

    This question is not that easy to answer. We humans are very complex by nature. There are a variety of factors that influence our behavior. For example, the people we associate ...read more

  • 7 of 12

    by Hannah Curtis

    Yes parents are responsible for how their children act once they have reached adulthood. My argument revolves around the idea of example. It is important that parents set an exa...read more

  • 8 of 12

    by Linda Burleson

    Parenting is difficult at best. The problem is that, as a rule, having children is one of those things people do without giving it much thought, but parenting equals responsibil...read more

  • by Ganelle Davis

    As parents we are not given a parenting guide or an owners manuel to guide us through the raising of our children. Often times, to our dismay, we parent just as our parents pare...read more

  • 10 of 12

    by full circle

    It would be so easy to wash our hands off the adult that leaves our house and behaves irresponsibly; after all, we don't have any control over that adult. But fortunately for ch...read more

  • 11 of 12

    by Budianto Dermawan Ng

    Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the one who is responsible for their personality. The kids brought them from their blood-parents. Mother and Father, each had given half compositi...read more

  • 12 of 12

    by Ladymermaid

    It would seem that in about ninety percent of cases parents are indeed responsible for the behavior of their children once they have reached adulthood. Good parenting is often v...read more

  • 1 of 12

    by Elizabeth Rogers

    Parents contribute significantly to the shaping of a child's inner sense of security, value system and assumed response to the challenges and successes of life, but they cannot ...read more

  • 2 of 12

    by Kenzy England

    Parents' tend to blame themselves when their child(ren) don't turn out quite the way we imagined they would. I've come to realize that no matter what, we aren't responsibe for t...read more

  • 3 of 12

    by Christina Rivas

    This was a very hard question for me, on the one hand I would love to say that the parent is completely responsible for the way that their children behave as adults. On the othe...read more

  • 4 of 12

    by David Elder

    The responsibility of a parent is to nurture their children and to instill in them the values that will allow them to be good citizens. It is too often assumed that if an adult ...read more

  • 5 of 12

    by Angela Diggs

    The answer is no. I say this because I've seen some great parents produce challenging adult children. I've also seen some bad parents produce very successful adult children. Onc...read more

  • 6 of 12

    by Chelsea Fogleman

    If only life were as simple as good parenting resulting in good actions by adult children. But, as we see time and again, that is not the case (nor is the reverse true - that ba...read more

  • 7 of 12

    by Bud Hennekes

    Being a parent, despite being very challenging, is often regarded as one of the most fulfilling jobs known to man. Parenthood is exhilarating, nerve racking, and rewarding, all ...read more

  • 8 of 12

    by Carolyn Tytler

    It's late at night when the front doorbell rings. Your husband groans, rolls over, and stands up sleepily. "Who on earth can it be at this hour?", he mumbles. He clicks on his b...read more

  • 9 of 12

    by Barbara Kasey Smith

    If anyone should ask me are parents responsible for how their children act as adults, I would look them directly in the face and say positively "no?" That is, if you've been a c...read more

  • 10 of 12

    by Shelia West

    Oh, don't even go there! I'm sorry, but this habit of blaming the parents for everything their children do and say is ridiculous. Parents are human; they make mistakes when ra...read more

  • 11 of 12

    by Ian Black

    To be perfectly honest, I am writing this article for a neutral argument. I can say that perhaps parents are partially responsible for how their children act in adulthood. ...read more

  • 12 of 12

    by Janice Day Sirman

    Are parents the ones who are responsible when their adult children make the wrong choices in life? As a second generation Christian, i have heard all the statistics on how hard ...read more

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