<p>I have a question. Are your parents supportive of everything you do? Are they always there for you? Personally my parents have rarely been there for me. I've been independent since I was like 12, now I'm 17. I'm really surprised that I'm not *****ed up already. (drugs, sex, alcohol, etc...).</p>
<p>My parents are supportive of everything I do. They are always there for me but I'm not always there for them to be there for me (not entirely in the physical sense).</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean. My parents would always be there if I needed them, but they don't help me with everything or approve of everything I do. They would help me if I got into trouble, but I'm also expected to be a pretty self-sufficient kid.</p>
<p>No, I mean it's like I "give them an update" every now and then about what's happening in school. Once my brother got a C on his report card and they didn't find out till like 5 weeks later. And forget sport practices or any type of practice, unless I can find my own ride.</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with Elizabeth</p>
<p>My parents are not that supportive and are against the ECs that I do. They instead try to force ECs upon me that I have no interest in. But they are hardly ever home, it usually just me most of the time. But when they are home, its nag nag nag about everything I do. </p>
<p>They do expect me to do things by myself. They are really involved in my acedemics and don't really care as long as I bring home As.</p>
<p>I don't really know how to answer that question. Although it appears that my parents and I have a very healthy, loving and functional relationship, at times I can't help but question it. They have never really been involved in me life, don't know what I do after school, don't know who my friends are and have never cared about my grades that much. I go volunteering and to various youth leadership meetings after school every other day and for all they know I could be out smoking crack. lol. Well, i guess it's not that bad, but i just feel that they don't care enough about the things I do. </p>
<p>They don't understand why I participate in so many EC's and see it as a waste of time sometimes. That bothers me. Well.. Thats my two cents</p>
<p>My parents are there for me I suppose. I just don't ask for help--especially from my mother. Perhaps because I find her overbearing and slightly judgemental. She wants me to become a doctor, but I want to become a lawyer. I'm tired of hearing her constant criticism, so I basically tune her out and avoid any discussion on college or my future career....</p>
<p>Supportive? Maybe. They recently sat me down (as though in an intervention) and discussed my "recent dip in grades." Dip = my first B ever.</p>
<p>They know that I'm a good kid (no drugs, I don't party often, no babies) but I think they take for granted exactly how good I am. A lot of my friends that they like go out drinking or do things that they don't approve of, but have no idea this kind of thing happens. I just don't do them (often) because I have little interest in them. They don't know this goes on and didn't see it with my older siblings or their friends so they don't think it goes on. I guess they get VERY upset with me about some small stuff like messy rooms, being a little late on curfew, what is now referred to as "[QuickLikeCat]'s B problem," or being moody and quiet. They tend to think of me as disappointing at times, but if they knew the true range of "bad behavior" by teenagers in general, or even among my friends, they'd be surprised to know I'm actually very very well-behaved.</p>
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LOL babies!!</p>
<p>My mom and I have a very good relationship. I tell her nearly everything that goes on in my life. </p>
<p>My dad has no clue who my friends are, what subjects I take in school, etc.. But that's ok. I still love him very much lol.</p>
<p>I used to have a bitter relationship with my mom ("think about your future") and my dad ("stop partying and stop wearing makeup") when I was about 13-14. But it soon turned out good.. i don't know how..?</p>
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They recently sat me down (as though in an intervention) and discussed my "recent dip in grades." Dip = my first B ever.
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That's exactly what happened to me first term this year. :eek:</p>
<p>My parents...love me very much; they just don't love each other very much. My mom disapproves of me because she thinks I'm "too much like my dad". My dad can be emotionally distant but at least he doesn't have a temper. Everyone loves my little sister. I'm the quiet, cautious intellectual; she's the pretty, well-adjusted gymnast.</p>
<p>No, my parents are supportive of me--but I wouldn't say they're there for me. We're too unstable for that kind of thing.</p>
<p>Personally, I'd prefer parents who gave their child independence. For instance, a friend of my parents knew almost nothing about her child's education but hey...he got into Yale. All his parent's did was do what they had to, but other than that they left him to himself. I wouldn't think of it as negligence, but rather a way teaching him how to take control of his own life, and not rely on others.</p>
<p>My parents had almost no involvement. They just gently encouraged me along the way, and sometimes helped to calm me down when I got really stressed in my last year in school.</p>
<p>U give them updates? I dont talk to them unless I have to</p>