<p>Mom: Assistant kindergarten teacher but has her master's in elementary education. My mom really enjoys reading on the beach in the fall and spring. My mom really wishes that she was chill and acts like she's relaxed all the time, but in reality she's always stressed out and worried about everything. I mostly like my mom, but a lot of the time she doesn't listen to what you say at all to the point where she won't even give you some lame response like "yeah" or anything like that.</p>
<p>Dad: President of financial company and was CEO. Dad is a workaholic who is now at his millionth attempt to lose weight. My dad likes to watch football and do yard work for fun. Even though my dad will play the martyr role, he really is quite selfish and really doesn't want anyone to impose on him in any way. My dad is really proud that he sold his old company. Honestly, I wish that my dad was retired. Not to mean that he doesn't work, but he could do something he loved like landscaping etc. I think if my dad could work really hard at something he loved then he would be a lot more fun to be around and a lot more relaxed.</p>
<p>Mom=nice and caring most of the time. Allows me to do reasonable things my age(such as sweet 16, movies until 11, watching all PG-13's and most R's). However, whenever she's mad, she's mad. She still cooks all the time. I never get to eat fast food, always healthy food, yet I'm 20 pounds over average. She is currently trying to get her masters in music.
Oh yeah, she knows that I'm not the straight A's Korean.
Dad=big time workaholic who is also laid back. I always ask him questions about business. I seriously think he shouldn't work like 10-11 hours/day. He makes over $500,000 a year, why would he work that many hours anyways(btw, he owns businesses).</p>
<p>How are they as people? Are they strict, funny, quiet?
Mom: Sometimes she's fun to be around, but she's usually pretty annoying. She claims to be really down to earth, but she cares a lot what other people think about her. She's getting better though. My mom's actually becoming an independent self-thinking woman. I'm proud.
Dad: He's pretty much an a.s.s. I know he cares a lot about my sister and I, but doesn't know how to show it. He's pretty self-concsious (which my mom blames on his father), so he always makes us tell him how great he is and how much we love him. He's kinda strict, but that's only because he's never been my main parent so he doesn't know how rules work with teenagers.</p>
<p>What do they do for fun? Do they watch movies? Read books? Garden?
Mom: My mom likes reading a lot, and watches a movie almost every night. She reads mostly inspirational books, but used to love CIA/FBI secret opps novels. She also hangs out with her friends from A.A. a lot. She didn't have many friends when I was younger so I'm glad she has a good group of friends now that she can really relate to.
Dad: My dad's an ER doctor so he's usually pretty busy. Recently he's started running and just completed a half marathon over the weekend. This is a good change. He used to spend his free time hooking up with my teacher.</p>
<p>What are they proud of? What do you wish they could change about themselves?
Mom: proud of her degrees (masters/BA in critical care nursing), children, year and a half of being sober; change to be less sensitive and more emotionally secure
Dad: proud of cars, travel, house, money, degrees, anything else he does; change to be less stubborn, egocentric, inconsiderate, controlling, and demanding</p>
<p>What do you most like about them? How do you wish they were different?
Mom: I like that she's usually pretty easy to talk to, and not very strict. I know she'll love me no matter what, and has my best interests at mind, even when she's not the best of the mothers. I wish she wasn't such a hypocrite though.
Dad: He loves me a lot.. i guess that's a good thing, even though he doesn't show it sometimes. When he does show it though, I often wish he hadn't. I already mentioned how I wish he was different in the previous question.</p>
<p>I'm Indian and I love both of my parents. They are REALLY selfless and pretty much think about me 24/7 (only child). Yeah, they push me to get good grades and stuff but I know they just want me to be happy in the future. My parents watch movies and they sit & have long conversations about things. I guess my mom is the "disciplinarian" of the house but she's pretty chill 95% of the time, and my dad is more laid back and fun to talk to. But, both of my parents are pretty amazing.</p>
<p>my mom is goofy and laidback, me and her do lots of things together like go on 24-watching marathons and stuff haha</p>
<p>my dad works a lot and he gets pretty preachy sometimes about self-improvement but he means well and we do a lot of fun stuff together, and he really cares about my well being. He enjoys intellectual debate, sometimes a little too much lol</p>
<p>they're really lax they let me do whatever the hell I want because they trust me. They don't care if i drink (underage) or skip stupid classes or stay out until 3 in the morning because they know that ultimately im a responsible person....
and they don't really care about my grades as long as I try, but I get mostly a's anyway lol</p>
<p>My mom LOVES to read. lol, I'll walk in and ask her for help with my hw or something and she'll just yell at me and say, "Quiet!! Can't you see I'm reading?" She went to UCLA, my dad didn't go to college. He is the one making all of the ridiculous jokes that I either ignore, or, when I am feeling generous, I'll nod my head and smile, or say, "Oh, haha." Yep...anyways, my mom is kind of strict, and so is my dad, but I would never do anything to make them believe that I could not be trusted. For the most part, I would say that they want me to do my best, and as long as I am working hard, and not slacking off, they are pleased...well, for the most part, that is...I got a B+ first semester, and I was just as upset about it as my mom was! lol</p>
<p>My mom is not a big TV watcher, but she does love to watch Lost. My dad likes movies more than he likes television series. But yea, like I said before, my mom loves to read, and she's always going to the library. Although...that fact that she loves to read can get pretty annoying when she starts to take my books from me, before I've finished reading them, and then she loses my place in a chapter! argghh</p>
<p>I LOVE MY PARENTS!!!! I wouldn't change anything about them. :)</p>
<p>My mom is caring but very annoying alot of the time. She asks alot of questions and constantly nags me about stuff that im going to take care of. I like her i just wish she would leave me alone sometimes and not micromanage my life.</p>
<p>My dad is cool but he has his moments where nothing seems to please him. He also get's upset whenever i disagree with him but that can be expected.</p>
<p>Overall i like my parents they just need to back off sometimes.</p>