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Mom Was Right: 8 Truths Our Parents Nagged Us About

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Growing up, many of us rolled our eyes at mom and dad’s discipline and lectures. We had it all figured out as teens and young adults. Our parents were old fashioned and our ways were new and better. I don’t know about you, but as I became a parent, I started to realize that there was some truth to my parents’ advice. You might remember some of these things yourself:

“Nothing good happens after dark. This was our parents’ way of keeping us off the streets too late. Now, not only do we lose sleep as parents, but the urge to be out of the house late at night seems to subside. An occasional night out is fun, but sometimes, getting to bed at a a good time is also a win for the day. 

“You’ll need to know how to do that when you grow up. Whether it’s laundry, dishes, or cooking, we complained every bit of the way. Mom was disappointed in our reluctance and pointed out the importance of getting chores done. We said we didn’t have to worry about that since we’ll have hired help. Haha! They were so right about this one.

“Money doesn’t grow on trees. As we ventured out into the real world, we realized our first paycheck wouldn’t get us very far. No wonder our parents were stingy when we asked for some shopping money. They had bills to pay.

“If she/he does it, it doesn’t mean you can. Other kids got to do and have things that we wanted. Our parents were convinced that we didn’t need to go certain places or have certain things. “We didn’t have that when we were your age,” our parents would say. We did turn out ok despite not having that stuff, so I guess my kids don’t need it all either.

“How many times do I have to tell you. They told us once, twice, and sometimes several times until we got ourselves into trouble. Our lives were too busy to concern ourselves with taking out the trash and cleaning our room.

“Because I said so. We never understood why this was the answer; we thought our parents were lame for being so unclear. As a mom, I now know that this is the go to answer when you’re done explaining yourself. The hope is that your children will think things through on their own, right?

“There are no vegetables in this. Not really a truth, but how many times did we complain about vegetables? Our parents had to get them in somehow. Now here we are googling ways to sneak veggies into our child’s dinner.

“You’ll understand when you’re older. I really do understand now. Our immature and invincible youth just doesn’t see that there is a purpose to what our parents want from us. We listen but it takes time to understand. The moment we have our babies it dawns on us that our parents love us just that much…it truly is indescribable.

We swore to mom and dad that our kids would have everything they ever wanted and be so proper and well behaved. “It’ll be different when I have kids,” I’d say. As a parent, I am humbled. I now completely understand where my parents were coming from. I love my kids and want them to have opportunities, skills and love. The truth is, my parents did their best to provide that for us. They weren’t always perfect of course, but neither are we. I’m glad that I can appreciate the things they said and I hope my kids will too.

 

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