if you swcitch bodies with you parents what would you do
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When I was younger, in my teens and twenties, I definitely would have said yes. As I have aged and raised my own children and lived my own life, I have realized that my parents did the best they could with the tools they were given. I also understand that everything I have been through brings me to where I am now. I do feel that a lot of pressure was put on me to be better. I know that is because I should have been able to achieve more in school and most times I just appeared to be defiant when I didn't complete things I was supposed to do. I now know that I had/have ADHD. My parents had no clue. Expecting me to behave as a child without ADHD without any medication or training or education about the problem is equivalent to telling an epileptic to hold still in the midst of a seizure.
Also, I wish my parents were more physical. We weren't a very “huggy” family. I now understand that there are reasons for my parents to be some what standoffish. I don't feel the reasons are important here and now but, because I know those reasons, I understand now why they were the way the were. As an adult, I now initiate hugs more than ever before and, yes, they do respond.
And, last but not least, I would not want to be my mother. She lived a much more difficult life than I can ever imagine. Yes, I had struggles. I believe we all do. The reality is that she had fast more struggles than any one person should have to face but she made it through and was still able to find it within herself to not only go on but to thrive.
I don't know if it matters here but I feel the need to point out that the father I am speaking of in 'my parents' is technically a step- parent. My father passed away when I was 2. My 'step'father had been around as long as I can remember. I think I was 4 when my folks started dating. As a self-righteous teen, I, of course, thought he treated me the way he did because I wasn't “really” his daughter. I couldn't be more his daughter of he birthed me himself.
Thank you for this question! It allowed me to, once again, remember how unbelievably blessed I truly am!