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Day 18: Disrespecting Parents.

I'm not totally sure what this prompt is asking for or wanting.

My opinion on disrespecting parents?
I always encourage my students to be nicer to their parents. I feel like it's always a good idea to be respectful to pretty much all elders. However, that's just how I grew up. I spent more time with adults than I did with kids my own age. I was shunned by my cousins at family gatherings being 9 years younger or older. The black sheep always. As a result I'd hang out with aunts, uncles, or grandparents. In life, it's typically just a better idea to be kind and respectful to everyone you come across.

Parents aren't perfect. They're not going to always make the best choices, but I do tend to think they do the best they can for what they've got to work with. Not everyone has great parental role models so they won't necessarily know how to be parents. Breaking a bad parental cycle is hard. That being said it's always good to be as respectful to your parents as possible.

Have I been disrespectful to my parents?
I'm not the perfect child. I'll be the first to admit that. I've treated my parents badly, I've fought with them, I've said horrible things. That's often what happens in your teen years. I have no excuses.

It was mostly due to hormones and being unable to deal with ways to get along with people when I was already upset. I become irrational when hormones come into play - it's bad.

Also if I'm being honest, my mother and I still don't get along. She doesn't know how to talk instead of yell, we don't have much in common, and I have a lot of childhood issues that I haven't totally worked through. I can't completely let it go. I think space will help all of that, but I just...it's tough. She has made me question my self worth too many times and only pointed out my negatives too much of my life. I have trouble trusting and communicating with her at times.

I try to be respectful and love my parents. I'm just not always perfect at it...