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When I was a kid, both of my parents had full time jobs.
The best part of my day was to have the house all to myself for a few hours.
I could watch porn (yes, your son is doing that), fart loudly, and eat bad food.
Please feel free to share your experience from back when you were a teen.
My parents didn't work and didn't really have a lot of rules. I don't know what I thought about them always being around. I was used to it, I assume I liked it.
But when I was a teen, my parents both got other hobbies outside the house and were almost never home. I did what ever I wanted. It made a totally unwilling to take parenting from anyone. When I was 17 my mom drug me to a therapist and said "she won't do what I tell her to". The therapist actually told her that ship had sailed. I'd been on my own for over 3 years, I wasn't about to start acting like a kid again.
I'm a stay at home mom. And while I feel unappreciated much of the time, I know my kids love having me around. No porn or bad food, but they still free to fart loudly around me.
My mother was a SAHM, and while I probably didn't appreciate it at the time, it was nice to have a parent around to pick me up after school, take care of me when I was sick, be around for field trips and activities, etc.
I'm a work at home mom and have been for my boys' whole lives. They still watch porn, fart and do whatever. I'm not standing over them every second of the day.
I just asked if they liked me staying home with them as they grew up and they both said yes. So there you go.
Growing up, both my parents worked. The only time we all interacted was on the dinner table. We never even went to the park to hang out or do activities together. Maybe when we were kids, but as a young teen, I have absolutely no recollection of spending time with them.
Teenage years, I attended a private school and I lived in the dorm for 3.5 years. I went back home for gr. 10 to try it out and didn't enjoy it that much. I went back to a private school and stayed living in the dorm for most of my "growing up years". I'd get a card on my birthday or valentine's day, that's about it.
I actually can't imagine how it would have turned out if both of my parents stayed home more. I don't know if I would have liked it more or less.
My parents worked constantly and were always busy growing up. They were always there for major stuff like birthdays and stuff, but never had time for anything else. One reason I hate Disney world is because we would go on vacation there often and my father would go see his sister the whole time and not spend any time with the family. Its something I still hold against them to this day.
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