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Many people who have a child blindly follow what their own parents did. That’s how they were raised, so it must be okay. That’s true to an extent, but all parents make mistakes. If there are things about your childhood that you really have a problem with, why inflict them on your kids – unless they’re necessary, of course. Most kids don’t like going to school or eating their vegetables, but that doesn’t mean that you should allow them to avoid those kinds of things. However, if you were spanked, or punished in some way that still bothers you, or if your parents really weren’t there for you, you don’t have to treat your own children that way.
There are support and help groups for new parents, especially those who did not have good childhoods. These kinds of groups can teach people how to care for their children in a way that’s better and healthier than the way they were cared for when they were children. That’s very important, because it teaches them to be better parents and better people, overall. Children deserve to have good parents who love them and care for them, but not all children have that. It’s understandable, but it’s still unfortunate. When parents realize that they aren’t doing right by their children, they can change.
Your parents might have been wonderful people, but they probably made mistakes in parenting you. Even if you had a good childhood, something may have been lacking. Because of that, you should learn from their mistakes so you don’t repeat them with your own children. When your kids grow up and have kids of their own, they will do the same thing because every generation of parents has to make their own choices and their own mistakes as they grow and learn and mature.
