"Make your parents proud"

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I agree. I never liked that saying.

I disagree. To me it's important to make my family proud.

I am neutral. I like if my parents are proud of me but I'm also fine if they don't.

I am a parent and I want my kids to make me proud.

I'm a parent and I agree. What I want or think doesn't matter it's my children's choice.

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I never understood or supported this mindset.
Why would my life be all about making other people feel proud? If my parents had me only to be a trophy of how sucessful they are, they had me for the wrong reasons. I live for me. And the only person I care to make proud of me, is me.

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HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

Making one's parents proud is a necessity only when the parents have managed to make their children proud first. That means that they have been good parents and raised their children with good values. Such parents are proud when their children are in turn kind people and happy. That's if their love for their children is unconditional.

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

@HannibalAteMeOut I see what you mean but I don't think "making parents proud" and "unconditionally love" rhymes. If someone's parents love them unconditionally, pride isn't in their vocabulary. Unless they're proud because their child has managed to become happy.

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

@Queendragonfly

Unless they're proud because their child has managed to become happy.

yeah that's what I meant. It's a paradox but I believe the less a parent cares about pride, the more the children feel like they owe it to them. My parents have been good to me so I want to be good towards them too.

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

@HannibalAteMeOut Being kind is being good to them imo, making them proud is often about external achievements