"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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assemblingaknob · 31-35, F

But my parents have struggled day in and day out to get me to school, fed me with a tight budget, and worked really hard on my education, despite our dysfunctional dynamics. They have suffered a lot and have lost much of their health and sleep over raising me, however bad or good a job they did. No parent is perfect. If they have put in effort, the children should make effort into making it fruitful. The reciprocation of effort is what makes them proud, not necessarily how successful the child becomes.