Did your parents prepare you for adulthood?

@summersong I wasn't taught at all. We had helpers, drivers and tutors. Sometimes I hated how it was.

@GunFinger Mine were too busy chasing religion and we got dragged along. :)

@thepreposterouspanda mine weren't much into religion although we went to church on Sundays that's all. They were very busy entertaining friends to our house and having businesses.

@GunFinger Mine decided that religious college was a good idea when I was 9 years old. Then dad spent four years pastoring and we made two really big moves only to end up right back where we started.

@Riverman2 Good point, linking the two, because a lot of what is wrong with our public education system appears to between less parental support and larger class sizes, maintaining discipline has become the over-riding primary function of teachers. I don't think it is all complacency on the part of parents as much as all the talk from psychologists about reaching out to their kids, and all the horror stories about child abuse from those who are overly strict. So they attempt to be pals with their kids all the time rather than parents, forgetting that the first responsibility of parenting is nurturing/teaching, not being best buddies. Another example of our "digital society" where everything is pushed to one extreme or the other like bits in a byte rather than finding a constructive middle ground.

@itsok yes, I've taught myself those things too.

@nonsensiclesnail they both taught me manners, but not really the practical lessons in life as what I mentioned. I wish they did.

@GunFinger If im going to be overly negative, I learned that women are only valuable. For their bodies and everything anyone doesn’t like is my fault and Ineed to fix it. But, that wasn’t intentional of course.
My mom and dad both had their own lives and traumas which bled into our life as a family. Disappoints me now, but Its not like Im mad about it, not anymore. They are jsut people and we are all pretty …messed up. But hey are good people too. I learned a lot about life by watching those around me, what to do, what not to do. Wasn’t always right, but it was all I had.
They had really hard lives too. Difficult to hold that against them. Even if at times I think they should have known better and tried harder.

@Degbeme my mum was pretty much a stay-at-home parent while my dad worked and until they had a business and during those times we had someone else to attend to us.

@rockstar that's really good.

@Nanori I don't think that's true. I hope you prove them wrong.

@Riverman2 he had time for you. That's good.😊

@GunFinger Yes. I know that I am one of the very lucky ones to have had the blessings of a father. It is sad that so many people don't.

@Jeephikelove I'm sorry. I'm sure you learned a lot oon your own and you're teaching your kids now.

@GunFinger exactly, thank you. ☺️

@dancingtongue good upbringing.

@GunFinger Called passing the torch. Paying forward. Something along those lines. 😏

@Sutten seems a lot of us taught ourselves, learned most from school and googled a lot.

@pdockal yep, same.

@SW-User seems a lot of us.

@Boleuskas lucky Bosco.😊

@GunFinger what can I say my parents are liberal 😁

@SlippingAway I'm sorry..

@GunFinger I didn't have great parents but it's okay I learned on my own

@deathfairy hey same here. They were too busy to talk about those things. They always told me to save and stamd up for myself. That's all.

@Justenjoyit i went to reputable schools too. It's really good you went to a good family.

@pancakeslam *high five*

@MethDozer i turned out fine without being taught by my parents. I figured a lot as I was growing up.

@Stereoguy that's good. Wish mine did too.