[Mrluvaluva]

Being a parent must be a hard job. Teaching wrong and right. Knowing when to relent and knowing when to stick by your guns. Taking the flak. Giving praise when due and vice versa a boll.ocking. Trying to steer you on the right path, but sometimes you have to learn by your mistakes.

I think that the way you are as a parent does affect a child as they are brought up. You are a role model. And I think that as long as you care for them and try to teach them values in life, then you are on the right track. They may hate you for some of the things you do, but as already said, they may come to realise in time that it was most probably for their own good. But then again I am not a parent, so what do I know.....