Do yall consider your.parents good parents?

[Coach Gully]

Real Talk......like what was previously mentioned, the way I am conditioned and was brought up I don't know how to be a family man.

My moms was the loving parent. My pops was the realest nikka ever. Always kept it 100- which aint a good thing. Real talk a nikka needed a good job or some type of positive regard from his pops comin up.

Pops busted his ass workin, makin sure I had clothes on my back, a roof over my head and food in my stomach. nikka took me to baseball and basketball, taught me to ride a bike, swim lessons, taught me about responsibility, accountability. I can't ever thank him enough for that. But it aint 'love'. I don't get a warm feelin like when I was around moms. He's more like my boss at work. I catch up with him and let him know I'm doin what's right and what I need to do and he signs off on it.

Real talk I've always been distant, like I don't even let my closest friends get that close to me. I don't let broads get close to me, I'm not close to my parents or siblings. If I ever had a kid, I could be 'there' physically and go through the motions for 18years or whatever but I don't think I could 'love' them. I could be responsible and accountable and do the right things but at the end of the day itd be like business.

I'd say yea they are good parents. shyt my brothers and sister are close, they talk and laugh and have relationships and shyt but I'm like the black sheep.

Damn this is a depressing ass post.

Daps + respect for your honesty

I honestly have no complaints, having Jamaican parents aren't always the easiest (anyone raised Jamaican will tell you that) as long as you have tough skin and can take the good and the bad you'll be alright.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

The best parents anyone could ever ask for. I'm truly blessed.

 

[The Guru]

I think they've been good parents.

Positive:

They painstakingly provided us with everything we needed even when at times we didn't deserve it or didn't act right. We maintained close relations to most of our family, that was a great gift growing up. They mostly kept me on the straight and narrow when 90% of the people i grew up with spiraled into violent crime, drugs and general dysfunctional life in their teens. Pops gave us a strong moral compass, personal honor and the desire to leave a positive footprint where ever you walk. We were taught to stand next to our loved ones through tough times and we grew up pretty much still living by that in a very real way. Even today they express concern and try to advise us in matters. You know you are loved and cared about.

Negative:

There was always too much stress and strife in the household and many things i had to teach myself but in a way that's no different from the rest of the neighborhood i grew up in. They couldn't really relate since they grew up so differently. They ruled by fear too much which i hope not to repeat if i ever have kids of my own. Especially pops could put the fear in you, moms would be the every day beatdown artist for a while but somehow getting beaten on didn't bother me as much as getting intimidated by your own father. Being as strict and harsh as they could be made it difficult to be any kind of relaxed at times.

 

[Thebadguy]

I'm real close to my mom and grandparents because they raised me. Best parents in the world. We weren't rich, but I was always happy. Dad is ok too, but I didn't see him a lot because he lives in another state.