Kids Only Appreciate Their Parents When They Turn 22
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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A new study suggests that children finally come to appreciate their parents when they reach the age of 22, according to www.onepoll.com.
A poll of 5,000 families showed that a quarter of children admitted that they missed their parents care after they moved away from home.
"But by the time they reach their teens, they are learning to develop as individuals, which means they naturally push against everything parents are trying to teach them," said a spokesman for the study. "Teenagers are headstrong, emotional and independent, and at this point mum and dad become uncool, stifling and over-protective"
He added, "But when kids leave home and start to fend for themselves, they no longer have to conform to their parents' ways and rebel against their suggested habits."
About 78 percent of people surveyed said that it wasn't until they were settled themselves that they began to appreciate the difficulties that their parents faced.
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This is so true. Our son could not wait to spread his wings and leave home, believing that our advice and the boundaries we set were stupid and unfair. It was his experience living on his own and the values we instilled in him that resulted in the evolution of a teen who became a man. He is now 22.
- Cindy West
I really started to appreciate my mom when I had my first baby, at 20. My lil brother is 22 and lives on his own and works hard and was going to school and they were helping him out until he flunked out last semester so now he has to pay all his rent and bills and I think he’s appreciating them more now.
- ashley
My oldest is 14 and he is playing his “poor me” card. His dad & I divorced 13 years ago & it has always been my son & myself. We always had a special bond. Well now he just left to go live with his dad. I am devastated!!! He is calling his dad’s wife MOM….and of course I know nothing, I am this horrible person and I have spent his whole life trying to make him happy. My heart is crushed… I just pray he comes back around one day. If it’s around the age of 22 then maybe I will be over the hurt by then….nah…probably not.
- Allie
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