It's genetic and can't be helped

JimmyPage

At what moments have your kids done something and you thought, "Okay, this is definitely my child"? Or what have you caught yourself doing that made you think, "Damn. I'm becoming my parents"?

Well when my daughter about 9 months old. When she would wake up in the morning she would be grumpy if you talked to her or made eye contact during the first 15 minutes she was awake. She grunt cry and get whiney. If you didn't try to talk to her or make eye contact during the first 15 minutes she would be fine and the rest of the day would be good.

Then I knew she was my child and not switched at the hospital

Blithe Freshman

LoL! It happens all the time.But what gets really funny is when your adult children act like you & the grandkids act like their parents. The fun never stops.

beksbks

When I call my children once a day to make sure they are ok, and then they call me and worry that I haven't answered my phone, I know we have all turned in to my mother

primitivegenius

when my son dosent get food the instant he wants it........... he is uber pissed untill he does.......... unfortunately that can come from either side.

pretty much every damn thing he does shows hes trying to be onery and get a rise out of his mother......... thats all me.

guess you cant count that his first word was sh**.......... i gotta take the credi........ um.... blame for that one.

when he does get pissed tho......... he has his lipps closed really tight and you better leave him alone....... thats me 2.

i will blame his stubborness on his mother............. but i got a lil of that in me lol shhhhhhhh dont tell her i said so.

aSphereisnotaCircle

I remember with my oldest, the first time I shook my finger at her and scolded her.

Another part of me was watching the event and saying "Hey, your on the wrong side of that finger!"

yknot

Everytime my children speak I am reminded how much they are mine!

They use similar words to express their minds, and oh do they ever express their minds!

LOL I have a bred more 'independent thinkers'

But I am far more a believer in nuture over nature.

I don't really act like my parents regarding parenting skills. My parents set standards and I lived in their world, they didn't live in mine. I am far more hands-on and consider the individual child's needs and POV.

My parents view children as a liability (yeah that whole woe syndrome still, even though they had me right before 1975!) where as I think all children are our strongest assets as long as we raise them to have a good work ethic, be moral, responsible, educated and kind.