Parents are perhaps the most common object of resentment, the people who are most frequently blamed for all our failings and failures alike.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be parents. Faults are made and damage is done, whether it's conscious or not. Everyone's got their own 'stuff,' their own issues, and their own anger at Mom and Dad. That is what family is. Family is almost naturally dysfunctional.
Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.
Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.
As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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