Are you like your mother?

I hope that I am as my Mother was a wonderful person who made me laugh all the time.

However, sadly, I think I am far more stressed than my Mum was.

As far as doing things the same as my Mum, yes I believe I do -I vowed NEVER to force my children to sit at the table till they finished their meal, and that was something in later years that I certainly did.
I also vowed not to worry like my Mum, yet I worry much more.

Those are just a few things and I believe most of us do things like our Mothers as that is what we "know" and have learnt in earlier life.

by Finy

I wish I were more like my Mum - except for the worrying. I've worked hard not to be as big a worrier as she was. But I've let my kids be fussy eaters as she did ( I remember feeling sorry for my friends with tough parents. I still remember how disgusting mashed pumpkin was) and I let my kids leave games all over the place if they weren't ready to pack up. We once had Barbieville in the lounge (including a potted plant forest) for a week.

by lynne

I don't have kids, so can't comment from a parental point of view, but I definitely think I like a lot of things my mum likes that I never used to, share a number of her traits, and do things she does. There are also things that as a kid she would tell me to do/not to do that I thought were stupid, or didn't understand. I completely agree with her now though, and would be teaching the same thing to my kids if I had them. A lot of these things are generally about the proper way to behave in public, such as keeping your feet off the seats on public transport.

by Bryony Harrison

My Mother and I ...two very different people.
When it comes to bringing up children.
Nothing alike, I couldn't even do things how she did.... if I wanted too.

by jonaja

In a whole lot of way and absolutely proud about it.

by Sasha

I don't think so, as I think I've found my own path in life and opinions that are very different from hers. However, I admire her a lot for who she is, and a lot of her personal values and the things she taught me are ones I hold very dear and have tried to pass on to my own daughter.

by Carolyn Hopping

I am like my mother thank God. Never was til I was about 50.
Now that my daughter has a child, she is treating me the same way I treated my mother. But, on matters of child rearing, I always followed my mother's advice (because she had had 5 children) and I only had one. I knew that, therefore,I didn't have the experience that she had had. In that way, my daughter is not like me.
I wish my mother was still alive so that I could simply tell her that she really was a "super mum" unlike some of the would-be super mothers of today.

Lord, I hope not. She could be very unhinged.

by Rice