"One day, whether we like it or not, our parents will leave us. It is just a fact of life. No one will live forever-assuming that the logic of life and death applies to everyone... I think that this is the wish of all parents: to be able to see their child grow up happy and healthy.Therefore, whenever possible, we should take time away from chatting online or playing video games and spend time with our family, who will not be by your side forever-which we often think they will."This quote relates to our life in some ways and how we all treat our parents. We never really realize what our parents has prepare for us and all they want is let us "grow up happy and healthy." We have never really thought about the intentions that that leave us and the lessons that they teach us. Yes, we have all disagreed with our parents at some point and we have lots of arguments. This mostly happens when we reach our teenage years, but they all have a meaning to it. Every time our parents yell at us or spank us, they are trying to say that you are doing the wrong thing. They just want you to make the right decisions next time and not make the same mistake again.
We have all took our parents for granted and make a big fuss about the chores they make us do, like Crystal said. Have you ever thought about why they make us do all these chores and tell us to help them out. They are basically just preparing us to be more independent, so that when they do leave us, we would be able to take care of ourselves. Also about college readiness. In college, we can't count on our parents any more to help us, we have to do things from out own hands: such as cooking, cleaning, doing your laundry, etc.
Reading this made me learn a lot about my relationships with my parents. Since I was eight, my dad wasn't here to take care of me and my sibling and it was only my mom taking care of us. I have always had arguments with my mom. Rethinking from what I did, I really regret it. I want to go back and change the past so that I have never made my mom really angry. I didn't really spent much time with my mom and talking to her. From reading this quote I agree with it a lot. I think that I will try to think more open and respect my mom's feelings. If I don't start cherishing the moments that i have now with my mom, I would really regret it in the future.
