BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids If you had kids, what kind of parent would you be?

I think everyone believes they would make a good parent, thats how so many people get into trouble later on. So many of my friends believe they will be able to control their kids all their lives, just because they currently control them as babies and toddlers. I have warned my friend she is in for a nasty shock as soon as the kid starts to walk and talk, she looked a bit surprised. I'd like to think I'd be a good parent, in reality I would be controlling, a worrier and probably put too much pressure on them to study hard! Best stick to the moggies I fear.

I was told that I would be a good parent because I'm blunt with them.

I'm not sure if this is good or bad.

But I'm extremely sensitive to loud noises, so a kid screaming is going to make me curl up in a fetal position and cry. I've actually ticked off a few parents who have seen me flinch in the presence of their screaming spawn. It's just my natural reaction and I can't control it.

I think I would be a great parent to a dog. Just not to a human.

I would definitely be a basketcase! I already was after babysitting for two hours. Thanks goodness the parents came home!

I can guess I'd be a screamer, like my mother, and now my sister. I don't like to yell, I'm sure because of my childhood, but I think I would end up there after exhausting any other options. I'd like to believe I'd be cool, but that is probably just because I'm a cool aunt. after all they leave eventually.

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I'd be a GREAT parent until I went to jail for tearing my kids' a ss up the first time they needed it!
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Oh, I can answer this one because I babysat this weekend. I would be a TERRIBLE parent and I have the potential to be abusive. I took my friend's 19-month-old daughter to a restaurant to eat and it was a disaster!!!!!!! I came home and I was so angry that I started to cry and my boyfriend put the brat to bed.

The next morning when we got up she did not speak to me and I did not speak to her. My boyfriend kept trying to get us to "make up." I'm ashamed to admit that I'm supposed to be the adult and I was feuding with a 19-month-old child. When I took her home I told her mother what happened and she stated "you took her to a restaurant? Why would you do that?"

I would probably end up seriously hurting a child because I can't stand all of the crying, mood swings and constant demands.

The last time I babysat was for a 17-month old who drove me crazy. I'm ashamed to say I started getting really angry at him, especially because he kept throwing blocks at me. It scared me because it made me realize I had the potential to be abusive. I didn't hit him, but I could feel this rage building in me because I couldn't make him understand me. Plus I was bored to tears and exhausted from trying to entertain him. I know child abuse is wrong, but that evening, I got a glimpse into why people do it. And that was only for three hours. The thought of being stuck with a child 24/7 really frightens me.

Terrible. I'd be on antidepressants, cry all the time, and I'd probably get fat and I'd turn into my mother. My life would be one long drudgery of cooking, washing and cleaning. The picture is bleak and I can confidently say that I want no part of that thank you very much!

When I got on the bus the other day a young mother got on with her child and as soon as the bus started off the kid started screaming and it carried on like that until she got off at her stop. The shrill sound was actually hurting my ears, a bit like when you hear a fire alarm going off really close to you. I remember thinking to myself that there was no way on earth I would be able to cope with that. Like you said, Karen, being stuck with a kid 24/7 is just frightening.

I'm completely anal about being on time and having everything "just so". Various people have said "you'd make a great mum" and I think, "you obviously don't know me very well." I also don't like the idea of my life revolving around someone else, I want my life to revolve around me. Of course this would be construed as being selfish, but do I care? Not one jot. It's my life and I can do what the heck I like with it.