Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 08:31:07 +0000 DillonLion on "Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-you-understand-your-parents-better-since-having-kids#post-222593 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:22:57 +0000 DillonLion 222593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lately I've been understanding my parents and the decisions they have made less and less. Maybe once the baby is born the tide will turn... </p> Honeybee on "Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-you-understand-your-parents-better-since-having-kids#post-222591 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:21:48 +0000 Honeybee 222591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I have a lot more sympathy for my parents. Being a parent is not easy, especially as you start adding more children! And with five girls to raise, my parents did not have it easy... :) </p> chopsuey on "Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-you-understand-your-parents-better-since-having-kids#post-222580 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:16:09 +0000 chopsuey 222580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I understood my parents a lot more as I got older, but now that I'm a mom, I have a greater appreciation for them. </p> Mrsbells on "Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-you-understand-your-parents-better-since-having-kids#post-222556 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:07:48 +0000 Mrsbells 222556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! My mom would always say "I'm your mother" whenever we would have an argument and she felt I didnt appreciate her especially as a teenager and I would roll my eyes and think "I know your mother, so what?" although i never dared to say it, but now I already feel like that towards my daughter. When she wont do what I want I say to her "I'm you mother I know whats best for you" I totally look at my mom differently now </p> mrbee on "Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-you-understand-your-parents-better-since-having-kids#post-222534 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:53:09 +0000 mrbee 222534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of all, I feel like I underestimated how hard it was to be a parent! That said, I do feel like I better understand why they were willing to make so many sacrifices for us kids. :)</p> <p>I don't feel I understand them more, but I definitely love them more!</p> <p>Do you feel you understand your parents better since having kids? </p>