i just wish i could be myself around you guys. and tell you everything thats in my head that i need to get out and the opened.

MY DAD LEFT ME AND MY MOM AND MY SISTER FOR SOME BRAZILIAN WOMAN HE MET ON THE INTERNET NOW I HAVENT TALKED TO HIM IN TWO YEARS I DON'T EVEN SEE HIM!

i wish my parents gave me boundaries

You said I was a demon child and bought me a Bible. You told me i was going to hell. You never listened. I don't go to church anymore. I blame you...

It's easier to deal with anger than your sarcasm. If you must punish me, don't ridicule me and laugh in my face. Do what you must and move on.

If I tell you "your old you dont understand",you tell me times havent changed.If I say"you did when you were my age."you say that times have changed. ?

Does life always have to work in your favor, even when its not in mine? We arn't here for your convenience or to make your life perfect. Grow up.

Telling us to suck it up cause you had to deal with it too does nothing for us and only makes things worse.

I used to cut to deal with outside problems but I learned to deal with the drama. Now I cut to deal with the tenceness at home. I cut for you.

I went to a co-ed sleepover. I've been offered beer,and drugs. I'm the cleanest of most kids my age and I'm a virgin. Am I really that bad?

My mom & dad havent really ever been apart of my life like they should have. & i probably disappoint them, but they disappointed me. [in the long run]

I am too quick to judge my mother and father in a prideful manner.

my older brother molested me when i was a kid. i was too afraid to tell you. i don't think he knows i remember. i'm still afraid to tell you.

i am so scared i am pregnat it isnt even funny... latley i bond with babys and i cry at walmart, but i hide my tears so you can stay strong

being 15 and in the middle of a nosey and sstressful family makes me want to leave and find someone who will loe me yet not judge me seems imposible!!

My dad is never around and never calls when i am good yet he calls off the hook when ever i am not perfect... wow i really feel loved

i feel like you dont care anymore. you say i am grounded when i do bad in school but when i do good you dont care

you think ive snuck out once or twice yet there is soooo much you dont know and im not over exagerating

every 1 talks bout not being a virgin yet the guy i lost it to said if i end up pregnat that my stomache would be stomped on

Confussed does not even cover me... i want to die and i have told my mom about suicide and she brushes it off like nothing

i am soooo scared of being alone and now i could be pregnat and my mom is pushing me away... i actually think i could say i hate her!!!!!!

I am in a new stage in my life right now and am starting all over and I need prayers from anyone who may read this. Please pray for me. Thank you.

How come my parents care more about the prodigal son, than the good kid. If I screw up and then repent will my parents love me more?

I wish that my parents had all the answers. When I was little they knew everything. I wish they still did.

I'm a Christian, but I just can't seem to die to myself. Mom tells me that I can be selfish. I need to know what to do.

I wish that my parents understood me. How can they when I don't understand myself? I am completely confused with life.

I have great parents. If you don't you just need to get over it and attempt to be a decent human being. If you can't do that kill yourself.

wish i spent more time with my dad. he does so much for our family financially, but sometimes i feel like i dont know him bc of it.

i hope one day i grow up to be just like my mom.

I am a new mother and stay at home with the baby. There is nothing more in this world than I love to do this, but my husband is never here with us

i moved... i wish i hadn't of moved, but i think its worked out for the best: i think people can see my Christian example through this!

i cut myself to so i feel that pain and not the pain from my mother

I read a book called Left Behind and it helped me make a big desison..... to become a Christian, now I want to become a pastor I'm only in 8th grade!

I heard you, mom, in the other room with some man.Now, I'm no longer a virgin because of your bad example. I even got the protection from your drawer.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU PARENTS WENT THROUGH AS KIDS WILL NEVER COMPARE TO THE PRESSURES AND STRUGGLES THAT KIDS FACE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. NEVER.

I get attitudes about things that are just stupid. Like I got mad at my dad yelling at me for no reason and calling me bad names. I NEED HELP!!!

mom quit judging me. so what if i act different around my friends. your guilty too.God should be the only one with that authoriry.

my mom fights with me constantly. we act like enemys towards each other. if she only knew that when she hurts me. i hurt myself.

I am one of ten kids, because i craved attention i couldnt get at home, i found it in a man who molested me for five years. Now that Im 19, you know.

there are so many things that i need to tell my parents but i cant... i feel like they wouldnt love me anymore if they found out i cut myself

I lied to my Mom and hurt her so much when I was a teen-it will haunt me forever even tho she forgives me. I'm 24 and still hate myself for it

I'm a 24 yr old college grad-still haunted and shaken from my teenage yrs (drinking, boys) Parents be aware but don't be so strict it causes rebellion

Dad stop controlling my life. I am not perfect neither are you. Stop acting like I must achieve perfection before you can accept me for who I am.

My parents never invested themselves in a relationship with me and I thought it was my fault. I'm 37 and just now realizing how this shaped me.

i am engaged to a guy. My parents dont know we are having sex... i wanna keep it that way.

I have friends whose parent's dont "lay down the law" like mine do. They tell me,"I just wish she would draw some lines like your parents.Divorce sux"

My parents are great! They 1) Loved me when I was moody 2) were strict, but explained 3) Helped me memorize Bible verses most days 4) read fun stuff w/ us

I don't need another friend, I need a father. Why are you so afraid to take on your role in our relationship. How will I learn to be a father?

My mother and i don't see eye to eye. She is always negative towards me, she makes me think i will fail at everything i do.

you raped me and did it again. mom, y don't u get him away from me. now i'm pregnant & u don't care. some parents ya'll are. but i 4give u bc i luv u.

why do you always yell at me when you're upset? you make me feel worthless when you yell at me even when i know it's just because you had a bad day.

I am so thankful for my wonderful parents. Thank you for always being there for me. I love you guys.

Thank you so much mom and dad for being amazinig parents. i love you.

Y'all ground me for stupid reasons and are too nosy. None of my friends parents are that bad. Its embarrassing to tell them why I'm always grounded.

I'M 24 AND I HAD THE BEST PARENTS GROWING UP!!! I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART AND I THANK GOD FOR THEM EVERYDAY!!

Thank you Mama for loving me! Not only are you my mom but you are my best friend! I love you so much! You are simply amazing!!

dad do you really think it was a good idea to "put the ball in my court" to decide how close wed be.. i feel like you gave up on me. you dont know me

DAD HOW COULD YOU WALK OUT ME AND MOM AND MARRY SOMEONE ELSE AND RAISE HER CHILD AND YOURS TOGETHER AND NOT SEE ME AND LET ANOTHER MAN ADOPT ME. WHY?

would you really still love me if you knew i had to take the Plan B pill once?

daddy, why did you leave us on easter sunday?

I drink and party regularly. I'm pretty sure my parents notice. If they cared about me wouldn't they confront me and try to help?

Recently my mother has gotten a divorce with my stepdad. He stole money...we had no clue. Now my mother has no money at all. What happens next??

I started drinking and partying regurlarly since the start of summer. My parents have NO idea. Why don't they notice me?

you embarrass me in front of all my friends and ruin my relationships with boys you ruin my social life you also fuss at me and cuss me out ......!

you fuss at me because i dont do all my chores but then when i do them you say thats the only time i ever anything.but then you say im gonna be trash!

Our homelife is not good and I am tired of having to worry about it. I want to run away and just be on my own but I cannot leave my mama and brother.

I live with my mama and stepdad and I am so fed up with him. He is a control freak and constantly has to have control and know everything I do.

i have a teacher who is an awesome role model! her husband is a pastor & i love my mom very much but i can talk to my teacher way better thank you

Mom is mentally ill, dad is in denial of mental illness, I am anorexic, my brother has disabilities, money is tight, and yet they're all still selfish

I'm 23 years old and talk to my mother every day. Thank you Mommy for being so easy to talk to. Your the reason I've stayed out of trouble!

mom you need to stop.you fuss at me beacause i say i been goin to church.you treat me like crap.your not perfect why do you expect me to be perfect?

My parents are great but we nvr talk abt God We go 2 church but never talk abt God on a personal level. Thats the 1 thing I want 2 do dif. as a parent

I'm about to get married and I'm scared to death that I will repeat the mistakes my parents made in their romantic relationships.

I think that my parents are ok but they tend to be a little overprotective. They love me but they tend not to understand that I need my space.

I like her and her kids like you; we are like a real family and she is good to me and you to them, so pop the question already.She'll be a nurse soon!

My mom got married and he is okay but my dad has been dating thislady for 3 or 4years and I like her and I know he does. He is just scared to ask her?

How come when i try and respect my mom and try and talk to her, she yells at me and treats me not like her daughter but her worst enemy?

I've hurt myself so much because of all the lies you told me...I don't know how to accept myself until you do...I hate it cause you're a horrible mom

I hated church an god when I was young cause you used the bible against my smallest faults...god loves me! shutup an let HIM judge me I'm not perfect!

I want to be free of the traps you put my mind an heart in...I know I'll never be able to have a normal relationship with you, please stop abusing me

I am a mom of 3 in her 30's and I have the worst relationship with my own mom. I all but hate her. She gives me no respect as an adult and a good mom

I wish my parents hadn't divorced when I was so young. I don't have ANY memories of them together. I wish I could feel what it's like to be a family.

would it hurt for you to stop being selfish and finally admit that you've failed both in parenting and in showing the love of Jesus to your children

I feel so lost! Growing up as my dad as a pastor, someone would assume that my life is perfect. Why am I so angry? I just don't feel like I belong!

i love my mom and my dad. they are the best parents. they give me things i ask for. i couldnt ask for better parents. thank you mom and dad.iloveyou!

My sister is gay, my dad is married but cheats, my mom is a crack addict and my other "mom" is an abusive psycho. what am i to do?

dad im not perfect so stop treating me like i should be

No amount of money can take the place of the nightmares I still have MOM becuase you let him continously do that to me - YOUR DAUGHTER!!

I went through a stage where I couldn't see why my parents made the decisions they did towards me- Now.. at 25, I thank GOD every day for them.

I love you Mom, but you shouldn't have let him stay around after all that he did to me. No amount of money that can erase those nightmares!!

i prayed for my dad everyday for 5 years to come to the Lord, and in the past year he has! i heard him pray for the first time last week! Praise God!

i feel sick after i eat anything because i'm always concerned about my weight b/c my mom is always hassling me about it - and i'm 21 weighing 110lbs!

thanks for this site, now i know that i'm not alone and that others have the same feelings and some of the same secrets God give us all strength!!!!!!

you use to call me your beautiful little girl, now you call me a spoiled brat, my self esteem is shot, and i'm so confussed, where did my dad go?

You were the best parents. You did everything right but where most important you missed it. Mormonism is a lie. I long and pray for you to know Jesus.

DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU SAY IT!! Don't give third and fourth chances! No one will believe you. I wont.

well my parents are always presuring me for good grades and i get stressed over .then my mom is always yelling .she yells constantly about everything!

my parents are a blessing in my life...They have always given me plenty of trust & because of this I've remained a solid christian. Their trust helped

i'm 29 now, but i wish my parents were supportive of my life in ministry. just because it's a different denomination! now, i keep them at a distance.

Dad thought bars & drinking were more important. I didn't like him cuz he wasn't there. Low selfasteem. I needed 2 b daddys girl. CRAVE affection now

my daddy is a Godly man who turned away from smoking and alcohol when he was saved, after mom cheated. Proof of God's power and grace! a life changed.

mom cheated on dad my jr. year in hs with her boss. shes faking a happy marriage now and trying to buy my love just like her mom did with her ily mom

there will be a day when my age doesn't matter and will be able to say what I want to say without feeling belittled, I understand, I have an opinion.

I lie, my parents don't care unless the truancy officer shows up or the school calls.

Parentsrclueless, after you 2 divorced I ran wild because I could. From age 12-24 I was stoned, drunk, popping pills, & having sex on a regular basis

please stop screaming :'[

Its sad that i can get a friend's parents involved in church but you wont come b/c its 2 much of a hassle in the mornin. Thats wut 4 service times r 4

Mom, I'm sorry if I ever made you feel clueless. maybe you wouldn't have been clueless if I had talked to you instead of hiding things from you.

I have had the most amazing parents any kid could ever ask for. I am so blessed. Thank you Newspring for this series and this website!

I wish my parents didn't drink when I was younger. Thank you mom for getting sober. If only dad could see the light....Why does he have to be an ALKY!

My mom left my dad. I didn't talk to her for years. Don't make that mistake!! You only have one mother!! Y'all will need eachother one day!Ma-LuvU

Mom, you were always there for me no matter what. Even now that I have kids of my own you still are and you are a wonderful grandma! Thank you!

I wish my mom realized how much it hurts me when she CHOOSES to clean house instead of spend time with me

just because my mother hides who she really is from everyone at church, she acts like she's better than me because i'm not fake in front of people.

I do not want to spend time with my parents now because when I was younger they didn't want to do anything with me. And fussing about it doesn't help.

MY MOM RAN AWAY WITH SOME MAN OFF OF THE INTERNET

my parents burned all of my clothes, poster, and cd's to "Get the demons out of me". I ran away from home at 16 and dropped out of school.

i used hate my mom because she spent more time at church than with me she should have been there for those important moments that i cant get back

My dad thinks that u have 2 do good deeds 2 get n to Heaven but i try 2 tell him that he is rong but he won't have it, he thinks he is smarter than me

Dad I have to remind u to pray at dinner y can't u just remember?

I was saved August 13, 2007. Now i'm working on my parents, but it is hard knowing that they aren't true christians help me out Lord i pray everyday.

I've always been close to my Mom and Dad I finally saw the turth about God and now I about my parents, please see the truth! I need u.

My parents taught me about sex when I was 4. I have learned to respect it, and am now a 22 yr old virgin still waiting for her wedding night. Be open!

I wish I could go back to the Sundays you tried to get me to church with you. I'm sorry I didn't take advantage of spending time with you dad.

I wish I could tell you how I was sexually abused when I was 5, but i know you would think you were bad parents, so i can't. it wasn't your fault.

mom, Every time u called me an idiot it dug a little bit deeper now my self esteem is in the gutter while i try to juggle a career and a marriage

Daddy, why won't you just come to church with me??

dad i wish i had known u before the alcohol mom's abuse and the fear of u it caused me i hear you were pretty cool now youre dead our chance is gone

Thank you Mom and Dad for being wonderful parents. You gave me such a great example to follow as I now raise my own kids.

Parents can raise their kids right and it may not be enough. It' s not the parents fault, us kids just make dumb decisions sometimes.

I'm far from the perfect son. I've dabbled in drugs, alcohol, and even lost my virginity. My parents know all this and have never stopped loving me.

i wish we would go to church more.

im a lesbian ... am i going to Hell mom?

I hate it when you ask me, 'Are you happy?' Happiness is not everything...I am where God wants me to be, that's what matters.

Dad, ive made myself throwup before because of your pressure you put on me

I still dream of the day when everything was on the floor and you and dad were screaming at eachother. And I was screaming"NO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING"

You're mad cause you want me to be just like you. I want to do something total different and you think i betrayed you. So much for individuality, mom.

you dress like your 16. will you try to look like my mom? not my bff

I feel like when my parents ARE home, they are on the phone or talkin and any body but me. Is that right? then they get mad cause i "stay in my room"

The service about parents forgetting that children are blessings, i feel like thats me. I know elderly parents are a hassle, but what about ME?

Even when the bible tells us to honor our father and mother sometimes it can be hard

dear mom. you look too much like me.

i wish my dad would just spend one day with me and show me he loves me. i only have 1 year of high school left. he is gonna regret it when i graduate.

My parents think they know everything that goes on in my life.they don't know nothing.

I need you to know that not letting me go to church when I'm "grounded" is just going to make me hate you and it's wrong for you to think it's social.

My mom is extremely mean to me (not abusive) and sometimes I just want to move out and NEVER see her again. That's how mean she get's sometimes.

My dad left town with a girl, we don't even know her real name in a big RV.My mom has a hard life now.He was a bad pedieatrician.

our family changed when you went to Iraq.

Lets be realistic were not dumb n u expect us to believe the fam is perfect News flash no 1s perfect lets stop the lies and dont force us to find love

So you have no clue how to deal with us so you throw us ina mental hospital and say your helping all we need is your love

Mom,you beat me right before we went to church,you were never there for me, but always there for church people.HOW CAN GOD LOVE ME WHEN YOU DON'T!

I lost my dad when I was 18. I wish that my friends and others would appreciate their parents more because they are not always going to be there.

i've always been close to my parents and even though i'm in high school now, i don't see that ever changing

So you just put us away in a mental hospital...because you do not know what to do with us! When in reality all we need is our parents love

You ask what I'm doing when I turn to walk away. I stop to answer, but the only thing I can think is: you should recognize a gesture. You've done it.

My parents told me they loved me and were proud of me on a daily basis. Now as an adult, I'm strong, confident, and capable. Thank you Mom & Dad!

It took me 15 years to forgive you dad for your drug addiction, but I have now. I am just sad that you are dead and I can't tell you to your face...

My step-father is my Daddy. My father is just the worm I rode in on. Thanks Daddy, I love you. I'm glad God put you in my life to be MY DADDY!

I wish my mom would have more to do with my kids. They love her alot. I wish my kids had a real "grandma".

i wish you were home for my birthdays in stead of meeting your mistress all those years. hope the affair was worth it.

Dad, why do you hate church?

Why didn't u cough up some money and offer a reward for info to find my rapist? He tried to attack again, you jerk. Some father, you love money more than life

i wish you had been home for my birthdays in stead off having an affair

You always get mad at the things I dont do...cant you appreciate the things that I actually do??

Porn is my biggest weakness. You both taught me so much better, but I somehow still screw up in this area.

I love both of my parents and I am very thankful for them. I just hope you both begin to go to Church when the Greenville campus opens up. I love you!

it hurts so bad to be left out of the "second family" you created..i just wish you knew i still exiseted even if i am in college and living at home

i didn't die in the car accident but maybe i should have and then i could of been with mom in heaven, dad i'm still here, later may be to late

My parents are my best friends. I am so grateful that they have always been there for me and loved me no matter what. They really show God's love.

I gave my friend a wedgie and I do it constantly when he comes over or when I would go to his house. I would stop him from yelling . Pease pray for me

I have a great mom and dad. They mean the world to me. I know we get mad but we still love each other. I love you mom and dad to the moon and back

Pretend like we don't exist now, and we might return the favor later on....love us and we won't forget that either!

I get so mad when you lay down and LET people walk all over you. How is it that you are a push-over, and I'm not? Stand up for yourself, be a mom!

im 20 woman my mom died 3 yrs ago and my dad doesnt realize that i didnt die with her he spends more time with his girlfriend then with me i wish i had someone to car about me or encouragement

why do i have two lifes i mean i want you to know but you are up on me!

parent we love you but we need space!!

Dad this is your daughter speaking... found your "stash" of porn when I was 10.. then I kept finding it... im 20 now... im addicted - i guess thats it

Hi you can call me john, ive done too much, i lie, i shoplift, i get a tattoo without my guardian knowing.... i feel like i need to just give up.

dad i love u. but i wish u would take off work just to spend time with me. or when i do have time to spend with u, spend it with me, not on the phone

ive lost your trust before, and i am so sorry, but how am i to evvvverrrr gain it back if you wont give me a chance. i love you parents.

im glad my parents gives me rules. i know they love me.

I know you and mom got divorced, but you didn't divorce me did you?

my dad adopted me when i was 1 yo thats the best decision my mom ever made, im thankful everyday.

you trusted me enough to go to the atm for you, u never knew i did more than one transaction, im sorry.

Sometimes you get so caught up in what you don't want me to do that you forget I'm only a teenager, and I'm not always going to do the right thing...

I love you Mom, but sometimes you drive me crazy with all of your questions. I swear you are going deaf on me cause I repeat myself way too much.

I'm a f**k up. My parents are clueless. I wish i could just tell them the truth, get it off my chest, I can't. Porn is my downfall.

Dad, I want so badly to be a special part of your life. I don't have the courage to tell you that b/c deep in my heart I think you will reject me...

It seems everything else is more important. I would've been happier to grow up with less and have u around. I'll always wonder if you really love me..

We used to talk about my premarital sex life, and you encouraged it. Then I met Jesus. I think we need to talk about it again.

My parents are the most caring people ever. I would do anything for them .Im not to sure where i would be without them thanks Mom and Dad

I won't forget when u said i was obese and when you told me u hated me and wanted to kill yourself because of me, u should feel lucky to have me

mom dad.................. you know you can be wrong sometimes too! your not perfect, no one is. i wish you could see that ITS NOT ALWAYS ME!!!!!!

PARENTS SAY THEY HAVE EYES IN THE BAK OF THEIR HEADS...YA RITE!if they did,they would known that i had sex,smoked & drank...i wish u woulda stopped me

I'm 43 yo and I've literally spent my entire life trying to "earn" the words "I love you", "I'm proud of you" or "I'm glad you're my son".

i'm so thankfull for my parents they have always been there threw thick and thin and i love them so much. i don't know what i would do without them.

i know that i dont treat my parents with the respect that i need to. Perry really spoke to me when he talked on sunday.

I know it was hard being the only parent after mom passed, but you did an amazing job with both of us. I know she is so proud, we love you both a lot

you say I should be myself all the time:but then when family gets around you want me to act like someone im not. it really bugs me.

My m & d aren't perfect, but I'm thankful for them. There have been disappointments, but that is part of life. Thank God for His mercy under trials.

My two homosexual dads are the 2 most wonderful, loving parents a kid could have. Christ is in our lives. It is a shame the church hates us.

I'm 32 now and still hate that you 2 were so hard on me. You never trusted me or told me you loved me. I couldn't be a normal kid.

I'm so thankful that I had a loving and understanding mother when I was growing up. I love you Mom. You're the best! I don't know what I do w/out you.

I'm so sorry that you hurt so much inside. We believe different things about life, about God. But I love you. Thank you for never leaving me.

I wish i didn't have to be "good enough." i wish i could hear how proud you are of me instead of how i should be doing better in school.

I'm doing my best. Please dont make be feel like I have to be just like my "perfect" sister. We are not the same. Love me for who I am.

I just called to tell you I'm not going to law school. Thank you for supporting me with no hesitation. It means more than you could ever know.

i feel like i can never do anything right with you. i lie to u because i don't want you to be mat at me anymore. i'm a good kid, why can't u trust me?

mom,u can be so mean at times u call me stupid & dont even realize it,it hurts so much maybe that is why i have barely any self-confidence at all

i love you and miss you mom. i wish you could be here to spoil your grandchildren. i hope you are in heaven so we can be together someday.

My mom never missed one of my games. My dad only missed two and apologized a thousand times over for it. That means the world to me.

i started looking at porn when i was 10, it was the same time you stopped deleting your history

for years i prayed that i had been adopted, that i could find my real parents and be happy

mom and dad, i think you hate each other, and it kills me to witness it every day

how am i supposed to explain the truth about my past to you when you didn't understand it when it was right in front of your face

you have no idea that i was almost raped and that i stayed with him because i thought he loved me more than you

mom, I'm sorry for all the hurtful things I've said to you, i love you

you haven't taught me anything about the bible and your only excuses are that i go to a Christian school and i can read

i look at porn, but you looked first

I remember every time you said, "What's your problem!", just thought you should know that I'm working on the answer

my own father doesn't know the first thing about me and we've lived in the same house for eighteen years

I've cried alone countless nights in my room, just praying you would here me

my mom means the world to me, if anything happened to her, i don't know what I'd do

i got saved September 20th 2007, you never knew i wasn't

i cut myself because of you, because of what you say, because of what you do

i found my dad's porn stash and i cried, all the girls were my age and i was scared

i have a mental disorder and have self-medicated myself with drugs, cutting and abusive relationships; they have no idea

You have both given me more than I deserve, but there's one thing I never got: 2 parents who truly love each other.

I love my parents but, all we do is yell and scream about things that dont matter. Half the time its mine and my sisters fault.

Parents can be way too controlling, I know it shows that you care but I need my space too.Thats why I'm pushing away from you. I still love you.

My mom and I fight a lot, but if it weren't for her being such a big woman of God I would not be saved right now. I am just so thankful for my mom.

mom...i wish i could sit down with yo and tell you how much i really LOVE YOU! why cant you put up your laptop long enough to talk to me ? that hurts

i may give you an attitude that makes you want to slap the crap out of me but whether you think so or not i love you and imsorry for making you mad

mm.......i love you more than you thnk i do and even though we have our off days my love for you will NEVER EVER EVER change no matter what you think

it seems like u always control my life bc im not even allowed to hang out with anyone. u always tell me y i stay at home and its bc i cant do anything

sometimes i get really depressed and cut myself... i need to stop but it's your fault.

i wish u would not always be so strict. i know i messed up in the past but y can't u just let me have some freedom? trust me again

im sory i cant make the grades you want me to make ! why cant you hold off of the punishments long enough to give me a chance ? how hard is that ?

why cant we just si down sometime and talk ? its not that hard ! your ALWAYS on you computer ! it isnt going to walk away ! please...

it hurts me to see you so mad all the time ! if its not all the time its mot of the time ! i feel like its all my fault ! is it ?

I pray for all of you. Remember, God doesn't make mistakes, people do. I hope you all work things out with your parents. They really are great <3

I am 34 now and mom im sorry i take ur nerve pills and said it was my sister when i was a teen but now u want know im sorry because u passed away.

I am so thankful that I have been raised by 2 godly parents. I can't imagine where I would be if I didn't have them in my life. I love them so much!

ive sneakd out so many times after fightin w/you.just 2 get back at you right under your nose.if i get in trouble for sumthing i didnt do i just do it

youre so controlling and are always accusing me. im not out partying i promise. me n my friends really stay out late doing stupid stuff.just trust me

Honestly, i have sneaked out numerous times after fighting with you. its my way to get back at you and do it right under your nose.

If u really want to make me happy, just make mom happy. tell her how much u love her. nothing would make me happier than her not being depressed

you're too controlling and too paranoid. ife i stay out late im exactly where i told i was. I dont party or sleep around.u not trusting me hurts alot

Im 27 now & still wish u'd be my parents instead of putting me in the middle. You don't need to tell me everything... it has damaged me for life!!!

I'm sorry. I wish I wasn't such a burden.

I hurt so so much. I wish you understood... I wish you COULD understand...

Mom you say your always there for me but i come home high and you never even notice me. all you care about is your boyfriend now. i wish we could talk

My great grandfather beat my grand father and my grand father beat my dad,but my dad got saved. Dad thank you for breaking the cycle. I LOVE YOU!

I know my sister isn't where she needs to be with God,but why do ya'll let her treat me like I don't have the right to exist.She hates me and it hurts

I know you guys are just trying your best to raise us to be Godly Christian women.Thank you for never giving up on us.You guys are my heroes

I wish my dad tried to be more involved with my life & worked less. Seems like there is always something more important or interesting than me.

I am so thankful to have parents who are devout christians. They are the best...I can't believe now how much I have taken them for granted in the past

Everyone thinks we're the perfect family...but WE ARE NOT. Dad why do you always tell me...I use to be SO proud of you. Why can't you just love me..

Why does my dad think that his type of church is the only right church .. and that the KJV is the only bible that I should read... I cant understandit

I am 24 and married and still get money from my mom when she gets paid.. i get paid... I wish I didnt have to but I have leg probs and cant work. HELP

My mom never took the time to listen to what was going on in my life, She always said "I Dont Wanna Hear It" or "Thats Rediculous" MOM That hurt ME!!

I'm 42 and I will never be what you want. I am NOT you and I don't want to be like you. Please stop projecting your life onto mine! I'm a GOOD mom!

The reason I act like I hate you: You never admitted to knowing that YOUR husband was abusing us-sexually. You knew, you always did. We were tiny kids

Mama, you are my hero. I love you so much.

Why didn't you want me? You were part of my creation. I will never call you "Dad". My "Dad" raised me with unconditional love. I thank God for him.

I just wish I knew where my dad is and why he let seven years ago.

you didn't understand that the divorce hurt us dad. yea, it's us your "kids". . quit putting her needs before us. i'm sorry, but we come first!!

i'm 27 years old and i have a lot of resentment toward my father. he's so negative and hateful. i wish i could get over it but i can't. i've tried.

my parents aren't very affectionate. i want to be affectionate with my son so he's not scared of it later.

i didn't spend the money for the curtains like you told me, i hope my mom and dad will forgive me.

I'm 22 and I'd give anything for the kind of love my parents' have for each other. Thanks Momma and Daddy for being examples of what love is and does!

My mom is my best friend, but I can't find the strength to tell her I'm not a virgin. I just know it would break her heart...

I'm 22, my heart has been broken, and I'd give anything to find the love my parents have set as an example before me.

I love my parents. Wouldn't have them any other way.

I almost had sex once, and I never told you. It is so hard to tell you things. Even expressing love or a simple, "I'm sorry"

I have friends that have awful home lives and I'm so thankful for my parents' love for each other and for my brother and I.

It upsets my parents that I'm not in the top 10 of my class like my brother was. I'm smart, just not that smart. I wish they'd quit comparing us.

i fought w my parnts all summer abt me moving out. i am mature&responsible but im the oldest of 4 grls. they ended up letting me BUT now i feel guilty

When i was ynger i had the "perfect"parents,but now that me & my 3 sis r getting older they think we dont need them as much.i need them more than ever!!

It was an accident that happened more than once and I want to tell my mom but i dont want her to be mad because she hated him...

Mom, the negative views of sex and men that you've verbalized over the years is negatively effecting my new marriage.

I know you try but don't you think that you could show me that you are proud instead of telling me once a month when you find the time to do it

How can you call yourself a Christian and harbor unforgiveness towards my father for 26 years? Do you even realize how much you're suffering?

Dad i wish that you could see your own addiction before you start taking control of other people's problems...im praying for you!!

i've been annorexic, i cut myself and i've attempted suicide 3 times. why? because of all the times u told me i wasnt good enough...i hope ur happy...

It is really hard to see your parents stop going to church and studying God's word. It is SO evident in the family and the relationships within.

Dad, I pray that God will encourage and strengthen you in your struggle with Bipolar Disorder. I feel so helpless. Please don't give up. I love you.

I chose a big school, Clemson, so you would be proud. As a 2nd semester sophomore Im transferring to a small school back home so I can be happy-sorry

Dad, I Love You... but SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND COME TO CHURCH WITH YOUR FAMILY!!!! You don't understand how much it would mean to us. You couldn't.

I hate that you cant trust me. I can lei but you will, but when I tell you the truth, you wont believe it. yeah you can see through any lie what ever.

You let my sister get away with anything. I work my butt off and cant sit down for 2 min when I get home. how messed up is that?

MOM!!! DAD!!!! I do what you want me to do, I get good grades, I have a job, why cant I have a conversation with my bf in private!!!!!

Mom you trust me when I lie to you, but you don't when I look you in the eye and tell you the truth. I'm not sleeping with anyone, so get off my back!

Dad I will always be your little girl, but I would like for you to give my bf a chance!! He's a good person! I can make the right choice if you let me

if i had a penny for every hour you didnt spend with me, id be RICH !

why do i have to be more important ? why cant my dad share his love for me with my brother ? thats so messed up !

My mom takes no pride in my accomplishments and counts me only for a failure.. I love her,.. even if she doesnt show she loves me.

sometimes i hurt so much....you'll never know.....but i could never tell you because i don't want you to think you went wrong raising me....u didnt...

Y didnt you love each other and call each other bad names? What happened to your love, where did it go? Was it ever there? How am I supposed to love?

i'm in college now, i still remember all the times my mom put me down in front of people. i don't think that I will ever forget it.

i needed you then just as i needed you now.....but will you ever really see me for what's inside? it hurts mom...

how do i know that im beautiful if you've never told me? I feel ugly and broken hidden behind the smile i put on everyday

i want to be able to say that my dad is my hero,but how can i say that if you verbally and emoitionally abused us for all those years?

i've never known the concept of love because you've never shown it....now i'm afraid to let any man close because i'm afraid he wont love me

My parents say they're Christians, but the only people I can trust and talk to about God and my struggles are my youth leaders.

You are my hero, I love you so much! Thanks for being here for me... it means a lot to me.

you want me to respect you, but if i make one bad grade you drop the f bomb on me. i don't respect that.

the only thing i have learned from my parents about how to have a happy family is what NOT to do.

Im tired of you not trusting me! I love god with all of my heart! im not gonna smoke or drink or have sex! so stop thinking im a horrible person!!!

when you think im at friends houses. im spending the night with boys, getting drunk & high off anything i can get...and you dont even notice?

Why did you call me disgusting? That has hurt me ever since it left your mouth.

Mom sometimes I wish you would come and talk to me about my dau rather than locking yourself in your room with my stepdad.

Divorce hurts children too, and I wish the parents would realize that. No fake smile will ever cover that up.

My parents stay away all the time and never come home. Exept for during the week.They wonder why they don't understand the things i do.

My mom thinks i don't know about her affair she is having on my dad. But i do. She wonders why i act different lately.

ill be different when im a parent. ill actually HANG OUT with my kids

Would you rather spend time with your friends and each other or with me? Im tired of my sister being the parent and you two not hanging out with me.

im not stupid..kids make mistakes!

After hearing the first message of The Perfect Kid series, I have never been more thankful for the parents God has blessed me with.

and those children are not my brothers and sister and your new wife is not my mother and you can try to make me like you but Stop talking about my MOM

I'm supposed to call you daddy but I can't you leave us for 5 years and want to see us on the weekends and talk smack about Mom.Well she's been here..

WHY WONT YOU JUST TALK TO ME?!

Dad,im sry for not spending time w/ you.puttin everything b4 you. im sry for not appreciating you the way i should.so thank you for bein a awesome dad.

I wish i didnt have to beg you to take me to church.

You're so distant from me. You act like we're so close but i have nothing in common with you. I always feel like i have to get away from you.

Its not okay to share my embarrassing moments or faults in front of strangers. You don't do that to mom; why me?

I am 28 years old, its time to let me grow up...PLEASE STOP!

i hate my dad and i wish he wasnt my dad all the time.. ive tried to kill myself because of you

ive hated myself since you told me i should change in order for you to like me ..

Why did we never talk about what we feel? I see other kids who LOVE their parents... I can't say that I do. You never hurt me, but I am alone.

Thank you mom and dad for loving each other, loving me, and most importantly loving God.

my family never loved each other My brother is in college now & my mom doesnt care hes gone I know she will feel the same way bout me-that hurts BAD

To all kids and adults--dont judge what people say on this. You cant possibly know what they are going through.

Every so often at night, I'll pleasure myself but I don't know if I am sinning. I've thought of telling my Mom so I could ask, but I'd too afraid....

Divorce ALWAYS leaves a scar. I just noticed mine and I'm 28. And moving on to re-marry doesn't help, it forces more distance. That's TRUTH.

I hate to see my dad be so fake with his new family...maybe he should have done the same with ours instead of chasing the almighty dollar

Why can't you just let me live my life instead of judging me all the time? Just because I made one mistake doesn't mean I'm a horrible person.

i am 18 years old! im tired of being treated like im 6! yes i know i need yall, but at some point you are going to have to learn to let go

ok..im sick and tired of you not trusting me...there's no reason you shouldn't trust me. im not you and never will be i wont drop out for a guy!!!

Dad, I want to let you go now and be on Jesus agenda in Heaven .The boys and I will be ok. You are no longer suffering with cancer.I Love You!

Parents can mess up so much and be so irresponsible, but I know now that I am better for it even if I did spend most of my childhood babysitting them.

I wish u would trust me enough to let me use it. Not big things but could u let me out of house? I wont make the same choices she did. im not her.

How can u guys say you are christians, when u are always yelling at each other and me. How come u dont go to church ne more?

I am 17 and playing lazer-tag with my friends past 9:30 is what we do. I dont want to party i just want to live! don't punish me for my sisters issues

Most of the time i feel like a huge failure to you mom...i know you love me but most of the time it feels like you are ashamed of some of my choices

i am glad my dad had an affair at least i now know what love is suppose to be like. and what it should not be..He made good on it, and is now happy

thank you dad for fighting for me when i wanted to live with you...You are my hero, i wish i could have told you what was going on, but i was scared.

no matter what or how my parents failed me or took to me to church, I still knew I was not alone, God was there. he spoke to me, told me to keep on.

why were you not my mother as a child? do not try to be now that i am grown, just be there for me when need you, try that for once.

maybe i should have been more accurate when i tried to kill myself..My mother would have loved all the attention at the funeral. my dad, who is that?

I tried to kill myself and my mom was more woried about her boyfriend. Wow. should she not worry that he cannot kee it in his pants,and leave me alone

my dad and mom being seperated seems like it should it hurt, but for once I am happy. I like the people they really are not the ones they pretended 2B

I wish my mom would stop trashing my dad. I see her lies and so does everyone else. does she not realize what she is doing is not pleasing to god also

my mom and dad should have never gotten married just because she was pregnant with me. that chose each other, when god should have chosen for them.

I am glad that my dad is finally happy. He left my mom, but so what they both were miserable. He now has chose a life through christ , and i thank her

I never told you why i was so down the this year-my ex-and I went through an abortion.Now my current girlfriend is pregnant - and yr grandparents. :)

why isn't jesus there? he said he would be.. my parents want me to be a perfect christain BUT IM NOT .. JESUS ISNT THERE ALL THE TIME. i never see him

i love my dad but all i want to know is why he cant except me for who i am.i just dont like the "in" things and he says it disapoints him that im diff

my sister thinks im a freak & my mom&dad dont trust me anymore.why is everything coming down so hard. why dont you treat me like im human? it hurts

You hit mom...that was hard enough...hitting me was something I never expected!

I was raped when I was 15, got pregnant, and miscarried...and you just thought I was a whore. Now I am 22 and still live with the secret.

I wish my parents would see that i am really trying hard to do good in school.

my parents and my sister are fighting non-stop, and I'm sick of it.

dad, i seen you the other night with the other woman that left our house before mom got home. i can't believe you would treat mom like this!

For once it would be great to have the mind of a child again and not realize that your father is an ALCHOLIC and he's NEVER going to change.

I'm 25 and my Mama is very "Debbie Downer" over things I'm super excited about! Let me make my own choices and if I mess up then I learn from it.

My dad died when I was 13 I miss him so much I've found comfort in Christ but its hard 2 see my friends fight with their parents at least they're here

I'm scared that my Dad will die. I don't know what I would do without him. I love you, Dad! Thank you for showing me Christ in your actions.

MOM why did you for my 16th birthday give me a beating

For once it would be great to have the mind of a child again and not realize that your father is an ALCHOLIC and he's NEVER going to change.

My father died when i was 9. Sometimes I get so angry at my mom. Why? Simply because she is alive and he is not. How messed up is that!

I WISH THAT PARENTS WOULD REALIZE THE DAMAGE AN AFFAIR AND DIVORCE DOES NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY TO BE CIVIL

Dad do u really care bout me or just your alcohal? u always hurt me inside and out why do u tell me to leave when I see u 2 a yr? I dont like it or u!

dont like 2 be alone but thats all ive been thanks 2 my parents I never see my dad & my mom is always working does any1 care bout me or just ur boos

you know so little about me. If i was to show you what I was like you would hate me. If you knew what I had done... I'm not your lil girl anymore!

Parents: We don't care when you make mistakes, or when you "fail" at something. We care that you are grown up enough to admit it and apologize to us!

i think you'd be ashamed if you saw the 'college' me, but then again, maybe you'd actually see that i am struggling here and need help. maybe...

I love being a kid. Because it is fun and you get to have everything. I wish for a magic lamp. I wish my mama would get me a band-aid.

realizing you are your fathers convenient daughter is never a good feeling.

thanks guys yall have always been there. I know how hard is for you dad, not living here and all but i want you to no i love you and always will

Parents are suppose to be the leaders of everything,including religion.So many parents dont.Its time for them to step us and do that before some else.

I wish you cared, at all. But honestly, growing up having to raise myself has made me strong. I dont need you. I can take care of myself thanks.

my parents think i dont love them. i really do. i just wish they would listen to me more and not jump on my case a lot. i love you guys.

At 23 years old, by dad's affair and divorce causes me more pain than anything else I've ever gone through. I pray and hope that I DON'T become him.

From one kid to another: Stop blaming your parents for your compromise and failure to commit to Christ.
Jesus died for you - accept it & LIVE!

Stop trying to be cool and set some standards that you model rather than just scream... ugh!

The say they want me to be happy, but the thought of me dating a girl and not a guy made them want to lock me up.

my family hates me, they want me gone, i wish they could forgive me for what i did but they won't

my parents are the best in the world. they work so hard and put our needs before theirs. i love you. thank you for modeling Christ for me.

why won't you let me go to church?

i hate god

i hate telling u over & over again that my religious beliefs are just as valid as yours. nobody knows for sure, so why argue ab it!? just love me

Mom, Dad and Brother, I LOVE YOU and miss you guys so much. I know I was more than a handful growing up. Thank you for always being there!- the oldest

I hate family reunions.

You wondered why I was always messing up. I never thought I could be good enough for you. I pray you'll know God's unconditional love like I now do...

I really love you and everything, but please realize that school isn't the only thing in this world.

My parents never sat down with me growing up to see what was going on in my life. It doesn't get easier as we get older. Ask now, and work at it.

I wish my dad could see that he did a great job raising me. Our past hasn't been the prettiest, but my future is bright with God. I love you dad!

You know so little about the real me. I cover up what I'm really like on the inside because you won't understand or accept me.

I'm not quite a kid anymore, but divorce of my parents rocked my world. Please learn to let go of the anger & trust God. It makes it hard on us kids.

i wish my mom didnt drink and make me do all the household responcibilities along with juggaling a job and school. its so hard to take care of life...

by myself. my dad died when i was 8 and my mom started drinkin again. i dont know what to do im almost in collage and my sister has nowhere to go.

I wish I could tell my dad what a great dad he was and how much I love and miss him. I realized it too late since he killed himself four years ago.

To explain the birds and the bees to my son and daughter who are both very much in love with JESUS! I told them if they had sex before marriage they would go to HELL.My husband couldn't believe it,he said what a burden to carry for them if they chose not to wait till marriage,I said,exactley! Hopefully they'll make wise decisions.

The affair has killed my trust with the one who commited the affair, we try to attend family functions as usual, but its all a crazy lie

my confession is that i am not the best person with a christ like attitude. When someine says something about me like this kid calls me trash i go off

my parents are like obssed with my life and im tierd of it! i know that they love me but they need to let me live my life

Dad your "religious" views about every detail in my life growing up caused me to turn away from God. I was an Atheist until I was 20, you never knew..

I did many things I regret as a teenager. I had low self-esteem and I didn't know how to say no or stand up for myself. don't be stupid to be cool.

my father is an amazing man of God..

just b/c i have problems doesn't mean it's your fault. it's sin's fault, we just inherited the same sins, don't blame yourself...i don't.

Dad, all I want is for you to know Christ. He is real. When will you believe it? I pray for you and mom and for your marriage to be brought to life.

i haven't seen you in months. you don't care for me at all. i ignore it when you tell me you love me. no dad would do that to a daughter he "loves."

my mom is my world, my best friend. we fight like no other, but i honestly don't know what i would do without her. i love you mommy.

A lot of people know me, but I have a secret. I almost lost my virginity to a man 6 years older than me. Who just happens to be my dad's best friend.

You're minutes away,but don't know your grandkids.You miss all of their programs and rarely come over.You're going to be sorry when they're grown.

THANK YOU PAPA! YOU STEPPED UP AND WAS A DAD TO ME WHEN MY OWN DAD DID NOT. YOU ARE AWESOME. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH...SORRY FOR ALL THE GRAY HAIR I GAVE U

STOP TALKING ABOUT ME BEHIND MY BACK. I AM YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU SHOULD NOT WANT OTHERS TO HURT ME, MUCH LESS DO IT YOUR SELF. LET ME GO ....

I HAVE SO MANY ABUSERS THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT.I FOUND THAT I STILL CHOSE LOUSY MEN IN MY LIFE JUST LIKE MY MOM. I WAS ONLY USE TO BE TREATED THAT WAY

MY FAMILY IS THE BIGGEST CROCK OF BULL. FAMILY IS NOT SUPPOSE TO HURT ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE FOUND FAMILY THROUGH MY KIDS AND FIANCE. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED

MY MOM LET EVERY MAN THAT CAME IN HER LIFE FIRST..SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE ABUSE I TOOK ALL OF THEM.A MAN SHOULD NEVER GO TO A CHILD TO GET HIS SEX

I hate my dad. He left my family and me with no dad. He doesn't care about me. He is not my father anymore.

Why don't my parents trust me? They never let me have any fun. All I want is a little freedom.

I've lived with you for 18 years and you never tried to listen to me and get to know me, then your crushed when move out, what do you want from me?

I'll never feel right knowing you never were proud of me...you always told me how bad my mistakes were instead of helping me through them, I resent it

who I am and how I act is a response of what you've done or said to me, not the other way around, I can't always be the problem, fix yourself, then me

My parents were the first to break my heart when I was 6 or 7 by telling me they didn't care

Why did you never tell me about sex? I only had tv to go by...do you think my curiosity taught me better? I feel like trash now and I hate myself

Why wouldn't you give me any freedom? because of that I'm always looking for anything to go against you to feel like I have some freedom

i don't miss my dad anymore. i miss the dad he should have been. now he's gone. i never said bye.

my stepdad accepted Christ at NewSpring and now he and my mom come every week. if you want a better relationship with your parents...pray for them.

mom, if you haven't, you need to forgive him for having that affair. unforgiveness destroys you and your relationship with him.

i feel like no matter how hard i try i don't impress you

let me grow up.

Having 2 families from the divorce is tough, but I thank God for the people he has put in my life through it

Mom the most unloving and loving thing you ever did for me was killing yourself. However sad it may be thank you and I love you.

If I ever have children, I wont take them to grandpa's and try and show off how much work I can get them to do. I'm sorry I couldn't impress them more

I worry that my husband might leave me and after I saw what you did to mom and our family

Even though sometimes i think i dont need them, my parents are the 2 most amazing people in my life & they have done a great job with me & my sister!

I wish I had gone to the hospital more to see my dad, he died 7 months after my last visit. I wish i had been there.

I wish my parents would get their act together and stop hurting us for their own sake! They have to fix this! I want my family back!

I am a good kid but feel that I am one person around my parents and another alone or around friends.

I wish I had a better relationship with my parents-- we talk all the time, but I still feel like we don't talk. I miss them and they're still here...

I'm SOOO proud of my parents! I started coming to NewSpring and they would come with me...Now they're always here and love it!!!

I struggle with lust the most out of all sins.

Oh Mom, why can't you love me? I feel like it is my fault-like I have done something to not deserve your love. Why can you not love me like my sister

Mom walked out on you for another man. You grew stronger and it only increased your faith. God blessed you with Susan, and I thank God for both of you

I sometimes treat my Dad like an ATM whose balance I never check. I love Him, and he's got Jesus' generosity, I just take advantage of it sometimes.

I'm attempting to properly respect and emulate your many good traits and lessons, while leaving behind the less than stellar ones. I love you Mom.

Dad, sometimes I look forward to seeing your animals more than you, and dad could you please maybe go to church sometime? i miss you SOO much!

My mom is so cool she takes care of me and she helps me with all of my school and dance. Thanks Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY MOM IS AWESOME SHE REALLY CARES

My mom is the best. She got me and my sis throught the good times and the bad. Thanks Mom for all that you do. YOU ROCK OUT LOUD. I LOVE YOU ALOT!!!!!

My dad left me when I was just one. I always think that he doesn't love me. Even though my mom says he does I still have my doubts sometimes.

My mother only cares about my younger brother. That's all she ever wanted was a boy and boy do I know it and feel it everyday of my life.

I don't want to make the same mistake my mom made. But I do want to be just like her when I'm older. My father is everything I don't want to be.

I still don't forgive my step mom for everything she has done to me and I still don't forgive my dad for abandoning my mom and I. I don't think I can.

I'm grown, You are old, you never come see me or your grandchildren,,,,,,why?

Because of you, I have so many problems..... And all that matters to you is you. You don't care about me except how it affects you

i wish my dad's job didn't make him travel all week so he could be home with my mom. he's wonderful and i know he loves her, but it's hard them both.

my parents only go to church on easter and christmas eve, if that. i want them in heaven with me but i don't know how to get them to take me seriously

dad, i am more proud that you quit drinking than anything in the world. if you can do that on your own, think of what you could do with Christ.

I love you dad. Sometimes I just wish we could have meaningful conversation instead of the typical, "How's your day"

why can you not love me for me? I need a mom and dad who will love me just because I am their daughter. God please don't let me treat my kids this way

I am very glad to have you both back, the past few years when we lost sight of our love for each other were the worst of my life.

I don't know how to show my kids I love them bc it was too hard for you. you never told me you loved me till I moved outits to late the damage is done

I moved away 7 years ago to serve our country. Just to prove to you that I was a man. My kids dont know you. You have only come to see us 3 times. WHY

My mom and her high school friends mixed beer with Kool-Aid just so they could be cool and drink, and she doesn't understand why that disgusts me.

You destroyed my confidence and self-esteem. You never allowed me to express myself freely. Thanks for that...And you never understood sarcasm, either

My mom is awesome! I hope she knows we all admire her. She has taken in my older sister and her family and my brother's friends who have needed homes.

you dont understand my dreams. but i am listening to God so please dont hold me back anymore.

I am very thankful for my parents - although I do not tell them as often as I should!

My parent's ROCK! They taught me priviledges + responsibilbites, open lines of communication & the value of a great book! Gifts that money can't buy!

i was raped by a "man of God" i cant tell you that bc you let me go on a date with him. You let me date someone 8 years older than me. I still hurt!

My Mom is everything I want to one day become, and my Dad is everything I want to one day marry. I'm realizing at 24, I still need them. I am blessed.

i dont know how yall put up w/ me half the time but im so glad you do. thanks 4 rasing me in church. i just wish would would buy what your selling.

i wish i had parents i could talk to. i shouldn't have to confess my thoughts to a website, but they always walk away and leave me to handle it alone.

i love God so much. and i want to serve him with this undying fire, but my mom and dad just don't get it and i hate being the black sheep.

i have been talking to this guy i used to date without my parents knowing because everyone is against him, but i see his good, and i like it.

I work so hard to be the best at school because i don't want my parents to be embarassed by me like they were after my eating disorder.

I had an eating disorder in the 7th grade. Mom thinks i was fine but i still have my days.

I feel so much resentment toward you and it won't go away. I have prayed for it to go away. Why can't you stop wallowing in self-pity and be normal?

my brother and I have been having sex for three years together. He is now 16 and I am 14. Mom and dad don't know but would kill us.

Well one thing would be My dad Never being home and me never geting to know my dad real close....

My dad is partial to my baby brother & it's very obvious. My parents raised me the right way but are really screwing up with him!

My dad gives me a guilt trip when I don't come home to visit him from college.

My parents wont let me grow up & I'm 21. I know they love me, but sometimes they need to realize I am growing up & I'm a smart girl!

My mom lies about her past. she wont admit she had slept w/ a married man before she was married to my father. She trys to act as if she is perfect!

I wish I didn't have so many surrogate moms... I wish the woman who gave birth to me actually wanted me. I just wanted her to love me and want me.

My parents try to bribe me w/ money & keep a hold on me w/ it.

why are my parents so judgemental & closed minded?

I wish my parents would sometimes tell stories about when they were younger, admit to there mistakes & not try to act sinless or perfect!

my parents were strict & real involved growing up. they were not bestfriends, they were parents. i hated it then, but now appreciate it so much!

i feel so hurt that my dad chose beer and drugs over me...and the abuse. and i'm hurt by my mom for letting me be around that. i'm still hurting.

I don't want to ever be a parent because of y'all.

Daddy, I'm 17 and still wish i danced with you @ the school dance when you came to pick me up in 5th grade instead of caring what my friends thought

WOW MOM, i actually realized after breaking up with him that you were right-- he DID get attached extremely fast...and i thought you were full of it

i love you more than you could ever know or i could ever show. i thank God to have parents who truly love eachother and Him.

dad i felt you getting remarried was ur way of replacing me. why did u do it. we were so close before. now i feel i'm in a competition & i always lose

We need to love our parents while we can. We only have 1 set so lets make the best of it.

Thanks mom for helping me and my sister.

over coming your drug addiction and becoming a pastor taught me so much even at the age of 9. B/c of you, I know that no sin is too big for God.

Even though I act up to get attention I still LOVE you mom

Thank you mom for doing everything for us and helping us through the good times and the bad times!!!

Thanks mom and dad i know why you push me to do hard in school and i understand you want me to do better so what i am trying to say is THANKS!!!!!!!!!

Why did you blame me for the things in your past. It was not my falt it was your own. And I don't know how to forgive you and it was over 3 years ago.

I feel like I am second best to my sister. I act up to get some attention.

My mom lets me drink as long as I'm with her and I'm not driving later. She would probably be criticized for it but it honestly kept me from partying.

Dad-I wish I had appreciated you more while you were here on earth with me, I miss you...Mother-Why can't you love for me for who I am, not what I do

Mom didn't know because I was scared to death to tell...the abusers,alcoholics and pushers knew but Dad you were never home enough to know

Dad i wished you would spend less time on myspace with alll those 20 something girls and more time with mom

my mom and dad are my heroes.

Dad..I forgive you and you know this because I've told you.

I don't know why u let mom walk all over u like she does. The only thing that I learned as a child was how NOT to treat my husband now...sorry mom

How is it a person has to be responsible enough to get a license to have a dog, but anyone physically able can have a child?

Why did you stay with him? Why did you choose money over happiness? He hurt me more then you know. Are you happy now?

I like it when guys compliment my looks because no one ever did, even if they're not my husband. You always made fun of my weight and I still struggle

I've always wondered if you've ever cheated on mom. You look at porn and other women, and you've flirted with them in front of me when I was little.

I know what you were watching when you thought we were asleep. The blanket covering the TV was pretty obvious, and I'm still embarrassed about it.

Why do I always have to make the effort to spend time with you? You won't visit, and I even had to beg to get you to come to my college graduation!

I wonder if i'll ever be able to trust a man and love him. i don't know what that looks like. I've been hurt and taught not to trust & it affects me.

I want to really love God & serve him w/passion. I'm so lost w/the dad thing. even though i say it doesn't bother me, every girl needs a dad.

Mom, thanks for raising me. I know you did the best you could with what you had. You taught me so much.

Why did you have to have an affair and blame mom for everything. I wish you had put our family first, and not the one you have now.

You guys say you are Christians, but i don't think you even own a bible. You never go to church, or teach me or my brother about Jesus. I wish you did

I was given every thing I could ever want.. And I take every single bit of it for granted. Especially my dad

I can't believe that you didn't come to my baptism just because you didn't like the church.

When you found porn on my computer, I'm glad it was the "normal" stuff.

Growing up, you wanted me to be "churched" and I am...what happened to you? I know where Im goin when God calls me up...do you? I want you in Heaven.

Im sorry I lack patience with you. I know you hurt. Your attitude brings me down. Please stay positive and know you are blessed. I miss the old you.

Why was it so important for me to attend church growing up...when you don't go yourself?? I KNOW where Im goin when I die, but now I worry about you!

Sometimes I resent you for making me parent my sister. iam afraid of what will happen to my sister b/c u tried to b her friend and make me here mom.

I wish you could see that there is more to life than alcohol and bars. I wish you loved me.

I wish you wouldn't hate my brother dad. I always feel bad when you treat him terribly and turn around and show love towards me.

Dad, I wish you would stop smoking pot and drinking alcohol and gambling and treating me the way you do.

I'm not as perfect and spiritual as you think I am. Please don't be disappointed.

If we are "just alike" why do we argue constantly.

You have always provided for us, But, when it comes family vacation time you aren't there. Mom always takes us b/c it's somewhere you don't like.

Dad why cant you believe that the Dr was WRONG when he said i wasnt a virgin at 14! .. I have no reason to lie about it now @ 29! Its why we drifted.

Why can't I just have a normal mother? Not an alcoholic woman that sleeps with my friends and screams all the time!!

I can count on one hand how many times you have said "I love you", but yet the name you game me means "worthy of love." Why is it so hard to say those three words?

I cant tell you why I cant set foot in the church you want me to go to.

You say "stoooopid" when I watch science fiction, but I don't say a word when you scream at the tv during football games.

Will you stop repetitively apologizing when you and mom fight.

I think that you don't know the definitions of some of the words that you use when you pray before meals. I don't even think some of them are English.

Thanks Mom & Dad for being God-fearing and strong. Seeing you exemplify these traits and actions, has taught me to pass them on to my daughter and her siblings when they are born. There is nothing more important that you could have taught me!!!

Christmas was the only time I remember you reading from the bible.

Even though I am an adult, I wish you would come visit me and my husband just because you want to see us. It seems like there always has to be a reason to come visit...a Clemson game, a meeting, etc. It hurts that you don't want to see us just to spend time with us and I worry about when we have our own children. Will they have a real realtionship with you?

I am incapable of being in a healthy relationship with the opposite sex and I blame you. I know it is wrong.

I wish I had told my daddy I loved him more! He died when I was very young. This had made me appreciate and love my mother more. I also am very appreciative for my stepdad. He and my mom are great parents to my brother and I!

The satellite channels and the computer in my room -- I wish you didn't let me have them now. All the time I spent in front of the computer and the TV doing something I shouldn't. I wish you never allowed that temptation. It is still something I struggle with.

I wish I was smart enough to be successful.

Dad, I wish you'd spend some time with your adult son and 4 year old grandson instead of with your new wife's high school aged boys. That's why I have trouble talking or spending time with you.

mom, i wish you'd get back into church. you ingnore me when i talk about God. Please just give him a chance. . When we go to Heaven, i want you to be with us.

I just want to understand from your perspective why you felt it was more important for us to live apart all those years just to earn “a good living” when what was really important was for us to be together. Do you and mom even love each other anymore? Did you ever?

i was raped 2 years ago and you think i'm just acting up. i cut my arms to make it stop hurting. i drink to numb myself. and you don't even ask why. you think it's rebellion and you punish me. how can i tell you this when you don't want to hear it?

I've had 3 abortions that none of my family knows about.

You know that thing that was stolen from the piano teacher? Yeah, I did steal it.

I've lived in the same home with you for almost 17 years and don't even know what color your eyes are.

I am an adult now and I wish as a kid I didn;t have to witness my parents cheating b/c now I want to cheat.

Why do you parents judge us kids for the type of music we listen to or the way we dress? Music can help us in life and help us express ourselves and we can express ourselves in how we dress too. Just becasue it isn't up to your standards doesn't mean we aren't your kids. It doesn't mean we don't love you. We are the same person no matter how we dress or what we listen to.

I wish I could believe my Dad loves me.

I have "punk" cloths that i change into when i get to school that you know nothing about. I'm still the same person, so why can't i wear them?

I'm tired of you telling me what to do with my life. It's my second year in college, let me make the decision about a career...let me make the decision of who I want to marry and when i want to marry him. Support me instead of criticize me!

Dad, i love you, but for once could you tell me that i messed up with out yelling at me and making me feel like a complete idiot?

I wished you TRUELY love me for who I am! And it not matter...what color my hair is...not how mant holes i have in my body....not how many tattoos i have! Just love me! And be happy im going to be a parent too!

My mom only using church as a way of getting me out of weekend visit to my Dad's house made me an atheist until 18.

I am in college and should be able to make my own choices! I am taking the courses you want me too not what I want to do. I am the one that has to live with this career the rest of my life not you!

Although my parents were pretty careful about what I was allowed to watch and listen to, they let me have a computer in my room. I still wish that they hadn't. It creeps me out to think of what I spent time looking at and reading.

I wonder if you would love me if you saw my report card before I changed the grades.

i got really embaressed when im with friends and my mom trys to rap (but its funny and entertaining)

I learned from you that it's ok yell and break things when I'm angry and take my frustrations out on other people. I learned from you to lie and cheat and think it's ok....I've come to see that it's not ok and I hate who I've become because of you!

Dont judge some of the adult choices that I have made in my life....they are mine, and mine alone. I dont regret getting married young

Please dont make it sound like I don't care for my education....I do, but dont put me down for not finishing on your terms or timeline

Im an adult now, and my dad left our family and is married to a woman with a teenage child. Dad goes out of his way to go to everything for this teenager but when my siblings and I were growing up going to school or extracurricular events seemed to be so much of an inconvenience.

I wish my Dad had told me he loved me when i was a kid. I have serious messed up views of men now b/c of that.

Dads....tell your daughter you love her. Every day.

i wish my dad would come to church, i shouldn't have to constantly try to drag him. why doesn't he just respect and do the only thing i ever ask of him? he doesn't even pay child support on me and he never tries to come see me or spend time with me. all i want is this little thing and he can't even do it. can't he see how bad he is hurting me?

my mom thinks that i am a really good kid. im not a bad kid but im not as good as she thinks i am. i keep secrets from her that i would never dare tell her....

Daddy, I wish I didn't take you for granted so much.

mom i wish you would care enough to give me a call on christmas and i wish you would care about me period!! i wish you would get back into chruch cause everytime i talk to you i think you might go to hell

i was really embarrassed when my Step mom "who i love dearly" got out of the car in the pick up line at school and started to SCREAM my name to try to get my attention because i did not know that she was going to pick me up that day
i lovee her to death but there are some moments where she is flat out embarrasing!!!! i i should thank God for a wonderful step mom instend of looking at her as an embarrasment

Stop trying to make me do what you want me to do with your controlling and hurtful words. You tell me you want the best for me and that you want me to be happy, but your actions say something totally different.

just be happy all you found was beer in my old room.

my parents would die if they knew i keep my weed in the cieling of their bedroom

I'm glad you had to have brain surgery because now we can be friends, but I'm upset about it because now we can't go out and do things because of the physical disabilities you have now. Before the surgery you were a very mean and moody person with no consideration for others...including your daughter.

why did you wait so long to tell me mom had cancer?

i feel an overwhelming amount of guilt because you pay for my college tuition...car...apartment rent and struggle to make ends meet. my major consumes my life & grades suffer when i work more than i should. it's like a vicious cycle. i'm sorry.

My parents still think i'm a virgin and don't know about my last serious relationship.

I wish you would say sorry to me. Just once, when i deserved it. You make mistakes too....im not pointing a finger, i KNOW i make mistakes. But you need to admit you are not always right.

i know you love each other, but i wish you would show it more often. i wonder why you never say "i love you" when you get off the phone with each other.

It hurts me When you leave for work and you only focus on one kid. I know that you have to work alot. And i know you have 4 kids and a morgage, I dont fight for your attention. I'm about to college; i have one more year. I've fought you my entire life- and i feel like this is my one last chance to get to know you. I dont know what to say to you. I wish you'd talk to me and spend some time with me.

Mom...I heart you because you are my mom but I am hating your hippocrisy. I am 19 years old now...tell me what really caused you and my dad to divorce...i want the truth...

I wish you would have saved me / rescued me from Him who hurt me. I saw screaming for someone to rescue me and you just would laugh and shake his hand. I HATE THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW....and still dont know

It was by trying to become a better witness for god that I lost my faith, not because I was trying to rebel. I wanted you guys to be proud, to see that you'd been raising me right. Now I wish you wouldn't speak to me like a stranger when I call.

It worries me to no end when my mom dances down the isle in wallmart to elivator music.

I watched you Mom, that's why I lost my virginity at 14 and have added quite a few guys to that list since then. Now that I am an adult, I see that I don't want to be anything like you, but more like Jesus. I wish that you would have made a bigger deal out of Jesus than your boyfriends.

i love you both. i know you want what's best for me, but let me follow where God is leading.

I don't want to be the "Parent" anymore, get yourselves together!

In everything you say and express to us (me and my siblings), you put us down. We aren't idiots, and you would see that if you would quit cutting us down!

Thank you, Dad for loving me the same as my siblings even though you didn't have too. I don't think I have ever told you how much this means to me.

Don't tell me that I need to change things that you yourself are unable to change! I know you want the best for me and that is why you do it, but the fact that you know what you do wrong and yet repeatedly fail me makes me feel like I am not worth you trying to be there more. I love you; I just wished you truly loved yourself.

Just please be honest with me! I need to know what "mistakes" you made in your past and I need to see the consequences that came with them if you don't want me to make the same mistakes.

i want to be good enough for my mom and dad. but i don't think i can ever do it.

I hate that I've graduated college and I'm still not making enough money to completely support myself. My parents say they don't mind helping but they really can't afford it...I know they're lying about having enough...
...and I'm more behind on bills and loans than they think but I don't want to hurt them worse so I ask for as little as possible.

i love my parents but i'm scared that when i screw up - which i definitely have and will keep doing at times - that they won't love me anymore because i'm not good enough.
i'm not convinced i'll ever really make them proud without huge achievements.

I recognize and appreciate how hard it was for you to raise 3 girls on your own when Mom left us. You're my hero.

I love my dad!! He raised me and my sis. We put him through a lot.
I miss you dad.
Thanks for being tough on me.
I needed it!!! I will continue to do right and teach your grandkids right in your memory.
I wish I could hug you just one more time.

I want you to care about who I am becoming and what is going on in my life. You would drive 4 hours to go hunting somewhere....

thanks mom and dad for being great examples of people that are living god-honoring lives. you truly live the life and there is nothing you ask me to do that I have not first seen you do. i love you so much.

I am a first year college student at a local college, and still live at home. I am thinking about whether or not God wants me to get uncomfortable by moving out next year ( granted, with a God-fearing roommate). I love my parents very much, but am afraid to ask their opinion because it might hurt their feelings.

Your argueing really gets to us. I know that parents argue, and that ya'll are trying, and I love you and respect you, but could you do it somewhere else. I'm old enough to get away, but they have nowhere to escape to.

Even at 26 with 2 kids of my own I still need you to be my dad and a huge part of my life. Sometimes I think I need you now more than when I was younger!

I am a first year college student at a local school. I still live at home, but have been thinking about whether God wants me to get uncomfortable by moving out next year ( granted, with a God-fearing roommate). I have a wonderful relationship with my parents and my many siblings. I want to see what their opinion is, but I am afraid it will hurt their feelings.

I got really embarrassed when my dad showed up to my games in cut off shorts, flip flops, t-shirts with sleeves cut-off, and a straw hat. To make it worse, he was the loudest parent cheering in the stands.

I know I should be thankful he was there but I felt humiliated.

I'm sad and not sure you know it

Don't spend your time trying to make me "better" at everything. Just love me for who I am, where I am. Then I will have the self-confidence to, of my own will, aim high in my achievements. I need to be enough for you even when I fail.

I've been down at college for two-and-a-half years and my mom still brags to people that I don't party. I do... a lot.

i resented parenting my parents as i grew up.

I don't know how to tell you about the love of Christ, but everyday I pray for you to turn to Him and be saved. I shudder when i realize that you could be on your way to hell.

You were amazing parents to me...always spending time as a family, trusting me, listening to me, providing financially, and teaching me the "important" things in life....Now my greatest hope is that I can teach you about Jesus.

When l was a teenager l acted up so bad because l fely l never got noticed so bein a punk might get me some attention!!!

Stop judging me. Stop saying you support me in whatever I do and then pray that I will follow in your exact career path. I love you, but have no desire to be you.

franly, l can't think of anything negative to say about my parents! Their love for each other and Jesus make them ideal parents and my dad introducing me to the Lover of my soul is an example of a father doing the best thing he possibly can for his son!

Thank you for trusting me. The freedom you have given has made me learn to be responsible. You treat me like I'm a person and not just your daughter, and I have learned to carry myself properly. I hope I've made you proud, because I've tried really hard.

maybe instead of buying your new wife a facelift, building her a new house, and buying her a brand new car you could try and give some to your 3 kids

dad i wish you would go to church. you curse and you drink and you do some bad things sometimes. you need god in your life and you should take the op.

You have too much control on my life. You are pushing me like I am an adult in everything I do. I'm still a kid and you should let me be free.

Mom you are a single mom and you are great at it. You are my hero! We fight sometimes but no matter what i'll always love you and you are so amazing!!

m tired of you trying to make me a perfect kid!!!!!!!!! Lets face it I am only 13 I am going to make mistakes. Love me with mistakes and all!!!!!!!

I love my daughters but they don't listen to me!!!!!

I wish my wife & daughter could forgive me for the affair I had. I hope they can see that I have changed since I was saved. I love my family very much

I'm a single parent and the father will not give up trying to sleep with me. If he wasn't my baby daddy I would done been got him 4 sexual harassment

I wish their dad would leave me alone. I make things work for them. I am really starting to hate him but he wants to marry me. LEAVE ME ALONE!!

my son constantly tells me he wants to live with his father but he lets him get away with anything Am i wrong for making him stay with me with rules

I have never beet my kids but I have went farther than a pop on the behind i have more control now & regret it should I b put n jail 4 it from longago

having children together do not give them the right to beat up on each other words or fists

I have 5 kids. I work FT at home. Im so tired at the end of the day. No time for my husband. He dont understand. I love my kids & miss them! No time!

My adult daughter is hurting but won't talk to me about it. I pray for her and want to help her. I wish she believed how unconditionally I loved her!

I am a new mother and stay at home with the baby. There is nothing more in this world than I love to do this, but my husband is never here with us

My Mother in Law favors her daughters and neglects her son (my husband) He continues to reach out. Wish she were as proud of him as I am.

my kids are experience rich and relationship poor

I get so wrapped up in MY "project" of raising and "improving" you that I forget to step back and appreciate the perfection that GOD created you with

I hate that my house isn't cleaner...there just isn't enough time on the weekends. I want to spend that time with our girls!! I hope they understand

I am a single parent. I am trying to bring up two little boys. There mom only gets them when it is convenant for her. They are all most 2 and 5!!!

I am afraid of being the dad of 5 kids who want to experience everything.

It sucks being a teenage mom. Every1 looks down on me. I GET IT! I made a mistake. I just need someone to love me, now more than ever.

Being parents of teenagers is challenging God never said life would be easy. Keep the faith. It does get better.

I am not perfect! And I have made mistakes as a mother. But one thing I know is that I love my 3 children so very much.

I hate the type of parent I am when tired. I wish I could give my best all of the time.

Every night, I go to bed wanting to wake up the next morning with a huge bucket of strength & patience to deal with my children, & I consistently FAIL

There is alot about me you don't know - the drugs & sex. I can't tell you because I don't want you to think that I made it so you can try it too.

my step daughter gets ON MY NERVES so bad and my husband doesn't pay any attention to her.He gets her every other weekend & I have to keep her.

Mothers-in-law, don't smother your daughters-in-law. Give them the chance to learn to be great wives for your sons. Smothering pushes us away.

My kids full of imperfections. Defiles her diapers. Cries alot. Insomniac. Just praying every day she'll love the Lord with every fiber of her being!!

Your dad had an affair with someone he meet on the internet. That is why we got divorced.

I AM CLUELESS!

We are blessed to have 2 great (&saved) kids and a comfortable life. We just pray that they will both continue to make good decisions and walk w/Him

we're about to have our first and i'm scared that i'll be a bad parent like i had when i was growing. God help me to be seek you in all my decisions

Parenting, by far, has been the most challenging and most rewarding opportunity of my life. Children are a gift and one to be treasured everyday.

I thank God (& I tell my children this) for the chance to be their father. Their mother & I and work hard to be the parents God has allowed us to be.

I never knew how much my mother loved me until I had my daughter, now I get it.

I am a single parent but his dad maliciously tries to hurt me. When he grows up will he realize how much I really try????

It's hard being a single parent when his dad maliciously tries to hurt me. I wonder if my son will understand soon that I love him and do my best.

I have to work but I'd rather be with my kids. God, please help me find a better job so I can be a good Mom. These hours are robbing me and my kids.

I'm so honored to be your Dad. My eyes rim with tears as I write. You are an amazing young man. How I long for more time to spend w/ you & your mom.

I love my step daughter, but I feel like she comes between my husband and I because she always gets her way from him. HELP! my son is my life

I grew up in church- with wonderful Godly parents. I was a wild child in high school. God forgave me and now I'm back in His loving grace!

My children are so forgiving and they reach out for the best mama i can be. I don't always do this for them. i would die for them.

Parenting a prodigal is tough. How do you know when to step in and help and when to let them fall on their face?

I tell you that you can tell me anything but inside I know I will find it hard not to judge you or get mad....I hope that I can handle the truth!

thinking about having a kid soon. everyone's comments make me nervous. i want to do this "right" and raise kids who are wise and love God. it's scary

I love my kids. My son = pride and joy. My daughter is lovable. I wish I could spend more time w/them. Time is precious! Always tell ur kids u lv them

I'm blessed with a great 5 yo son. I'm a divorced mom, but it's for the best. I'm able to be a better mom to him now, especially with God's help.

I made bad choices and am glad that all my children learned from that, (because I was open about the choices I made) and have made much better ones

No one is perfect ("none righteous: no, not one"). As a parent I try to live each moment just as I think Jesus would, but I do fail...but He forgives!

i need to understand that REAL LOVE means to give my kids what they NEED and not what they WANT. ...like God does for me (psalm 103)...

I left their father because of his alcohol and drug abuse. I am struggling to make ends meet after moving them here. I hope they understand someday.

God has raised up my children wonderful in spite of me. I tried hard, but have been unworthy as a minister of the Lord. How proud I am of my girls.

I have the same UNCONDITIONAL love for you that Christ has for His children. I should often remind you and always of let you know how proud I am!

I am a single mother of a son and daughter who are grown and on their own. I wish we had New Spring 20 years ago to have helped us though those years.

I wish I could tell my daughter that her father left us because he didn't love either of us. Instead, I lie and tell her he still loves her.

dads...stop working all that over time. Your kids need you and your wife can not do it alone. She should not have too. Stand up and be a dad!

My in-laws told my husband to leave me.He did. Parents need to stay out of their marriage children's problems. Always pray for your husband.

Please know YOU and faith in Christ can break the cycle of sex addition, alcoholism, etc. Let God be your father! It's God's plan for you to leavehome

Living through the teen years is going to be difficult. I hope my kids listen but I don't think so. I should be more patient with them.

I have twins I love with all of my heart. Many times I lose patience with them. I worry they will grow up with low self-esteem like I did. I need help

Does it really take two hours too clean the kitchen? Do what your told and dont take forever to do it. and please put things back were they belong dag

I feel like there is NEVER enough time and the day. I always feel guilty for pushing my kids away if I want to rest for 10 mins after work :(

Single parenting is so hard. Even with others that "help"...you are always keenly aware that there is no one else who is truly responsible for them.

My kids are the best thing that ever happened to me. I love them.

I love my kids and am glad I have them and if needed I would out my career on hold for them no matter what. Most parents who love their kids would.

People tell us we did a good job raising you. I am so proud of you son. I thank God for you. And, I'm glad I did check out this website.

I pray that God gives me the discernment to find a man that will be a Godly example for my child. Suprisingly enough,at four,she knows the difference.

I am single mother of 3.I brought them out of their fathers life 2yrs ago due to the fact he was beating me Will they ever forgive me not seeing him?

I am scared being a single mother and having to be the spiritual leader of our house. Lord give me the strenghth to lead my girls to You.

I was so proud of you the day you accepted Christ! You are a so beautiful inside and out. I pray that I never forget to tell you that.

Nobody would know I'm a mother addicted to prescription pills. I'm scared to get help. I'm very ashamed. Please pray for me...

I want to be the kind of mom that my daughters want to be like one day. I want to be the best wife and mother...but only with God's help!

i want to be so much like my kids i think i over do it.

I wish I could be more patient with my little son. I'm on my own now and it's really hard. I yell at him too much and he doesn't deserve that.

After 4 years of disrespect, our daughter stopped. She confessed, "I only mistreated you. I knew it was safe. You would still love me." She was right!

My husbands parents never showed him love. I am glad he shows our daughter the love he never got . I glad she won't have to go through what he did.

I tryed to be their friend instead of a parent! Now only one of them goes to church.The other has premarital sex and drinks and I'm worried about her.

I have hit,slapped and pushed my kids when I was angry.I would be upset about not having money to pay the bills and take it out on them.

I love being a parent and I love my children. I dont care how big of a mistake they make. Focus on the positive instead of focusing on negativity.

the Bible says you can spank a child"spare the rod spoil the child".i think thats the worlds problem now with kids,we arent "allowed" to spank

Novel approach to parenting; A married man & woman, 1 home, 1 job, living within their means. The house, cars, othr crap come 2nd 2 parenting.

To many young people today do not show any respect for their elders. They are raised to not trust anyone, and are yelled at constantly. MAKE them mind

We as parents, need to love our children, and let them be responsible for their own actions. If you raised them right they will grow up right.

Should we spank? What does the bible say? I am tired of arguing with my husband. Please help. I love my children and we want to the best thing.

Single, but not because we want to be. You never know who you are married to.

I cringe when my step son comes over too. What does that mean?

Single parents need a support group, as seen in this column. I would love to talk to others!

I am a single mom of two boys. I hope I am raising them the right way. They are my whole world. Dad is in Rv, hasn't seen them in 1 year.

sometimes i feel my kids are the only ones who care

My 16 yr old daughter always says she hates me and her 10 yr old sister. I stand on God's Word that my children are a blessing. Parents do the same!!

i have tried to treat my girls as people instead of be seen and not heard.That their opinions count. They now are 8 & 6 and do not respect me at all.

I wish I would have worked less, taken more family vacations, watched less tv and spent more time with my kids when they were young!

There's nothing that my children can do that would change my love for them. Having/loving children helps me better understand God's love for us.

I wish that my children's father and his "trophy wife" would realize your sins do affect your children

When this series first started, I posted a confession on how I dont love my husband. Someone must be praying for us. Things are already getting better

Help me God, not to yell so much to get their attention!!!

If get angry at my 8 yr old son he sometimes comments "I should just kill myself". I dont want him to think because Im mad I don't love him. God help

I have 2 beautiful daughters who are a blessing to their father and I. Keep your kids in church and show Gods love in your home . Love you kids.

parents, remember....sticks and stones can break their bones....but words can break their hearts

You are not born yet, but I hope you see the face of Jesus in you mom and I!

I am terrified that my husband is not the best role model for our boys. I struggle constantly trying to raise boys to be REAL men, and NOT like him.

I yell way too much at my children. I feel horrible about myself afterwards, but I still do it. My mom yelled alot and I hated it.

I DONT SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH YOU LIKE I SHOULD AND I DONT KNOW WHY. I WISH I WAS AS CLOSE TO YOU AS I AM W/ MOM BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. IM SORRY!!!

I am afraid that I won't live to see my children grow up. I have an eating disorder. I grew up a pastors child and always had to appear perfect...

I'm so scared about becoming a parent, so scared..I'm young, but love my gf so much...I don't know what to do...please please pray, please.

yes, we do not like the silent treatment...talk to us!

I'm single parent. Hate 2 make excuses about that. Either we are single parent or not, Have to be a good one(tryin' 2 b) It's so hard. But it's true.

There seem to be so many single parents....we need to somehow be able to come together....work together....share together and to support each other!

I never realized that the way I spoke to my husband really affected my son. He said that was the one thing we could do better as parents. Im ashamed

I am stuck between trying to provide for my family and finding enough time off to spend with them. My spouse won't work and I am the only income.

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS MY KIDS MIGHT BE SEXUALLY ABUSED LIKE I WAS WHEN I WAS A CHILD. IT SENT ME INTO A LIFE OF PORN ADDITION AND DEPRESSION. GOD FORBID

i cringe when my step son comes around. i often feel that my spouse and i would have more peace and a better relationship if he wasn't in the picture.

My daughter is disabled...kids pick on her or just ignore her...I tell her to ignore it, be strong...but inside I'm sick...I want to scream and cry!!!

I want badly 4 my children 2 love Jesus/have the desire 2 share Him. A bad church split made them wary. That church failed in order 2 show control

scared for my child to grow up in this world full of scary bad things

Sometimes I put housework, yardword, church, & others in front of my daughter. It bothers me.

i thank God that my daughter's father & his family doesn't have anything to do with her. --they have lots problems-- is that wrong?

I ran from God and from my parents for two years. Now as a parent I understand why you never gave up. Thanks for always loving me and sticking by me

AM THE MOTHER OF AN 8 YR, WITH STEPS. THE COMMENTS BY THE KIDS DISTURB ME, I KNOW THAT I NEED GUIDANCE WITH MY PARENTING. I LOVE MY GIRL MUCH!!

i know my child is a blessing, but sometimes i have a hard time understanding that because he was conceived in sin...??? how can i make things right?

i've made all 3 mistakes with my son and God has broken my heart. i hope he will continue to break me until i am the mom he has called me to be.

I sometimes go through my childs things to try to keep tabs on him and never find anything but i do it any way. I am proud of him and love him.

I'm trying so hard to not be the kind of mom that I had. I want my girls to know that I love them even when they mess up. They don't have to B perfect

I have 2 great kids and a wonderful wife, so very blessed. Why can I not let go of the drinking....

I committed many sins other parents confessed on this site. I am a new creation in Christ. He can heal our lives if we trust. All things are possible.

I want God to get in my stuff during this series and convict me on areas I need to change.

I want to be the best father and step father. I need patience in all aspects of blending a family after re-marriage. God, PLEASE show me the way!!!!

My grown son is my whole world. I am his biggest fan. We sometimes clash because we are to very strong personalities. I get hurt feelings and shy away

Some of the kids comments really touch my heart and soul. As I read them, many tears come out of my eyes. Jesus loves each of you just as you are.

im a single teenage mom still at home. everyone thinks my mom raises my child-SHE DOESNT-i work n go 2 school n provide 4 my chld...it really hurts.

I've made so many mistakes and said things I wish I could take back. But my daughter loves me anyway. She knows I can't be perfect, even with Jesus.

Growing up with an abusive father I’m scared that I might do the same thing to my kids. Please God help me be a good parent.

Lord, help me be the parent you want me to be, not the parent that I think I am.

I don't enjoy parenting b/c my husband & I don't agree on discipline. At 45, he is my 2nd child! Together, we have an 8 yr old son.

parenting is so hard. you feel pulled in so many different directions at the same time. i love my children but can never seem to do enough.

I was my daughters mother, not her best friend. This is what is wrong with all lot of parent relationships today. She is a happy married 28 yr old.

How do I get to the point that I can quit my job and stay home w/ my 2 kids? I do not want to regret missing out just b/c I "have" to work.

When our 16 year old told us she would rather be a prostitute than live in our house, I though I would die. God brought us thru. NEVER GIVE UP!

How can you love someone so much but be so annoyed at the same time? I want space but I want love. I want time to my self but I want to play all day!

stop fighting with me. i hate what this has become. i want my son back.

Kids, the gift that keeps on taking

My teenagers show no respect and call me the 'B' Word One says he's an atheist, the other stays in trouble.Please pray for us

I HAVE 2 KIDS,GIRL 17 & BOY4. I WAS DIAGNOSED W/THYROID CANCER WHILE PREG/ W SON,SINGLE PARENT 2X. MARRIAGE BAD BUT THINGS REALLY HAPPEN FOR A REASON.

God, please help me to remember what is important in life. Help me see my wife & kids through your eyes so I can be a better father & husband, Amen

I wish that my children could understand that the reason they have bounderies is b/c I love them and want to keep them safe. They're so naive.

I never knew how absolutely terrifying being a parent would be in this world of kidnappers, molesters, and just evil people.

I am so scared that Something will happen to my girls. I want to keep them safe, happy, and healthy and I worry that sometimes I don't do my best.

I feel guilty b/c I don't often take the time to enjoy my kids. I find myself putting them off to do household chores, when I should stop & play.

My son is 16. He reads his bible each morning and has quiet time with Jesus. I LOVE to watched his faith in GOD continue to grow. Thank you NewSpring.

i will soon marry a super step mom for my kids I pray to god my ex will chose a different step dad for my kids, the man she has now is not super

It's no wonder some animal species eat their young!!!!

I'm a single mom & most days I hate being a parent. Is it possible to love your kids but hate being a parent? My pree-teen daugher drives me nuts.

I judged my parents growing up on things they had or had not done correctly. Now the roles are reversed and I see what my parents were looking at.

I'm a weird dad and my hopes are that my kids grow up, rebel against me, and turn out normal...

How I as a Christ follower should teach my boys about abstinence? Others I know tell their boys as long as they are safe. I pray now but what more?

The comments from kids on the left scares me to death 4 my own. I pray that God will help me b a mom that will instill confidence & selfesteem 4 mine

what do you do when your child associates loving them with buying them things---DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN MATERIAL THINGS; WE DO LOVE U! MORE THAN U KNOW

I notice a lot of parents are talking about their children and everyone else, but they are not willing to look in the mirror to find the real problem.

I allowed my drinking to get in the way of my relationship with my daughter--I was on auto-pilot for 5 years.

Sometimes I feel like I am messing up your life or just not a good enough mom. I don't want you to hate me when you are older.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and feel like I have to choose between spending quality time with my son or cleaning the house and doing laundry.

I thought my kids would never grow up, and now I have grandkids. There is hope after all! You actually get to see some pay back! Grandkids are cool

my kids are my greatest treasure, my reason for getting up, and for going home.
my kids are my greatest pain. my reason for crying, and for drinking.

If I had it all to do again I would be less understanding, stricter, and do less for you. Y'all took it all for granted. It breaks our hearts.

My methods are not perfect and I hope you understand that I do everything, because I love you, and nothing could ever change.

I feel so lonley. I live in a household with my husband, three kids, and a dog----but i may as well live all alone. I'm maid, driver, and cook.

Remarried 2 kids and 1 stepdaughter 1 child with new hubby now he treats my daughter badly all we do is fuss and fight he even has porn on comp

I am sitting here CRYING over all the kids that need parents that love them or help. Please find someone safe to talk to!!!!!!!!

I wish we had the time to do over when our daughter was born She's not lived with us for 4 years Lord help us to make things right with her

Our daughter is in a very expensive sport, and everyone else in our family has to make sacrifices for her. She is so ungrateful and unappreciative.

my dad taught us to look into a child eyes and that is as close to heaven on earth as you will see.this is so true.

I grew up without close relationship with my parents. I didn't want be like that, but now I am being the one. I feel I'm losing my kids. What do I do.

TODAY I CRIED BUT I ALSO LEARNED. i AM A STAY AT HOME MOM BUT I WAS STILL IGNORING MY CHILD SO I COULD WATCH A SHOW OR KEEP MY HOUSE SPOTLESSIWOKE UP

My 13 yr old daughter tells me I'm OCD, but her room is always flithy & I am sick of begging her to clean it up. Please send help right away!

God sent me a man that loves and adores my kids, but he is hard on them. How can I mediate without hurting either party?

I am afraid of dying and my children being left without a mother. No one could ever love them like I do.

I am afraid of the day when my girls leave home. I secretly cry about it. What will I do with my life? Parenting is all I know and love

Am I being selfish to put my dream of a college degree in the mix of raising a family?

I absolutely LOVED being a mother until my kids reached their teenage years! I HATE it now! Who ever knew it was so hard to be a parent?

My worst fear is for my daughters to make the same choices I made growing up.

My youngest daughter told me that her older sister allowed a boy to do things to her while at the movies. I raised her better than that!

My oldest daughter, who is 13, is becoming someone I hate! She is growing up to fast and I don't know how to stop it!!!

Thank you God for my 14 yo daughter who respects herself & for my 8 year old that isn't to old for my kiss Being a teen mom wasn't easy but im blessed

Can we overcome the fear of not having water, heat? Or do we get on with the fear and hope someone helps get heat and water.For the children first!

My life is a LIE, I am a mother of 2 going to school and not able to work(earn Money)-You see the happy face/ we have NO Water or Heat -WE Need Hope!!

Do you know your husband is sleeping with one of your girlfriends? I want to tell you but I am scared!! ..It's up under your nose and you are clueless

you don't understand that the sacrifices and my going to school is to benefit us all so that we as a FAMILY of 3 can be and do God's Plan

I met you and tried so hard Not to FALL in LOVE with you but the "Gig" is up - I do love you for giving me a hope,encouragemt and unconditional love!

My prayer for you is that you will follow Gods will for your lives and forgive your dad and I for our imperfections.

My daughter dislikes my husband (her step dad) very much, I feel like I am torn between the 2 of them. I love them both very much!

Lately, I have allowed my job to interfere with my home life. I haven't been there for my kids, and it seems that everything at home is falling apart

There is nothing in this world that you could ever do to make me stop loving you. I love you; I am proud of you; and I will be here for you - always.

Living with step-children is a constant struggle. You have to be there for them while at the same time you have to leave them alone.

i worry about my oldest son at college who is shy and lonely. i which God would send him a friend.

"Lord, please watch over my children, while they are away from me." My daily prayer for school, daycare, & extra curr. activities. I love U, Mama

Thank you mom and dad for loving each other, loving me, and most importantly loving God.

How can I teach my daughter to believe and love herself when I can't even do the same?

How do i keep my kids away from drugs w/out keeping them away from their grandparents who use and talk about it? how long before they offer them some?

I'm a parent and a teacher and to be honest, some kids are just spoiled! How do you know where the line between loving them and spoiling them is?

I am so sad that my 21 y/o son hates church -- my 15 y/o loves it -- how can I get it across that it's important?

I wish my teenage daughter were not so stubborn and would obey us more. She makes our life so miserable sometimes!

I fear that my children will not follow God as they get older. That they will turn their back on what they have been taught.

I wish our kids could understand we make mistakes too and we need forgivness just as they do. And most importantly we need to choose our battles.

im a single mom and do not want my daughter to go through things i went through. she is angry and i do not no how to fix it.

I know that the most uncomfortable moments I've experienced in this church will be during this series. I have made so many mistakes with my children.

I am worried if I should die, my husband can't raise my kids the way I have and make sure God is ALWAYS first in their lives too.

How do you deal with your 13 yr old son looking at porn? We thought we were doing everything to protect him from that! I will not cm dwn off the wall

Jesus blessed my son with a wonderful step dad! My sons name Dawson means Son of David in Hebrew. David is my Husbands name. GOD IS AWESOME!

My Husband feels I put the kids before him.I don't see it but he feels it and its causing LOTS of problems.How do I show him differently?

I feel like my husband is too hard on our boys and I go againest him alot.How do my kids pick up on that so well.

My husband and I are going to start "trying" soon.... Its just hard to believe we will be mom and dad.... and scary...

I'm a 24 year old mother of a 7 year old boy. I pray that God gives me wisdom to raise him right. The older he gets the more clueless I become.

I use to not know what kind of mother I would be, now I know that it my calling from god. I just hope that he teaches me to be more patient.

I AM A SINGLE MOTHER. I HATE MYSELF FOR INTRODUCING MY KIDS TO MEN THAT I THINK ARE MR RIGHT AND PROVE TO BE MR NOT SO RIGHT.

I did not stop and cherish the little moments of being a mother. I got so caught up in the everyday rush. Tthey grow up so fast! Cherish every day

Sometimes I get so frustrated, I just want to get in the car and drive and drive and drive...

i caught my son with another boy. how do i handle this? i never thought this would happen in MY family.

My greatest fear as a parent is that my daughter will not have or want the relationship I have with God.

My kids are brilliant and beautiful girls! They have so much potential and what they do now decides how they live the rest of their lives.SCARY huh!

I love my kids. But I don't always LIKE them! Teenagers....enough said.

single mom of 3.want them 2 know they can make any dream come true yet i cant make my dream come true . how do get them to accomplish that when i cant

My biggest fear for my daugher is that she'll stuggle, like I did, to find who she in in God and turn to boys and men to fill that void instead.

College is not only an adjustment for you, it is also an adjustment for us. When we call or email you, we aren't checking up on you. We just miss you.

Parents are people too and we make mistakes!!! Above all we love you all.

As parents we would never intentionally do anything to hurt our kids. We aren't trying to ruin your life, but keep you from harm.

I wish our kids could understand that our guidance is not interference, but our attempt to keep them from harm's way!

The things I get most upset with my son for are the things I see in him that I don't like in myself.

Ask. Listen. Love. Pray. Smile. You know, all of the things our Heavenly Dad does with us. Parenting is the greatest adventure in the world - do it!

My daughter was not planned and I almost had an abortion. Now, I thank God every day for that NOT happening. She is such a blessing to me!

I am so blessed to have Godly spouses for both of my adult children. Thank you God for this great provision!

I have an 8 & 6 year old that are already wanting to know about boys and sex! How do I approach that?

I am worried that my kids will get so comfortable with "religion" that they will miss having a relationship with the Living God of the universe.

I tried so hard to keep my son from drugs and addiction, never thinking he would learn it from his mom's family! How can I protect him from them?

Three kids, good husband, 35 year affair.Husband died. His wife died. Now he is putting off marriage for us due to his kids finding out! Go figure!

The biggest fear I have is raising a girl in a world where women are objectified by men. I wonder how I will teach her and how she will respond.

Kids don't come with a "how-to" manual. I'm sorry. I made mistakes in your upbringing.

After getting a body piercing, my son said I would hate him. I said, there's nothing on this earth that will make me hate you. I will always love u.

I have never been so exasperated, frustrated and agitated towards someone that I love so much. It's easier to see why bad things happen.

There seems to be constant tension between me and my 14 year old son. Are all 14 year olds like this? We were so close when he was little.

Sometimes I yell and scream and get angry with my kids. Afterwards, I always feel so bad, but I am afraid that they aren't going to love me.

I am terrified that my kids aren't going to love me when they get older because of the mistakes I seem to make with them daily.

I wish I had known that I needed to reserve some energy for myself and not used all of it up chasing after my children. Maybe I would not be so tired

I will always be honest to my children about my past,I've made mistakes they can learn from.I'll never pretend to be something I'm not nor would I expect you to.I love your father and truly respect him for being a christ filled husband and dad.we'll make many mistakes over these years of raising you 3 but we'll always teach you to put GOD first.Support for you guys are why were here.we love you all dearly!love mom

My daughter just got engaged to the young man I prayed for since her birth! God is so good! Never stop praying for your childrens future!

I think I'm jealous of my fiance's 4 year old daughter.

My boys don't respect me like they do their Papa. And I spend most of my time around them and doing for them. I don't understand why?

I found out that I am pregnant! Im scared to death! How do you raise a Godly child? And what if they stray? God help me I am scared to death!

Why can't siblings get along hang with each other?

Teens are alot harder to deal with than little kids. Can we go back and try again?

I have two children and I have recently divorced. I'm praying that my children's lives aren't RUINED because of this.

How do you help a loveable young man deal with his raging hormones and rebellion? I love him just not his actions!

Sometimes I give my oldest son money just to get him to leave the house. My other kids wish we were on "Survivor" so he could be voted off the island

I sometime feel like I have failed my two adult children. They don't come around or call like they use to.

I wish I had known what scripture to read to my daughter when she came to me and told me she wanted to accept Christ in her life.

Why did my 4 year old son have to pray for this in order for me to wake up and understand the pain..."Lord, please make my mom and dad stop arguing"

I wish I could get over the divorce and the pain I see that it has caused the innocent ones in my life....I fear that I WILL NEVER TRUST OR LOVE AGAIN

Raising children is the hardest job in the world! They test your patience, your religion and your vocabulary but I still love her dearly!

I have no idea, most of the time, how to mold my kids so that they WANT to be what God says they should be. I am indeed clueless very often.

You tell me you want me then you tell me you don't . We got to make it better for these kids. We have to have trust and I dont trust you.pray for me!

Our daughter is an inspiration to us. She probably does not know it because we do not tell her enough! She is pretty close to the perfect daughter!

My daughter is only 3 and sometimes I'm afraid that I lose my temper too often.

I feel unappreciated, bt have accepted tht is prt of my role as a mom. Is that right or wrong? I know I didn't appreciate my parents until I was one.

Our son has ADD and it is very hard to love him at times. He is a very sweet kid but he can do some stuff that drives us CRAZY at times! PRAY 4 us!

I am so afraid everyday of messing up as a parent. It is so hard to be GODLY. I want to be the best example I can be, I mess up everyday. God help me

I love my kids and wish that things could be different I didnt have the affair to hurt you I had the affair because I was hurting. I love you both.

The family court granted primary custody to my son's father because of many lies. This has been a huge hardship on my son and me. My faith is fading.

i sometimes wonder what life would be like with the baby I miscarried.

Being a parent is hard. I am so selfish and at times don't want to be bothered by my child. I asked God to change my heart. It's working!@

I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL BOYS FROM A DRUNK. WHO THINKS HE DESERVES FATHER OF THE YEAR. I SOON TWO MORE FROM A GREAT DAD WHO JUST WANTS THE BEST FOR HIS,

I LOVE YOU ALL MORE THAN THE STARS IN THE HEAVEN.I THANK GOD FOR YOU DAILY. TO MY ANGELS, ERICA,NICKOLAS,HUNTER AND BRADY..YOU MAKE LIFE WORTH WHILE...

I DO NOT WANT TO BE LIKE MY MOTHER, BUT SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF SAYIND AND DOING THE SAME THINGS. I PRAY GOD MAKES ME A BETTER MOTHER.I LOVE YOU BOYS.

I LOVE MY FOUR CHILDREN BUT I SOMETIMES YELL AT THEM AND THEN I FEEL SO GUILTY, I WISH I HAD MORE ONE ON ONE TIME TO SHOW THEM THAT I LOVE THEM.

U don't have to be jealous of me, I luv you and your dad. I want to be close to u, the best for u, happy for u. LET ME IN. Stop fighting against me..

I love you like my own. I want to see you happy and healthy and following God. It's not easy being a step parent or a step child, but u have my heart

I never knew what u would mean to me, u bring such great joy. No matter how tired or frustrated I am, when I see ur sweet face I melt-Thank You God...

The hardest thing for me is raising a son with my husband who is not his real dad. The fights are continuous. How can this ever get better, I give up.

I feel helpless when it comes to my teenage boy. He has zero respect for me and I just know there are things I could help him with if he would let me.

I wish i could stay home and be the mother that you need and the mother i want to be.

I am not your friend yet.. I am your mother. When you become a mother I will be your friend, you will need one!

GOD HAS ENTRUSTED ME TO BE YOUR MOM.YOURE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS BUT ONLY 1 MOM AND BEING YOUR PARENT IS MY 1ST PRIORITY!!

How much do I tell when you when you ask about my past my mom was 2 open w/ me it didnt stop me from doing the same things I don't want that for you!

I have 2 beautiful daughters and that scares me to death when it's time for them to date!

Do you ever find yourself having to leave a resturant because your two year old is having a tantrum and everyone around you wants to move.HELP!

Do you ever find yourself so frustrated at your kids that you ahve to walk outside for a minute because you are afraid of what you might do or say?

I've been a parent to my children for over a decade and a parent to my parents for a lifetime.I'm just now learning to create healthy,Godly boundries.

I love my girls with all my heart.I hope I have not messed up their life becasue of my insecurities.I wish I could be a better Mother.l love you girls

My 6 yearold son doesn't get the attention he needs, but he is spoiled. Confused? Me too! It's all his father's fault! J/K

How can I be a Christian when I am so Sad, Lonely and Scared? I put on the happy face everyday and deep down I wish I didn't exist.Do you care?

I am divorced, with children, going to school and I am exhausted and fear that I want succeed and I need to for the sake of my children.I NEED GOD!

Though I love you with ALL my heart, I don't ALWAYS like you. I feel clueless about how to best mold you into someone that I can love AND like.

truly doesn't love me the way you meant for a woman to be loved . God Help Me

... God please don't allow my son to be that man or my daughter to settle for that. ... I feel like I have taken the pen back and the guy that I date

I gave God the pen to my life 8 years ago when I sat in a court room awaiting freedom for a divorce because you raped me and yet I still feel so dirty

I'm sorry I don't listen as much as I should. I do love you both and you both matter more than you will ever know. I will become a better listener!Dad

I am scared to raise you alone. I don't want you to make the same mistakes that I made.

I feel like my dog loves me more than my family does. She wants nothing from me, unlike everyone else who just wants me to be their taxi driver.

I feel like I am never happy with my family. I just want them to mind and do what I tell them, then I wouldn't have to yell all the time.

My kids don't care about my VP title at work - how big a house we live in - how much $ I make --- they only care if I spend time with them

I was a teenage mom, now that the two of you are 17, and 20, all I pray for are the husband and wife God meant for you two to have.

My 3 year old is going through insomnia.She wants me to lay with her to go to sleep, and then she wakes up about 3 hours later - 3 weeks now.I'm tired

here I stand helplessly willing and waiting for your love its so hard to wait but I will God give me wisdom and strength and the courage to stand stil

My husband left our family this weekend. I wonder if it was because I was busy being a mom and not being a wife. I feel guilty.

I wish my husband knew just how hard it is to raise children with a partner that acts like a child himself.

girl I love you so much you are my pride and joy. I am sorry for yelling so much. I wish you would just listen to me and obey. I will try to do better

I pray that I will be a more patient mother, it is just hard when everything is left up to me.

I do not like playing with my son, all I want to do is house work.

I have 2 children and every moment that I spend with them is my bliss. I cry knowing the time is coming when they will be grown on gone.

I want to be a good stepdad but you wont let me in

GOD help me to be more like you cause one day THEY may want to be like ME

I am a single mother of a 6 year old who's father is a drug addict. I fear of having to fight that battle again with my son and it terrifies me daily.

I know I am not your real dad and I am so sorry you don't know I love you. I tell you all the time but you push me away. Tell me what to do i'm lost

Never underestimate the importance of being a good listener with your kids. I pray for God's help to stay my voice, until I understand them fully.

Someone once told me that when your children are little, they walk on your feet and when they are older, they walk on your heart. Its true!

I'll be a terrible mom because I laugh when little kids swear and say mean things.

I was 19 when I ended a pregnancy. I thought my parents would kill me! Later in life, I was never able to conceive. I cry for that child every day.

I recently had to talk to my son about finding pornography on the computer - the conversation was so hard in part because of my struggles in the past.

I worry and pray for you and your brother daily. I love you both with all of my heart and pray that you will make wise decisions regarding your life.

I try hard to talk to my 14 yr old son and help him with school etc. He appears to want nothing from me. I have little patience & my anger grows.

I have wonderful kids. God fearing and mistake making. It is important to give kids some rope but remember to never lose when playing tug of war!

I would have been a much better parent if I had grandchildren first. funny and sad Now I'm reading "love Languages" and trying to pay attention

I got married because I was pregnant. I wonder if our child will be able to tell that I dont love my husband.

My biggest fear in life is my child becoming an adult, sitting in a psychiatrist's office and them saying, "So....tell me about your mother." LOL!

I'm a single mom. My son is 6 years old...and very angry. It scares me because I don't know what he'll be like when he's 12..then 18. I feel hopeless.

I try so hard with my daughter to show my love. But she tears me down every time. It is hard to keep trying sometimes. I have given her up to God.

My prayer every night is that my child will not make the same mistakes that I made.

I allowed a woman to abort a child she said was mine. At the time it was the easiest way out for everyone, but the unborn child. I am shamed by this

I was so stupid.I verbally abused my children in the name of love I thought.I pray they don't pass it down. U can't take it back. Think before U speak

Sometimes I feel like my life is over since I had my two-month-old baby.

I am a step-parent and I am scared about raising kids in a blended family . God, help me raise kids to see you through me.

I feel sorry for the 2nd child and so on, because most of the bad decisions or mistakes were made with the 1st one.

it is so amazing that God is trusting me and my husband to raise 3 of his angel they could only be a gift from him

I feel so guilty for not being the perfect God-fearing woman while my children were growing up. I hope they can learn to trust God.

I wish my husband would help discipline our 2 kids. I am always the bad guy and I feel like I am the only one that makes them mind. Please help me.

i have a hard time punishing my children, although they are only 2 & 1 i find it hard to spank them when they disobey my rules

How did you get to be so dishonest? All your lying and stealing. We can't trust you at all. I have told you how important it is be a trust worthy.

I wish my step daughter could see Ilove her just as much as I do her dad & my son I wish she didn't hate me b/c of her mom.

I feel as though I have failed you. Your mom left me and now I feel I can not do enough for you. I pray for you every day, and pray that you are safe.

I feel I have failed as a parent. Both of my children have been taken from me because I chose drugs over them. God, please forgive me.

''It is a shame to gain the whole world, and lose your FAMILY!" John Maxwell. As a father, I would like to show more emotion with my kids.

I hate the look on my child's face when I'm about to spank him. He looks terrified and that terrifies me. I need to pray for God's wisdom to raise you

the husband should be the spiritual leader of the home.....if he doesn't do it then the wife must do it for the sake of the children.

tell your children you love them daily and more important show them......by listening to what they are saying.

I always feel like someone will figure out I'm unqualified to have this 'parenting' job. This has got to be a mistake!

I wish I had more patience with my kids and didn't "sweat the small stuff" so much.

Do you hate me for leaving your Dad? or do you know how bad it was?

I love you, but I don't like you very much when you get home from being with your dad, you don't listen to me, and you yell at me like he did!

I am sorry that your father and I fought infront of you..I'm scared you hate me for me for leaving him, I hope you never know how bad it really was.

How do you let go...they are gone to college and you still want to control them..how do you put it completely in God's hand and trust him with THEM

I have thwarted your growth by being your friend instead of your parent. Discipline is tough, but without it you may stray into dangerous territory.

I have learned more about life from both of you than anything I ever taught either of you. You are living proof that God works in incredible ways.

I have learned that love covers a multitude of my mistakes.

I look at my child,and I wonder if I was that way when I was younger. And then I find out that I was that way a few a years ago before he was born.

Why cant you see I want better things for you. Im not cold-hearted. I was let to do my own thing and i KNOW where it got me. Your sis is watching you!

I did some really stupid things as a teenager. As a mother to two daughters I DO NOT want them to do the same. I was not a Christian then. Now I am.

I love you so much it hurts some times. you are still so young and need so much guidance but i don't know how to give it to you. I feel like every attempt at correcting you is wrong and like nothing I try works, and when you act up in public I am so embarased and feel like a failure as a parent. I know that for you to grow up to be a man of integrity and a man of God that i have to show you the way.

I lose my temper with my kids way too much. Why can't I get a grip on it? I dont know what's wrong with me lately. I love my kids more than life! I would do anything for them. I am terrified that Im not setting a good example for them. I want them to see Jesus when they look at me, but do they?

Don't get into a situation like me and have to settle

I have teenagers with raging hormones and rebellious attitudes. I never realized how much I could love someone and dislike them (or their actions I should say) at the same time.

In parenting I've learned that you take the test THEN learn the lesson.

I have a bad habit of talking bad about my ex (my son's father) in front of him.

I am afraid of what kids these days are learning from people my age that are clueless about parenting. I don't want my daughter to learn some of the things I see other parents teaching by example.

I do have to admit...phrases that I said I would never say to my child because I heard them all of the time...I say. I open my mouth, and I hear my mom or dad fall out with shaky, pointy finger saying, "I told you so!"

I don't want my kids to fell about me the way i feel about my dad. I want to be their best pal now and have that same relationship when they're in their 20's and beyond.

I am constantly wondering am I doing this right? I am scared to death I may screw up a human life due to my stupidity.

I worry that my son will die before I do.

I am scared to death of being responsible for ensuring that you learn right from wrong. I feel so alone teaching these things to you because your father won't help.

My children are 18 and 19. I have only been a Christian for 2 years. We all make mistakes in raising our children, but I feel as if I made some really big ones now that I have read the bible. My children were not raised in a Christian home and I didn't discipline them or direct them in the right ways. I hope my children are not lost because I was lost.

My daughter is the coolest person I know. She's 5 months old.

I'm a Dad and I hate being the one one who always has to disipline in my household. But if my children grow up to be responsible adults, I will accept it as my job knowing that when they get older, they will realize that I disiplined out of love for them.

As a parent I am so SCARED to let my child grow up and the fears of him not accepting christ haunt me....!!!!

My child seems too good to be true. Does she keep big secrets from me? Should I trust her as much as I do? Sometimes I am not sure if I can really read her. Is her MY Space, a (little) window into who she really is . Should I be suspicious? She seems OK.

Please God don't let her be like me! I made some stupid mistakes and some bad choices before I found Jesus. I worry all the time about her. Her father did not want a child and made my life a nightmare. One day when I couldn't take the abuse anymore I left with her and nothing else. My sweet innocent daughter has had to watch for so many years how he is still paying me back. I question God all the time as to how I could have such a wonderful daughter with someone like him? I feel as if I failed her somehow. The older she gets the more abusive he is. I should have never allowed him in her life. I pray every day that God will protect her and not ever let her seek out a man like him. He has so many people fooled.

I love you so much already but I am so scared of becoming a mom.

you turned your back on me when i needed you most... during the divorce. you chose your mom... even though nobody asked you to choose. you said really bad things to me and blamed me for every thing that went wrong in your life. you made a tough time even tougher. even now, you are still blaming me. you are just like your mother, and guess what... i left her. so what if i spend time with my new family who loves and supports me. i see the love and respect in their eyes when i walk into the room. i hear the excitement in their voices when we do things together. i know they love me, they don't have to say it... but they do anyway. who would you choose to spend your time with. thought so!

I thought i was a good kid growing up but to look back I pray you don't follow in my footsteps.

My biggest struggle when it comes to parenting is pleasing my kids. I love them all equally- but am constantly told that this isn't the case. I don't know what else to do besides tell you this is true. I work a lot, and we are so busy- that spending individual time with kids has become almost non existant for any of you.

My parents were cruel and harsh to me growing up. They were that way to all my siblings. I vowed to NEVER be like my parents and have my kids go through what I went through. BUT...I went too far in the opposite direction and I have let my kids run all over me. Help me Lord to get the respect back and teach my kids right.

IS SHE KEEPING SECERTS?

I sometimes wonder what she is NOT sharing with me. She won't really open up with me on a deep personal level.

I promised myself as a child that I wouldn't yell or be impatient like my father was. I don't want you to walk on eggshells around me. So when I wind up yelling, I hate myself for it. I don't want you to ever feel like you have to measure up to certain standard for me to love you. I love you no matter what.

I worry about raising our daughter to love and serve Jesus, when my husband isn't 100 percent in the game. It's not a priority for him to go to church, read the bible, and outwardly express his feelings about God. I feel the burden of teaching her about Jesus, without my Husband's support. He is saved, attends church, and is even in home groups, but I know if it were not for me asking him to do these things, he probably wouldn't. I worry about our daughter, and what a mixed message we send her. What can I do?

I just hope I am doing a good job raising my kids. I did not plan on doing this alone and sometimes I feel I don't have enough time alone with each of my children.

I am so scared of you both growing up in this cruel world . Things are so different than when me and your Dad was young. Please keep God near!!

As a single parent I agonize over dividing my time between my full-time job, my two girls and my housework. It is a juggling act that I have never really come to grips with. I can't get everything done. I know that my girls will grow up and I don't want to miss that moment in time called childhood. I know we can never get that time back! I feel a lot of guilt and grief because I never feel like I'm doing "enough".

I wish I could understand the bible a lot more than I do so that when my children ask me questions I can answer them. I am tired of being a mother and a father to my children when they have a father. I wish my parents told me that they loved me when I was little. I don't want to yell at my kids any more.

It's been a year, but I still resent my ex husband for abandoning me and our daughter for another woman. Because of this, I have alot of anger in my heart. I want to give my daughter the best life I possibly can and teach her about the love of Jesus Christ, but sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with everything!

Parenting is so HARD!! There re good days and there are definitely bad ones. I hate it when you don't listen and it seems my only way to get your attention is to yell. I try so hard yet feel I get no where.I love you 3 with all my heart but you sure know which buttons to push. I am so tired of all the bickering.

I am not perfect. I make mistakes. I am learning as I go but I love all of you and will do my best to guide you and protect you. I love that we are learning about Jesus together and pray it will bring us closer together as a family. My heart is full.

i hit my kids to make me feel better knowing i control human life

I grew up with a great Mom and Dad who always listened to me. Now that I have 2 girls f my own, I feel like all I do is yell at them. Why do I do this? I am soo stressed all the time. I feel horrible when I yell at them. What is wrong with me? Sometimes I think I'm a horrible Mom. Jesus, help me please!

There are some days (most days) when I feel as if my daughter and I don't even love each other. We can never seem to connect and I feel as though I have so much resentment towards her and her relationship with my husband. I hate that we are not close, and I verbally treat her badly at times. I need this series so badly.

I lied when I said there wasn't a toy in your Burger King Kid's Meal. There was a toy. But it was Homer Simpson, and I wanted him all for myself!

You don't always get what you want. You can cry but it's my job as a parent to decide whats best for you, not because I enjoy punishing you (it breaks my heart) but because I want whats best for you.

You are only 24 weeks old and already I worry about you. You are my first child, and I am scared to death of messing everything up as a parent. I love you so much, and I haven't even met you yet.

All I want is for you to know Jesus...and live a life that isn't marred by bad decisions...I always think about the time I heard, "Parents, you can't run from Jesus and expect your children to follow Him."

Sometimes I think of how my life would be different without you - and I am jealous of that life of "freedom". I hate myself for these feelings and pray for God to take them away - forever! I am sorry.

My son learned to be sarcastic from me. That scares me.

I look back on times when you were 3 & 4 and it was a dark time for me....I wasn't a good parent. I wasn't patient and I was sometimes mean to you and said things I regret so so much. I look at you now and wonder if the pain is still in you somewhere.....I imagine the look on your face when I was yelling at you and I cry. I love you so much. I'm sorry....I'm trying to make up for it all now that I turn to Jesus for my strength.

I feel responsible for your being behind in school because I stay so busy with work, volunteering, etc., but don't know how to slow down.

My dad is my hero and did such a great job raising me that I sometimes become fearful that I won't be able to do the same for my boys

My intentions are good, I think. When I found out I was pregnant, I didn't want to have a baby. In fact, I had planned on never having kids...wasn't something I ever wanted. Not that I don't love my son, but sometimes I wish I could change things. It's hard. I wany my son to grow up to be a respectful, polite, strong Christian man. But I don't know what I am doing...sometimes I wish I didn't have to do it. Sometimes I just want a break. But my son is smart and handsome and I know that God has a plan for us.

I failed you. I gave up on myself and you almost lost me forever. I am trying to pull my self-esteem out of this low funk, but it is hard without being able to be with you more. I messed up, and now we both have to pay the price.

I learned from the mistakes I made while parenting your sister. That's why I treat you different.

As much as I want to protect you from the world, I realize I have to let you experience it. That's so hard!

i know you are not perfect and i would never expected you to strive to be for me. i believe that's a God thing and His expectations are much more important than ours. i love you unconditionally and am so proud of you. you are one of the greatest blessing of my life. just keep being who you are in Christ.

I hate that my sins and poor character traits affect my precious son both today and tomorrow. I wish he could see past "me" and into my heart. I wish I could be a better godly mother to him. I don't even feel worthy of having such a gift in my life.

I'm pregnant...and clueless.

I'm constantly thinking, "am I doing this right???"

i hope i can figure out how to be the kind of parent that God wants me to be. people have so many opinions how how to raise kids, but what is God's opinion??

I divorced your Mom and left you before you had any memories. At the time I thought your childhood would be better off without the fights and the arguments between Mom and Dad. Now the constant conflict has been absent for years, but so have I.
I'm not the best father I can be because I'm not around you much. That's a mistake I'll carry to my grave.

You boys God's greatest gift to me and I hope you know how much I love you! I hope you will grow to be Godly men like your father.

I don't pray for you enough.

I have two boys - One older from a previous marriage and one teenager. My older son and I are very close, we basically grew up together, however, my younger son and I are in constant battle. I honestly feel like he HATES me. I just hope that someday he and I will get past all of this animosity and become closer. It just hurts so bad to know that you can't relate to one child as well as you do the other and unfortunately, it shows.

When I lost my temper with your actions, I used hurtful words to control your behavior. I'm sorry. I love you...

This is constantly in my brain: "Don't screw up! Don't screw up! Don't screw up!"

My son will say something aweful to his little brother....I think where did he hear that?? Then I realize he is repeating something he heard from me....ouch!!!

We as parents don't know how to be "on" all of the time. Sometimes you will see us make mistakes. We live together, and we as your parents are far from perfect. However, we always love you!

Parenting... it isn't for the faint of heart! I have two wonderful children that are entirely different! What has worked to help one achieve success and a college degree has failed to motivate the other to maintain a 2.5! I pray that God would show me how to reach and teach this wonderful young man before his failures mount up and he is overcome by them!

i long to stay home with you.

The thing i want most for you is Jesus.

I am terrified that you will make the same mistakes I did. My main goal in life now is to teach you about Jesus and God and pray that you will give your life to Christ and only desire God's plan for your lives.

I wish my two kids really knew how much I love them. Sometimes I think I push them too hard to be better, but I am convinced that they can do better. I could not love them any deeper iregardless of their grades.

Experience in life should account for something in our advise. Give us a little credit in having "been there". Sometimes just trust us that we do not want you to make the same mistakes that we have. We do want you to have a better life, without as many struggles as we had. in many of our mistakes, okay my mistakes growing up, I was absolutely blessed - the choices I made could have turned out sooooo much worse. Then somehow God gave me my dream of a son and a daughter - both incredible! Yes, on my nerves when you do not heed my advise. Just please try the advise sometime....it may just work.

Parenting is the scariest and hardest thing I've ever done!!! There are a lot better parents than I am in the world and I have watched their kids take some pretty devastating and destructive paths in life putting their parents efforts in vain...what's to say I can do any better?

I don't want to screw up a human life! I fear that I am not "enough"...enough "man"...enough "Christian"... enough "father"...enough "husband"...enough "good example" to pass on!

When I yell at you it is not because I'm mad. It's because I'm scared to death you'll make some of the mistakes I can't tell you about. I can't tell you about them, because I'm supposed to be some holy example. Parents aren't allowed to "confess" to their children because we're afraid you'll use that confession as permission to say, "You did it! Why can't I?"

I love my sons so deeply and they don't have a clue how that love makes me feel! The past year of our lives have been almost unbearable...depression, drugs, some really bad choices with friends...I have tried so hard to lead them in the right direction and they are running 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction! I am terrified that I am going to lose them to all of this! BUT...I am constantly on my knees praying for them and I will do whatever it takes to get them the help they need. I'm terrified they will hate me for getting them help but as a parent, I just can't turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to all the bad that is going on around us! They have in my care...under my roof...and I have to do what I can to help them.
I just hope and pray that they will understand ONE day! My heart is literally breaking!

when you're not acting like i think you should, especially in public, i internalize it as a failure of ME

I LOVE you. Everything about you Son. I pray that I can lead you to become a man of God.

I don't want our girls to remember us as always yelling at them. I try not too, but sometimes I can't help it. And spanking? I don't WANT to do that either - we've tried everything else. (Our 5 year old laughs at us if we try it.) We take away privileges, but it doesn't have any effect. I want to us to be calm, patient parents and I want our girls to remember that and the fun things that we do (and will do) with them.

Why do I yell at my child, but when other people do stupid stuff, I don't? I want to treat my child with the same respect and restraint that I do other people.

I screw up every single day. I pray that it doesn't screw you up.

Now that my children are teenagers, I worry about them more than ever. I hope that they think about Jesus in every decision they make, and will follow his path through life. They don't understand that some decisions can be life or death, and cost them the happiness they deserve and a future that will be successful. They are both special and unique with the qualities Jesus gave them, and can do anything with Him in their life.

i dont want to yell at my kids any more, but i dont know how to get throw to them, that they need to listen to me.my kids are young, i dont want to yell at them in order to correct them.i feel so out of control sometimes.

Nothing in life prepares you for parenthood. Parents make mistakes too. It's ok to say you're sorry. No matter how hard you try, you can not protect your children from "the world".

I often feel unworthy of this privilege. I make mistakes daily- often the same (loud) ones. I continue to fear for my children. I am often selfish and too busy to really see them. I am tired. Asking forgiveness from God and my children- amazed at how freely it is given. Learning to surrender all to Jesus- daily.

I never imagined when I had children that I would one day be a single parent. I do the best I can but feel like it is never enough between working full time, cooking, homework. I wish their Dad understood that spending 4 days a month with them is not enough.

My 14 year old daughter is more the parent than I am. I can't date everyone I do go out with is wrong. I feel like she is the boss over me. She is a really good kid, but I think I'm her doormat. She hit me and it still really hurts inside. I'm overweight and think mostly it's because of her I can't have a life or she will be mad at me and I just want her to love me because I didn't love my mom. I also have a son that is 5 and she tells me all the time I love him more than her, it's not true. You just have to love them the same but the younger ones always require just a little more attention. Being a single mom is hard trying to split yourself between two kids that are worlds apart. Sometimes I just wish I wasn't here maybe they would be better without me.

I feel like I don't spend enough time with my kids, but I have to work to pay the bills.I love them so much, I want them to have everything I never had as a Kid. This means material and unconditional love. I want them to know that I willstand by them and love them no matter what happens in their lives. I want to pray togeter as a family and be a godly example

I learn way more from you than you may know and do not always get it right...I find myself doing the very thing I tell you not to do. We are in this together with the same struggles, and I am really challenged to be real and open to God more just by being your mom.

I have some regrets as a parent. Being one will never be my regret.

God didn't give us a baby, He sent us YOU --- a teen boy with hopes and fears and a past that we aren't a part of but that we have grown to love dearly. I just pray we can be the parents you need and deserve, but I'm terrified we too could fail you.

I hate yelling --- I said I would never do that, since that's how I often remember my mom! Why can't I motivate you in more positive ways?

sometimes you make me want to cuss. a lot.

I really pray that all 3 of you will one day know Jesus is; moreover, I hope I'm the one that shows you.

I worry so much about my daughter, and she is only 8 months old. I just pray that she will have a long, healthy, happy life.

I have a 24 year old and a 10 year old. Parenting has changed a lot since my oldest was 10. Today kids are pushed to fit in and have all of the material things eveyone else has. I find it hard to convey to my 10 year old the balance in having the confidence in her self to say I do not need that to fit in and feeling that if she does not have these things she is not as good as the person that does have all the material things. I try hard everyday to set a good example for my girls and to pratice what I am saying to them. I am in church and make sure that my girls understand how important it is to have Jesus in your life.

Now that my son is older, things are harder. He knows the buttons to push and sometimes I feel helpless while disciplining him. He started just smiling or almost laughing at me. I'm not sure how to continue to handle this, without blowing my cool. Any suggestions?

I never prayed as much as I do as a parent. The love I have for my child is unconditional and amazing...I can only pray daily for myself also that I would be a Godly mother and be everything that you need in your life. I pray for your salvation daily...and that you would walk your life in obedience to God...thus living a happy life under "His" table...never having to experience regrets of a past not walking with God. You are a gift...a treasure & though I know I will one day not be "Cool", I hope always we will stay strong in our relationship through Christ..and you will always know I do b/c it is what I truly believe is right and best for you and b/c I love you! May God bless your life, for I am priveledged He gave you to me to be your mother!

Parenting is the hardest job ever, but it is the most rewarding. My children are grown and married and have children of their own. Young parents, these little ones grow up so fast. If there is one thing I regret not doing when mine were growing up, it is spending more time with them doing things they liked to do. The housework can go. It will be there when the children are gone. Dads, you can hunt and fish when you retire.

All day at work I just want to get home to my children. Then, when I get home, I have so much more work to do (cook, clean, homework, get ready for the next day, etc.) that I find myself constantly fussing and yelling at the kids for every little thing that they do. I don't want to be like that......

I don't play with my children as much as I should. I know they won't be small for long......

I am afraid that your dad did so much damage to you, that I won't be able to reach you anymore. I love you more than anything though and I'll never give up on you or stop trying to help you in every way. Please just listen to me and trust that even though I couldn't be there to help you then, I am here now.

A valuable lesson that my husband and I learned as parents was that if your children are "acting up," you must first look at yourself. You must ask yourself if you are spending enough quality time with your kids both as a family and one-on-one. Chances are that they need some "full attention" from you. They will try and get it one way or another even in those teenage years when you don't think they need you as much. Our confession is that we found that spending that time with them was something we needed just as much, but sometimes we let other things rob us of that time.

I worry about you when you're at his house more than you could ever know or imagine. But I don't have the proof I need or the money it costs to protect you from their verbal abuse. I'm so sorry.

Growning up is hard, but so is being a parent. We are in this thing called "life" together. God chose you to be with us and us to be with you. Let's commit to talking and walking through it together, sharing the joys and the heartaches. You are a gift that we cherish, but that we are responsible for, and we take that very seriously. Please remember, there is nothing that you can't share with us, we will love you always.

I don't know how to raise a daughter.

I wish I could earn my kids complete trust.

I wish you would stop embarrassing me in public.

I love you more than you will ever know.

I lie awake at night and wonder if I am being a good parent.

I have no idea what I'm doing!

I didn't really appreciate my parents until I became one.

at your age, you dont realize sometimes that bad things can happen to you. just listen to me. please!

I see myself in my kids. Sometimes that makes me smile and other times it makes me cringe.