Expectations From Parents

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What types of expectations do your parents have for you? What responsibilities or chores do you have in your life. Are you expected to get A's & B's in school, keep your room clean, go to church, attend Sunday School or youth group, take out the trash or walk the dog?

How do you feel about these responsibilities or expectations that your parents have set in your life?

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My parents are pretty strict rules wise... I'm not allowed to ride around with teenagers, wasn't allowed 2 get a cell till I was 14, no texting, and that sorta thing. School-wise, I usually have higher expectations for myself than my parents do.  If they know that I am dropping my expectations on myself, thats where the trouble comes in (I have mantained an A/b or betterwith 1 slip up my entire school career).
  My moms big thing is that she expects me to behave in a way that I will be and am proud of, and that God is proud of too. 

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[limepolkadotgirl]

Expectations.. What to say about them?? Well as far as school I have to have fairly good grades. I also have to set a good godly example. I'm not allowed to date until high school and I'm not exactly allowed to have a cell phone. Yes I am expected to go to church every Sunday which I used to find as a chore but now it's a joy to go. My family if very christian based and so I have to sort of live up to that but end the end it is great discipline and very rewarding.

[sapient_phreak]

Hm, expectations. My parents have lots of expectations for me. Here are some:
-Get good grades in school!
-Not allowed to date till 18
-Try to get a scholarship
-Clean my room
-Go to church, and I actually enjoy this one, because I get to learn more about the Lord and see my church friends ^_^
-Wash the dishes D:
-Learn how to cook!
-Put away my clothes
-Help around the house/ help each other
-Fulfill my dreams.
I feel that GREAT that I have parents who expects so much of me [even though its annoying and frustrating sometimes...], because reminds me that they love me, they want me to be successful, and they want me to have a good future !
So I'm pretty okay with it.

[iflifewasblackandwhite]

i kind of hit a rough patch lately, so my parents expectations went higher...
they take my phone at night and it has to stay in the kitchen, so I can't be texting anyone at night.
My internet has a 2 hour a day time limit.
They expect me to keep the house clean and my room and bathroom always have to be pretty neat (which I'm really bad at )
i have to go to church, and youth group every wednesday unless i'm piled with homework.
i'm expected to make lunch most days and do all of our baking, but i don't mind that. it's actually really relaxing
also, they expect me to keep my faith with God. i guess they don't really want to talk to me about it they just sort of expect that nothing will go wrong...
But yeah,
Soemtimes I really hate how they expect me to be pretty much perfect, because I know i'll never be. but looking back i think they're pretty much just trying to keep me on track...

[Canadiankimono]

Hmmm... I guess my parents sometimes have pretty high expectations for me. It makes me happy though because it's showing that they care about me enough to set some standards. Some expectations are:
~Keeping a clean room (more of my choice so that I don't have to clean it at a later date)
~Having high marks in school (80s-90s)
~Taking care of the cat
~Washing windows
~Oiling wood furniture
~Washing the floor
~Waiting until I'm 16 to date (which I'm perfectly ok with)
~Dressing modestly (which I also happen to be perfectly ok with)
For the most part the standards that my parents set for me are more of guidelines. Like sometimes it doesn't matter as much to them as it does to me to carry out these expectations (and more!).

TTFN

[wsjfreak1128]

expectaitons

I have to say I have a lot from my parents. To get a good paying job to do what i'm told to keep the house clean and above all to live my life fully and clearly as a christian

[Sara Davidson]

My parents are kinda strict, but I just get overly fustrated at them.
My dad wants me to become a civil engineer, I mean I have the mind and imagination for it, but I HATE that.
I am also expected to go down to New Jersey at least once a year, to see my grandparents. But I just can't go down there, my grandfather and I REALLY do not get along and there isn't anything I can do about it.

[Sara Davidson]

But I guess I will do whatever God wants me to do

[musicbee3]

I'm expected to:
get good grades (usually As, but I don't get in trouble for the occasional B)
go to church every sunday (I enjoy that, though)
keep my room clean
go to bed/wake up at a reasonable time
take care of the dog
cook dinner/do the dishes a few times a week
vacuum a few times a week
dress modestly (don't mind that one)
not date until I'm 16 (don't mind that one, either)
live as a good Christian should (or that one)

I really don't mind most of them, and I'm glad that my parents love me enough to set limitations.

[Youthfully Yoked]

My parents expect me to do the things they trained me to do and obey all the rules. They put it this way...God wants you to obey all commandments, you mess one up, you mess them all up. That is a pretty high standard that my parents want me to fulfill.