Compare And Contrast Mom And Dad

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Growing up can either be one of the toughest things you might face throughout life. On the other hand, it can be one of the easiest things you could go through, that is if you use the differences between your parent to your advantage. When I say differences, I mean the things that separate your mom and dad as either being the strict parent or the lenient parent. See the thing is, when it comes to your parents they might agree on some things and other times they will not. This is where the situation can get a little sticky. Usually a strict parent says, no to you doing certain things and makes you feel like you’re being suffocated, while the lenient parent doesn’t mind you doing certain things, allowing you to have the necessary freedoms. But, while this is true, when both parents reach a middle ground and …show more content…
With my parents I know the differences between my mom and dad very well at this point. My mom, like many, is the strict parent. While my dad is the lenient parent. When it comes to things like going out, my dressing my parent differ on these subjects, but do happen to agree on things like dating.
Every kid goes through that stage where they want to be given more freedom and to be independent. This plays such a big part in being given the privilege to go out, either with your friends or alone. I 've had a lot of confrontation in this area of growing up and even to this day. With my mom, this was always an issue, I 'd ask a numerous amount of times to go out with my best friend to the high school football games, to go to the mall, or even to walk down the street to get some food from McDonalds and grab a slushy from 7 Eleven. Sometimes I don’t why I even try, I just end up back at square one, or in my case nowhere. However, that why I ask my dad for permission in these

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