My Parents Role As A Role Model

Parents serve as good role models because often children will emulate their behaviors and achievements. Specifically for me, my father’s presence and interactions with me have led to positive outcomes. I have been fortunate to have a devoted father who played an active role in my life during my childhood. During my early years, my brother was born half deaf which forced my father to make the decision to be the primary caretaker of us. He was the one, who had to get us ready for school and at first it was struggle for him to do my hair every morning. I can distinctly remember my dad never knowing how to do any kind of hairstyle so in all my school pictures; my hair was always in a simple slick back ponytail. He would drop us off every morning, …show more content…
I remember how the elementary school I attended would have end of the year award ceremonies. Even though I rarely got awarded for anything, my dad was there sitting in the front row showing his support for me. Afterwards, I never forget how he would tell me “ the best princess award goes to you”. His work consisted of raising two young children and he never failed to be present during all my accomplishments. As a result of being raised by my father, my brother and I learned certain responsibilities earlier than most. I learned to do my own laundry and cooked simple meals . People assume that fathers need to be taught responsibility but fathers already have that protective and nurturing instinct that parenting …show more content…
As I started to get older, my father changed his parenting style with me. My father was an authoritative parent, which consisted of being warm, responsive and attentive to their child’s needs. When I started middle school my father became more of an authoritarian parent that consisted of using force and punishments on the child. He began to make unrealistic demands and rarely listened to my point of view. His unrealistic demands were that he would punishment me whenever I did not follow his rules or received bad grades in school. I specifically remembered one time during the 7th grade I received the letter grade of a C on a report card. My father never allowed for me to receive any letter grade below an A-, so my consequence was being spanked with his belt that night. As I started to age, my father’s parenting became stricter such as I was not allowed to go over any of my friend’s houses, or go to the mall afterschool with any of my classmates. Not only did my father have rigid rules but also I began to see less warmth in him. He stopped being nurturing and shamed me often. When I did not obey him or receive a high grade, he made me feel as if there was something wrong with me since I was unable to complete his high expectations. It was hard for me to see the dramatic change my father had with me because before, he was caring and dependable. Then as I aged, his method of