Michele Wong McSween talks about breaking her parents' strict parenting style while keeping their core values. She asks them for advice now, and they tell her: "we did our best and we prayed for the rest."
You know, it's interesting. I tried really hard not to be. I said, I'm not going to be strict like my parents. I'm not going to do this. I'm not going to do this.
I bet if we asked your kids, they would say you're strict, right?
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I do feel like I've become, you know, I'm more lenient. I mean, my parents look at me and think, oh, my gosh, she's so loosey goosey. But at the core, I still hold onto those values.
Also, the contradiction in the whole thing that's funny is you turned out really well.
I hope I did.
Yeah.
Like, I mean, I think I'm well adjusted. Yeah.
Your parents, in the end, raised a good human, right?
They did. And now I'm asking my parents for advice. How did you do it? With four kids, I only have three. How did you do it? They said, you know, we did our best and we prayed for the rest.
That's all you can do.
I love when parenting advice is random. Well, good luck.
