Ok, maybe a bad title but i'll explain. I really hope I don't offend, hur or do anything wrong to anyone by asking this. Who would you consider parents? The people that biologically created you and birthed you? Or the people/person who looked after you, and saw you grow? I mean to say that many people in the modern day have families that don't stay together, you have one parent families or even people that give away their child to others. I'm just asking which people you would call parents. And again I am not trying to do anything wrong here. and this question is aimed at everyone, not just people who were adopted or who grew up with one of their parents. i would consider that the people that took care of you are the real parents, a family is not only made of blood, blood is an extra, people who care and take care of you are family (more specifically parents) too me.
i think the people that watch you grow. they always support you in anyway they can. they're always there for you when you really need them.
The people who act like parents. People who look after you and love you are the real parents, not those who give birth to you and then give you away. The people who give you life may be your mother or father, but if they don't look out for you, they aren't your parents.
The people that help you grow and stay by your side are your parents, in an emotional sense. I mean, obviously, your parent's will always technically be your parents. But, I still consider the people who've stayed in my life, supported me, and help me better myself my parents.
I think both the biological &/or the people that raised you can be considered the parents. Some consider parents those that raised and cared for you, others consider the parents the people who birthed you. =/
I would consider the biological parents to be just that...the biological parents. However, if someone is raised up by another person/people, those become parents as well and should probably be closer to the person as they did raise him/her. I wouldn't discount either by calling one group the parents and the other not the parents. There is kind of a saying though of ...a 'dad' or 'mom' donates but only parents that raise kids and are there for them can be called a 'father' or 'mother'. So both are considered parents, just one is obviously doing more work.
I understand what your saying that you havve to have both for the person to live a family life and so on. But I mean, which one is more benficial to the child.
Technically, a parent is someone who birthed you. That is what a parent is. And, usually, a parent is the one who raises you and teaches you life lessons. Sadly, not every child has the chance to have a 'true' parent like that.
Though the parent to a child is the one who gave birth to them but...I think a parent is someone who watches over you, who takes care of you and everything. If the real parents dont do that, and if I was in the kids posistion I wouldnt call them mom or dad...I would advoid them >.< And if I was adopted then obviously who ever adopted me I would call mom or dad, that is...If they took care of me and such.
for me though my parents are still together in fact yesterday was their twentyth aniversery they are allways the parents you are seald to in the temple like the bulding shown in my sig. unless of course you wher seeled into another family that took primary care over you after the seperation
Well without the biological parent you wouldn't exist. Without the parents that raised you, you'd not get a good upbringing. I'd weigh more that I owe more thanks to the people that helped raise me and give me a quality life than two people who did nothing after 9 months or whatever, but I'd still consider them parents, nonetheless. Just not parents that I'm going to be so concerned with. Blood is as thick as people want it to be.
Biologically speaking your parents are the ones who created you, the ones who provided the egg and sperm. However, I believe your "parents" are the ones who raise you and nurture you. Whilst you need the biological parents to exist, you don't need them to survive. Some children are given up for adoption, would you say that the family that gives them a loving home and a good upbringing aren't their parents? There is a quote, I can't remember where it is from, it is something like "Every man can be a father but it takes a real man to be a dad" the same can be said of women too obviously ( as in every woman can be a mother but it takes a real woman to be a mom). Reproduction is hardly a skill, it is part of every living animal and part of nature. Parenting is a skill <3
I believe 'real' parents are the people who cared for you as you grew up. The people who wanted to see you be happy no matter what and the ones who won't let anything bad to you
I always consider parents are the ones who look after you, there for you and who you have build all your childhood memories with. If found out my parents were not actually my biological parents, I would not disown them in anyway, I would be proud that they cared for me no matter what and that they loved me the same. I don't give a monkeys who created me, I only care about the people who were able to shape me into the person I am today :] I would hope that if I was adopted, my parents could be open about it with me and not keep it a secret.
Well as to say I believe a parent should be someone that cares for you, protects you from causing yourself from the danger you'll fall in, becoming aware of your safety and loving. There is plenty more but that is all I can say. But the looking at while your growing part could be true. One parent leaving the home and going on to leave with another could crash down your heart espically the loved. As for me..it has happened and will remain, although my parent always visit on free times, three time s week or everyweek, but I do believe my parent cares but just lives off somewhere else. Parents should be parents.
Biologicaly your parents, but realy who raises you and makes you who you are. But I wouldn't know, I spent 9 monthes in West Virginia cleaning the house and scrubbing toilets.
