Parents – They’re probably the people we can’t live without (not your boyfriends if you have one but our parents!). Life without them would be nothing but a catastrophe. They are the kindest and most amazing people we could ever find in this cruel world. They made great sacrifices and protected us day by day. They never turned us down and they would give their life for us.
Our sweet and lovely parents are the most precious gift that we’ve ever received from God, they have given us so much but they never asked for something in return. All they ever want is for us to be happy, safe and sound. And I bet you also want the same thing for them. You may not be the perfect daughter but there are many ways you can do to be a better one. Read these tips on how to be a better daughter to your mom and dad to get started.
1. Talk to them.
Upset or feeling better, it doesn’t matter. Talk to them or call them if you are away. Ask them if they are doing well or tell them your problems if you ever have one. And if you think that it’s not a serious matter, let them know that you are brave enough to handle it on your own. Sometimes listening to your voice is all they need to not worry. Let them know that you are doing just fine and you’re always there for them just like how they are always there for you.
2. Be responsible.
Help around the house. Help them do the chores and take extra responsibilities as well. If you have siblings take care of them and help them with their homework. Ask them if there is something you can do for them. Your parents would surely appreciate the extra help.
3. Respect their decision.
You may sometimes not agree with what they are saying but remind yourself that they are your parents, they know you by heart. They don’t want you to live a life full of regrets. You are a precious gift to them, they want you to live a healthy and happy life just like how they felt when you were born. Just trust them, they have seen life more than you have and they only want what’s best for you.
4. Be honest.
Be open to them. Don’t keep secrets. If you have done something wrong, tell them. Lying to your parents would mean you don’t trust them enough with your problems. Whatever it is that you are going through or whatever it is that you have done, they will always understand. They are your parents and out of all the people in the world, they will be the first to forgive and help.
5. Remember birthdays or anniversaries.
It means a lot to parents when their daughter remembers anniversaries or birthdays. Give or make them gifts. It doesn’t need to be expensive, it just has to be from your heart. Giving gifts show love and thoughtfulness. They may not be vocal about it sometimes but it warms their hearts. After all, it’s the little things that matter.
6. Be true to yourself.
You have the power to live your life so don’t be afraid to show who you really are. You are your parents’ daughter so yes, they will accept and support you. Show your parents that they had raised an amazing self-spirited woman. Looking at how confident, learning and happy you are would make them feel contented. Nothing makes a parent prouder than seeing their child achieve their dream and become successful.
7. Show your love to them.
Say powerful words from time to time. It completes them. Tell them “I love you” and then give them a hug or a kiss. Simple as that. Little things like that could make them feel thankful to have you as their daughter. As the song goes, “you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey.” Be their sunshine! Make them feel loved every single day. Show how blessed you are to have them as your parents.
Those who are lucky enough to still have their parents by their side, don’t wait until they’re gone and live with regrets. Cherish every moment with them. Show how blessed you are for having them in your life. Love your parents unconditionally. Be happy and that would make them twice happier. Be the best daughter you could be.
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i love my mom alot but i wish i was the perfect daughter to her i feel like im the reason shes sick and tired i cant be honest wit her if i do shes sent me away to my dad i dont wanna live with him i dont know what to do :/
I wish i was the perfect child my parents have always wanted,perfect grades,perfect body,perfect smile,perfect hair and perfect health.I just want my parents to be happy with a Diffrent child that isn’t me. I have 2 siblings that i want to love their life and not turn out like their older sister.I had a bad childhood,Bad Family Issues,Bad Attitude and A Bad hearing.I want my siblings to enjoy their life not turn out like me.
My mom and aunt always laugh at me because I was 8th in class. My mom says that if l become 8th again she will repeat me.
me too. like i made my mom cry yesterday by telling her that she is not that good at painting but one of her paintings is marvelous …i meant it as a compliment. my dad literally gets ready to buy anything i ask for …but i am never able to give them the good grades that they expect. my mom yesterday joked that she could also try being a model but i told no way mom neither do u have the height nor the figure…i regret saying all of these to my parents . i dont want this but i cant control my tongue . my parents are lenient and strict at the same time but then also i cant be a good daughter . i dont know why cant i bring good grades . i am tired of this …everytime anything like this happens i am way too overwhelmed and then i have a breakdown. i dont k why i cant be good enough for them .
My parents deserve a better child and I wish I could be the “better child” they want. I really feel bad for my parents to deal with a daughter like me, sometimes I wished that I can be a perfect daughter.
I sometimes feel that I’m taking advantage because they’re kind to me. I really want to change myself for the better. I want to have a better relationship with them.
I have no problem with my family but l’m the one who has a problem. I want to be a unproblematic daughter. I love them with all my heart and I’m ready afraid to lose them.
I feel like the worst daughter ever. My mom is single and so she has to raise me on her own. my grades are not good, and I always lie. I don’t try to, it just happens. I don’t know what to do.
Just be yourself but try not to lie remember your mum loves you. Lies are bad just tell your mum the true thing.
Hey I understand you, I used to do the same until I realized that over time it only gets worse
I will always get angry when some one say to me some thing
um i don’t spend time with my mom she says i’m mean to her and today she was making faces at me and then i turned my head at laughed and she said she’s tell my dad about me because i’m so bad of a daughter that i make her cry a lot but u do love her and i didn’t know she felt like that i wanna be better like really better to her i wanna give her the world and make her feel like she is loved be me and by my whole heart she really does a lot and i repay her my talking back and getting an attitude wit her. how can i really be better
I get that feeling except my parents are telling me to gain more weight, make more friends, and they would compare me to other people. But I still love them cause I know they love me. I think that you should stand up for yourself because if you don’t you could end up not being happy like you deserve.
i do everything for her but once i do one thing not perfect its not good enough my brothers can mess up and she makes it seem like its OK they have everything perfect with her me and my dad do not … sometimes she makes me wanna give up.
Love my mom the most cze she’s sweet you know I love her too much 😍😍😘😘
i love her to but sometimes she starts to fight with me and my dad has to talk with her
Hi i always feel like im not good enough for my parents i am always compared to friends and cousins
my mom always tells me “why cant you be like your cousins. have good grads help around the house be responsible” but when i help around they say “why cant you do it right.” i cant even feel conferrable in my own body or house. my dad would tell me why dont you wear dresses skirts shorts why dont you like pink why cant you be like a normal girl why cant you act and dress like one they tell me your sister is more smarter than you shes more skinnier than you she more beautiful than you like come on she 4 yeas old . nothing is ever good enough for them.
I feel so useless, it’s like instead of solving the problems, I give it to them instead! I hate it when I use my electronic devices I try my best to isolate myself from it but, I couldn’t stop using it, I couldn’t finish my responsibilities on time making me such a bad older sister, I don’t know what’s happening to me anymore, I couldn’t do anything right. I cry all the time knowing I never ever get what I want because of my lazy attitude. I hope I’ll die sooner.
Don’t say that, you shouldn’t want to die because stupid parents are making you feel bad. You should just respect them and confront it; be more open with your feelings! I have hope for you, and you should to. Good luck!
My mom keeps comparing my to other kids and it makes me feel as if im not good enough for her and that she deserves a better child
Me too Monica but when I compare her to others she will be shouting at me
what do i do if my mom compares me to other kids all day?
I am so in insecure and I wear a mask and I hide my emotions and lie alot. I am drifting further apart and I envy my friends” relationship with their parents. I am a huge disappointment to my mum and dad and I know they prefer my sisters over me. I have alot of bad habits and I am trying to stop but I cant. I just can’t. I am too arrogant and my temper is uncontrollable. I tend to shut people out. ALOT. I feel like I can only trust myself. I can’t tell them all this although I need help. I have considered running away more than once but I live in a tiny country so I know that is impossible. I feel like my world rests on my shoulders. I know that nothing good lasts as my dad once told me that it is perfectly fine if I don’t want to be family and he is fine with kicking me out by the time I turn 18…THE END. END OF STORY. *cries*
OMG!!! I can relate to you completely! I had a bad rep of lying and now I’ve stop but even though I’ve stop my mom still thinks Im lying when I’m not. I’ve contemplated running away before and I even packed a bag, I knew I wasn’t going to do it, but still I was soo angry. I never tell her how I feel, bcuz if I did she wouldn’t listen (at least that is what I tell myself). I mean sometimes we get along perfectly and then a week later everything goes down hill and a lot of times it’s not just my fault she’ds doing something too, but we’re both too ignorant to admit it. One time I got soo mad that I threw my favorite and only tablet, (dumb me) and now it’s broken! My mom is always comparing me to other people and it’s annoying! I mean come on, do they really think that comparing us is going t improve stuff it only makes us insecure!!!
My mom looks at me like a broken toy. I hate it. I want to be a good daughter but it’s hard because all of my siblings are perfect.
hi, I have a problem my mom always compares me to my other firneds when i mess up and says things like “i bet (friend) dosen’t do that!” And that makes me feel as if i’m not good enough and that she deserves a better child
AND so i’m 14 and my mom dose NOT trust me with guys for no reason and my mother and father will make fun of me if im even looking at a guy in public Is it normal for a 14 year old girl to think a guy in public is cute?!
i feel as if my parents dont deserve me as a child
My mom dosen’t trust me around any guys i’m 14 and my mom and dad make fun of me even if im looking at one! isnit it normal for a teenage girl to think a guy is good looking??
hi i don’t think anyones gonna see this but
My parents would always compare me to my other better friends and i feel as if im not good enough they deserve a better child
they have no trust in my whatsoever and i dont know how to ear that back
im a foster kid, im with foster parents and i keep making mistakes. ive got in trouble quite a bit and ive not been here very long..im trying to change and im trying to be the kid they want but its hard..because im always trying to fit in with everyone and be normal. tonight my foster mom caught me with puff bars and now she dont know if shes going to keep me and idk what to do because im tired of moving and im tired of always screwing up. i appreciate everything they do for me and i never make them feel like it and i try i do but for some reason i do these selfish acts and i just want to be the kid someone loves and wants to adopt someone please help….
sorry you are wrong i am a bad girl every day
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Me and my dad keep on arguing all the time over petty things and he is growing really distant towards me almost like he doesn’t want me around I have tried to talk to him about it but when I do he changes the subject, I try really hard to make him happy by cleaning the house and making him coffees all the time But it doesn’t work, I will admit I am not the easiest of people to be around sometimes I have my downfalls a lot but I try my hardest all the time but he can’t see the fact that I am, I have no clue what to do I just don’t want to lose my bond with him
Your father loves you,but sometimes when growing older he is scared of losing you. You are putting a lot of effort to make him proud,but he keeps looking away. Try to hide your downfalls,try and do things that your father loves doing. If he likes to fish,go fishing with him,or hunt deer,go with him. That is a few examples to become close again. It might even work if you tell him how you feel,that you dont want your bond to end,because you love him too much. A parents bond is more important then friend ship or school. I know he loves you,and nothing will ever change the way he feels. You are still his little girl. And when yall are talking and he changes the subject,slowly change it back. Your father loves everything about you,even your downfalls. I hope you can make your bod with him bigger then ever. Everyone needs their parents to be able to talk to about anything. And whatever made him look over you, try to apologize and make it right. Maybe that was your problem, that you did something,and he feels like he cant trust you. Try to make days where it is just yall two together having a good time. I wish you luck.
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I don’t I’m a disappointment but what I think is that I’m the reason why my dad is stress. She raised me alone (with help) for 14 years, I don’t intend to be a pain in the**, it’s just that sometimes my mood changes that I can’t control my emotions, what I want Is for him to understand that I get mood swings a lot of times. That if he gives out his opinion, I don’t get mad at it. I take his opinion in my own way. I love my dad I sometimes wish that. He can understand me more, and that if something goes wrong that doesn’t mean that I’m the one that causes it, and I get that he thinks using another child as a role model will help me become better in the future. But comparing me to them is too much pressure just thinking how to be better at school is enough to pressure me, but comparing will like make me explode of insecurity I just want him to understand my pain so he can help me out, I don’t want to tell him because it’s like begging for a pony, I want him to understand without telling him. But can someone give me an advice. Wow, I can’t believe that I’m seeking for advice when I give advice to people, I guess that I changed anyway can someone HELP me.
Theres not much advice I can give. If I were you I would actually tell him how I feel, because I would hate to break my special bond with my father. But if you feel uncomfortable with doing that maybe you could give him hints. Hints that you are stressed, that you arent always the one to cause trouble, and that yo need him to be there for you and that you arent a mistake. People shouldnt feel responsible to keep in all there pain when they should talk to their parents about it. Its not right to compare you to other people that he thinks will make a good role model,but he just wants you to have a good life when your older and out o f the house. Its normal for kids you age to have moods because of electronics. He just dosent see that,so try be more out going and off your phone with your family. Maybe it might bring yall together,unless hes the same way.I sometimes cant control my emotions too but I always say sorry after Im done. Try that next time and good luck. You are not a disapointment to him. No one is ever in the hands and eyes of the Lord. May God be with you.
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I’M NOT A GOOD STUDENT I WANT TO MAKE MY MOTHER PROUD IN MY LAST UT I SCORED TERRIBLE MARKS AND BECAUSE OF IT SHE IS REALLY UPSET I AM IN CLASS 8 AND YET I GET SUCH MARKS I ONLY MAKE MY MOTHER UNHAPPY IT HAS BEEN LIKE AGES SINCE SHE SAID ‘I AM PROD OF YOU’ ……..IM JUST WORTHLESS , I FAILED TO BE A DAUGHTER
I am 19 year old , one problem which i always face with my mom that she always upset with me that i doesn’t hepl her in her works bt these time i do bt she still.not happy she thinks.i don’t love her or care her bt this is not true .wht to.do. pls tell
Spend a lot more time with her when you are free,and tell her you love her everyday. If you are out of the house and in college tell ehr good morning and good night everyday. Even try calling her, especially when you know she is stressed or not having a good day. Help her clean and cook when you are around her, and make good conversations,try to make her laugh. Let your funny side show to her more. Its always fun to make your mother laugh. Go out shopping together or out to eat. JUst have fun and let your crazy show. A mothers bond is so important to have, you dont want to be without it ever. I wish you luck and i hope this helps you out!
Love,No name
Just make a special meal and day where u a just alone and then tell her that you love her