I wish my parents would said the same thing @muppetish‘s wishes about grades. In reality they do the other way round: keep pushing pressure on my grades. I have developed grade-related anxieties too… no, not anxieties, but phobias! Sometimes I even feel like I’m going to pass out! And they only grow stronger as time passes. My friends think I’m too fragile when it comes to grades, but in reality I just can’t risk disappointing my parents.
I wish they would tell me that every comparison is subtle. They tend to compare me with anyone they can think of: my brother, a good student at my school, my neighbor, their younger selves… about all aspects. It always leaves me feeling useless.
I wish they would tell me they appreciated my strengths. They always drag my faults out the spotlight and lecture about them all day, while they never say a word about what I do right.
I wish they would tell me I was not stupid. That’s the word they use to me whenever I do something wrong. Whenever they do that they look like they’re judging me by just one action.
I wish they would give me a good instruction instead of “just do it right for us”. Sometimes it leaves me very confused and I don’t know what to do.
I wish they would admit that they didn’t know much about the younger generation. They look at what I do, and then use their standard and entitle my action “inappropriate” while many other youngster do the same.
I wish they would tell me it was normal to be different. They say I have to like the things many people do, otherwise my hobbies will render me “abnormal” and “out of tune with everyone”. They don’t seem to know that it will instead turn me into a clone of others.
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Oh, so many things I wish they would tell me.
But after all, I shouldn’t complain much because everyone has their shortcomings. And I still love my parents though ;)