[HeartOnHerSleeve]

I don't think we appreciate our parents as much as we should ^^; There's more complaining than not...

They drive me CRAZY sometimes, to the point where I (not very seriously) consider running away for a day.

But I love 'em XD

1) My mom gets mad so easily but she just blows it off later. =_=; That's a good thing most of the time. lol
2) She worries a lot over me. This gets pretty annoying quickly, but I'd much prefer this than her not caring.
3) I've done a lot of bad things during "the phase". She yells at me for about a minute, making me feel like scum, then forgives me after quoting things from the Bible. My dad just tells me "Don't do it again, okay?" then drops it.
4) I've NEVER gotten in trouble for my horrible grades. They just look at me with a disappointed face and say, "Do you have trouble understanding this stuff or do you not try?", and that's all the motivation I need before I run to my room to study vigorously. I'm especially grateful for this because all of my Asian friends talk about how they're grounded until they raise their grades to A's.

What makes you appreciate your parents? Beside the obvious, like taking care of you.

edit

Heh...from my list it looks like I appreciate my parents only because they're lenient.
I already love my parents, these things just make me appreciate them more ^^;

[KanyeWEST]

sometimes they send me lots of money

[boa808]

1) giving me life
2) working their butts off to feed and clothe me
3) making sacrifices for me

[ionely]

they love me through the good and bad

[小甜密]

Because they give me allowances and all the hardwork they put into raising me

[monVIP]

Because I know if I needed to hide a dead body,
my mommy would help me.
(:

[touche`]

I don't love my parents because they give me money or allowances because I know it is only a bonus for being a good child. I apperciate my parents because they love me for who I am by not being perfect.

[hungrycollegeboy]

If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be what I am and where I am today.

[bibine26]

I love my parents because they give me the chance to be the person I am today, they show me the right way, the right things to do.
They always trying to help me to achieve my dreams, they supports me (and it's often hard, believe me).
They sacrifice a lot for me and they always trying to give me everything, I know they're doing their best that's why I can proudly say that I'm their daughter and that I love them.

[mango-iee]

I love my parents cause they gave me life and wouldn't abonded me/ could still stand me about my attitude and behavior when I was a little towards them. Uhm...I really want to thank them for working their butt off/working hard to give me money to enjoy ( ) and going to school so that I could be educated and won't be a failer if in the future I want to compare myself to a lawyer, doctor, or maybe someone working as a boss...
Pretty much for raising me up and teaching me how to be the right person and not go the wrong way in life.

[Chocopiex3]

They work extremely hard to pay my school tuition.
They take me to where I want to.
They protect me.
They let my choose my own path but they are always there when I lose my way.
But most importantly, they show me what love is.

[JELLOO]

They do a lot just to see you happy and have/life a good life, even if it's hard on them

[Supremacy]

I dont appreiate them, <---might seem really ungrateful but srsly, i cant get along wit my parents. I dont even live with them anymore, i live with my older brother

[CitrusFlower]

They give me life and they raise me

[Pylades Drunk]

A lot of adults are just children that have grown up too soon. I salute my parents because they found it in themselves to put away ambitions they never completed, dreams they never finished, and a sense of themselves all for the sake of raising me up. That ability says a lot more about them than can do justice by me.

I don't get along with my parents; I'm usually pushed to the brink to do things I wouldn't fare on my own. I love my parents for not being my best friend, but instead showing me the ropes of life. (: I think they did a great job.

[funkkeh]

Because...
- They work really hard to raise me.
- Even though I've done something wrong, they still forgive me. (Sometimes it takes days, lol)
- They gave me life.
- They make sure I'm safe.
- They make me happy when I'm sad.
- They taught me to not be so naive.

[dbsgdec]

Sometimes i cry because i think i can never truly pay them back for what they have done for me. I really regret all those things that i said that might hurts them in the past. What parents have done, we will never fully understand. I just wish i can finish my studies quickly, get a job, so i can give my parents all the things that they have sacrifice for us.

- they work hard to feed, cloth us, for years and years, but never complain

- they scream and hit us when we were lazy to study, but i understand now thats because they care. if not, i won't be where i am right now.

- when i was little, because i'm at home and my older siblings have gone to colleges, i can see what they cant. i see that our parents, even when they have no money, they are sick, they still find out ways to give money to my older sisters and brothers when they ask for it. they sold things that are precious to them so my sis and bros can study well.

- they are the one who truly care whether i succeed or no, whather i'm sick or not.

- they still took care of us now even when my bros and sis are married.

- there's a lot of things that i know they want to do, but never got the chance to do it because they have us.

manymany more! i cannot bear to write anymore. ahhhhhhh... this thread is... T____T
and theres memories too precious to me i dont want to share it just with anyone

[Pylades Drunk]

Because I know if I needed to hide a dead body,
my mommy would help me.
(:

My mom would dial the cops, my dad would chlorofoam her; and we'd co-op and smuggle her and the aforementioned dead body in the middle of the night.

[stjapo46]

They have done so much for me, I don't think I can ever repay them back because it's never enough
The point is, if it wasn't for them I wouldn't even be here today. They make me appreciate life a lot more

[random koohkie]

Like most teenagers, I get into disagreements with my parents, but I'll always love them :]
They gave me life.
They moved to America to give me and my brother more opportunities.
They teach me life lessons.
They work hard and always try to give me what they couldn't have growing up.
They love me unconditionally xDD