Is it wrong to want your kids to do better than you?

[bretay]

no i dont think so..i think thats just part of being a good parent

[BK_Adores_Chase]

Yeah, I feel like when I look back there are some things I wish my Mom told me while I was growing up...I don't plan on pushing my kids to be better, I just want to encourage them to be better and teach them how to be better and give good advice when needed, but kids will be kids and some mistakes you just have to learn on your own

[debidoo]

I want my kids to do better than me only to the extent that they have some of the things that make life easier.  I guess its just the level of encouragement versus push.  

[SweetApril74]

i think that is a nice thought, i also hoping they would be better than me. Not about how to educte and raise them, but how to let them being theirself and showing their potential and positif side.

[dkanofsky]

Nope.  Just as long as it's not illegal or done at someone else s expense.

[sarabtrayior]

Of course not, naturally as a parent(s) we want to see our children succeed, however, I have a Master's degree and my daughter has a bachelor's degree and she is living in the woods of Wisconsin. I don't agree with what she is doing, but she's 25 and is living her life the way she wants to and I accept that.

[ljrjess69]

absolutly not,,i defintly want my kids to do better then me!!!

[Boise40]

I don't have any kids but, if I did I would want them to have a better life and just do their best. I played basketball and football growing up but, I'm not gonna push my kids to play the same sports as me. Anyways, I would I want my kids to make their own path in life and be successful at whatever they do

[jkhanson]

I think it is not wrong to push my kids to do better than me.  I am talking about education and social setting.   I want my kids to know that they can be anything they want to be with hard work.

I do not think it is wrong to want your kids to do better than you.  I too want more for my kids and want them to believe they can be and do anything they want to.

[kountrypeach80]

no its not wrong. everyone should want there kids to do better than they did

[yaayme]

I think it is not wrong to push my kids to do better than me.  I am talking about education and social setting.   I want my kids to know that they can be anything they want to be with hard work.

I absolutely agree. I want my future kids to have all the opportunities that I didn't have. I want my children to be wiser, stronger, more successful than I've ever been. 

[jwallbank]

Nothing wrong with that! I think every parent want's their children to do better than themselves. I just don't think you should push  too hard.

[natashaspy]

its only natural to want more for your kids than you had.  the thing is to teach them to appreciate what they get though, instead of spoiling them. 

[oldbuddy]

Sure I want my kids to do better than me, but I'm not going to stand around stagnant until they catch me either. If they want it, they are going to have to work for it. I have a couple with Masters Degrees when all I have is an Associates, but they still have a ways to go.

[swkstudent]

That's how a parent should think, if I have kids I would want them to do better than me.