What do you hope your kid grows up to do better than you?

What do you hope your kid grows up to do better than you? This is an interesting question that gauges both the hope a parent has for their child and also, sometimes, the recipe for how parents are trying to accomplish it. Here’s some of what you told about the promise for the future.

Anthony Gaskill: I just hope my kids have morals. I hope they are both good people. I hope they work hard for everything they have. I’ve always had this saying for keeping people around me. I hope they are good people. To me a good person is someone with a good head on their shoulders and a happy heart a swell as a good base as a person.

Ron DeClue: My daughter got something great from her mom…. because she looks to the future all the time. She has constantly looked for dual credit high school classes (they count for local college credits locally). She works hard, is harder on herself than anyone, and works for every grade she gets. My daughter is already better than me, and I am so proud of her!

Chris Royer: Our daughter had always told us, I know y’all were good kids growing up and are great adults now, when I grow up I want to be like y’all or better if possible. To see the sparkle in her young eyes then makes it all worth it that they turn out better than we are.

Francisco Javier Exposito Rodriguez: I just want them to learn the value of money better than I did (I was quite a grown up when I did) and to travel the world more than I did when they are young.

Marcus Amillian: Handle Money! Don’t get in debt! Appreciate the free things in life and get a job you enjoy…not a job you hate but pays the enormous bills!

Jose Gracia: I hope mine have the patience and respect for those around them.

Nick Hollinger: I hope he is a better father and husband. Not that I am a bad one, but I don’t want him to make the same mistakes.

Bo Bacot: Everything. I’m not saying I’m a horrible person, but even if I was the kindest, sweetest, most caring person on the planet, I’d still want them to grow up to be and do better than me in every possible regard.

Andy Rentfrow: I want him to throw with his left hand 99mph with a sweet slider AND change combo….better than me.

Jeff Vigil: My daughter is already a better person than me all the way around, and in turn has made me a better person. [I feel exactly the same way, Jeff!]

Becky Nixon: I hope my son has faith in himself, knows that he is a valued member of society. Makes himself proud, and is infinitely kind. And I hope that he never lets his autism hold him back. I believe that he can achieve anything.

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*Flickr photo by Caitlin Childs, used under Creative Commons license.