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do your parents have any expectations of you?
do they force their values onto you or expect you to be good at a certain thing? (or do they have high expectations of you as you grow older?) ex: have a high education, good grades, be a lawyer or doctor, good mental health, good conversing skills, be a role model to your younger siblings, etc. *feel free to use this as a safe space to express your feelings and emotions*
Yeah... they expect so much from me that's it's so suffocating. I really am going to rant here, sorry I have no outlet
A toxic Filipino culture when you're the eldest of the children, is when your parents brought you up to study and work hard to help your younger siblings.
There's nothing wrong with helping your family. But it becomes a burden w...... reply
Yes, and luckily I'm able to live it up. And since I'm able to get myself a good education with high grades my parents thankfully let me choose my own career. But, that's the problem I don't know what I want to be or do in the near future, I'll just go with the flow I guess. reply
My family wants me to become a lawyer or a politician, I'm guessing that I probably will. But I think they got really serious when i became 9, I had to bathe myself and brush my teeth for myself and even make my OWN bed (don't judge me). I was so used to my parents doing everything for me, so when i had to do things on my own, it was tough. I could...... reply
With a lot of asian parents, it's doctor, engineer(if you're lucky) or lawyer but nahh my dad has the options of a primary school teacher, high school math teacher or uni prof like has the memo of I hate being around people not gone through??? I've lived with you my whole life what do you not get reply
