Why You Really Shouldn't Hate Your Parents

Pole_Vaulter 423 is TOTALLY getting a raise in her allowance for writing this hilarious, adorable post.–Sparkitors

As teenagers, we have that tendency to blame all that is wrong in the world on the two people who are supposed to be able to fix everything (“Mooooooom! Why are you letting global warming just happen? It’s like you don’t even care!”). With the special exception of those unfortunate young people who ended up with honestly terrible parents, most of us got pretty lucky. Here are a few reasons why our parentals aren't nearly as bad as we sometimes make them out to be:

1. They love us. And that’s not easy to do. I mean, have you smelled your room lately? How many bodies are buried in that mound of clothes?

2. They take care of us. Need gas money? They’ve gotcha covered. Need dinner? Oh! There they are in the kitchen, whipping up some tater tots. Your skin is turning purple? Guess who gets to drive your sorry butt to the hospital!

3. We probably embarrass them waaaaaaay more than they embarrass us. Last time I was at Walmart with my mom, my sister and I (loudly) reenacted the Striped Sweater scene from Spongebob in the produce aisle, and she DIDN’T drive away without us. If that isn’t also a perfect example of #1, I don’t know what is.

4. They have a tendency to be awesome. Awesome, as in wearing a red plaid suit and white satin bowtie to the senior prom. Yeah. My dad looked pretty cool, too.

I would go on, but c’mon Sparklers, I think you’re already in the living room hugging the ones who created you (No? Just me?), so I will leave you to your business.

GO HUG YOUR PARENTS. WE MEAN IT.

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