Example essay-3 ways to be a bad parent from my point of view

Saying that you’re a bad parent doesn’t sound like a very good thing to be saying about yourself, but I have accepted the mistakes I have made throughout my life. Not only have I accepted them, but I have learned from them and prevented future mistakes that could ruin my life. There are three ways that I was a bad parent to my children. Not taking advice from elders, not putting my children first, and being irresponsible in general.

When my mother tried to tell me what to do, or gave me some motherly advice, I would ignore it or do the opposite of what she told me to do, just because I felt like it. I was always stubborn growing up, and was always rebellious with everyone and everything. I think most kids are that way with their parents though, but you would think that when I grew up and got older and had my own kids, that I would grow out of that phase of my life. No, not me, I actually got worse in the rebellious stage. It affected my children now, and the stakes were definitely higher and I had more to lose this time around.
When I left my husband, the father of my two girls, to be with my new boyfriend seven years younger than me, I made the biggest mistake of my life. I didn’t see what I was doing to my children, basically abandoning them for another man other than their father. I was blind to what I was doing to them by not being a responsible adult and take care of their needs before anyone else’s was my responsibility and I failed as a mother.

When I was sixteen years old, I had a part-time job, had my license and a car and was very responsible for my age. I believe the reason for this had to do with my childhood and how I had to constantly take care of my sister and watch out for my Mom at an early age. I was basically my sister’s mother and my father abused us in multiple ways. When I finally had children for my own, I slowly became more irresponsible as I got more depressed with my life. When I look back and reflect at the situation I realize that I just wanted my kids and I wanted to leave my husband a long time before I actually left, and that I repressed those feelings a long time. It’s very unhealthy and dangerous to do that because things could have ended up worse than they were, but I ultimately lost my children because of my genius decisions.
Now it will take years to make up for the mistakes I have made to my children. They are not a part of my life now because of the horrible things I let happen around them and I will take responsibility for that. I am learning my lesson still to this day and I will never stop learning how to be a better person, and the best Mom I can be for my children. It’s always going to be a work in progress but I know they will come back to me some day soon.