Why am I not good enough for my parents?

My parents always compare me to other highly educated people and constantly tell me about what I'm missing. But if they rather accepted me for who I am and what I enjoy, no matter how crazy it may be, things would have been a load better.

While some parents are just mean, other parents have a tremendous amount of expectation for their children and nothing ever seems good enough. This is true for any ethnic group and is most common in the Asian culture and are often referred as "Tiger Parenting". Example: 12 year old receives an A on their report card. Instead of getting praised they are scolded for not receiving an A+. Although this type of example may not be true for most but the concept of it is very commonly practiced.

Your parents probably lack the self-esteem and wisdom to see that you are enough and will always be enough. They probably want you to fill a hole in themselves they cannot fill. Only when you realize that you are not in fact responsible for your parents or how they feel about you, you can move on.

Because they are ignorant and self centered

most parents have a definite perception and high expectation from their children and when the child sways away from their wishes their high hopes are not realised they begin to vent their anger or frustration by making the child feel they are not good enough for them but on the other side to be fair to the parents they are expected to produce highly successful children from their peers and society and the child's failure makes them feel they have failed too and end up beating themselves too hard and of course making the child the butt of their anger

Sometimes we feel this way and sometimes our parents make us feel this way. The important thing to ask is if you're doing your best? If you are, then the rest is not important. We all want to live up to our parents expectations, but sometimes we can't, and that's okay.

What do you mean you’re not good enough? You just have the weight of the world on your shoulders, but you will get better. How I know? You’re stronger than what you think, you’ve made it this far. Going through hell and back. You can do it, so when you think you’re not good enough, know that others see it differently. You are perfect, you are you. Don’t change that, or lose the true you. Yes it might be hiding, but it will come out soon you just have to wait and see! 😄😁

Sometimes our parents see us as the embodiment of their ambition. That can lead to an unfair expectations. My Dad is a conservative person, and me being an artist rattles him a lot. Each person is different, and you can't force yourself to fit in someone else's shoes. Be happy for who you are :)