Why am I not good enough for my parents?

Personally, I feel like parents expect so much out of their kids. They sometimes even do it because of things that they missed out on when they were younger. You most likely feel like they're pushing a lot but trust me, they only want the best out of you.

Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you're good or not, if parents' expectations are high, no matter what you do, it's difficult to satisfy them. Talk to them about how you feel, and see what they say. Perhaps it's you who have implanted these thoughts in your head, and it's not anything they have said/done!

In what way are you not good enough for your parents : education, looks, attitude, behaviour , ettiquettes , wealth..... ? Firstly , please understand that no one in this world could ever satisfy each other. There are just too many criteria and it would take more than a lifetime to fulfill even half of these expectations. Are you willing to spend your whole life trying to do this? What about your own growth as a person ? Isn't it better if you do the best you can and live a life which you have worked hard to build ? Every loving parents will surely overcome their own expectations and appreciate their child for what she/he have achieved.

Its quite simple. Our parents think the best for us. But the problem is they think what is best for us in their own horizon. They might not consider what we might consider to be good. For example a person may want his son to be the best business man in the city but the son has other plans he wants to be the best professional attorney in the country. So, here it shows that, we kids, in spite of going in best directions many a times look wrong to our parents or we can say that we don't look good enough for our parents.

It's hard to feel like you are good enough for everyone, parents included. It feels like they put so much pressure on you and set the expectation bar out of reach right? You want to please them so much, but it is just not possible. That is wrong. You don't need to be good enough for your parents, you need to be good enough for yourself. Parents just want their kids to be perfect right? They need to understand that you are human and you can't always be good enough. That's okay though, to not be good enough. You are good enough by being yourself.

The pressure our parents instill on us is not directly related to us. More often than not, it's about them. HOW we deal with that pressure is the only thing we can do something about.

Your parents probably have high expectations or Goals they could never reach so now they want you to reach them. But that's wrong. They usually just want the best for you and want to inspire you to become better. It's just a wrong way of doing that.

Some people have such extremely high standards, that you’ll never be good enough for them. What’s important is if you consider yourself good enough.

Parents are just people with their own set of experiences, expectations and limitations. Many people hold strong preconceptions regarding what a family should be like and everything that deviates from this image is perceived as negative. It is important to come to terms with the fact that not all of our choices will be accepted by our parents, but that does not mean those choices are wrong.

They might be not accepting themselves and their own flaws, therefore they focus all their attention on you.