Family time is the parent’s reward for the work they do all day. Mom and dad get to see how the kids are learning and growing. The kids get to benefit from their parent’s wisdom and experience, and learn a few old family stories while they are at it.
Eating dinner together is an excellent way to share family time. Everyone can share the good and bad experiences of the day. Eating together, kids learn table manners, to take turns when they talk and never ever to interrupt. Eventually, at least.
Family time can be shared at Disneyworld, in Tiffany’s or on a flight to Paris. Sharing luxuries is not what matters though. Listening to one another, feeling close and feeing cared about is what makes good family time.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with family time. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Family Time
- Dealing with family conflict. My Family conflicts are often repetitive, they do not see the big picture or what is really important through all the disagreements. I often try to be a mediator and cease it all, yet look for positives. I get very frustrated, especially because my family will be back to normal in a few weeks, but they never understand that.
- Dealing with the negative attitude of my mother. I must remain silent in the face of such behavior while she will freely correct such actions in anyone else of the family. I find it very frustrating because, morally speaking, her behavior displays the very thing she does not tolerate in us kids. Without trying to sound disrespectful, her actions are hypocritical. Confronting her on the matter seems to be a viable option, but the way in which it will be received (or how I would even go about it) prevents me from doing this. And so my frustration simply must be set aside as I wait for my father to get through to her.
- For the past few days I have been trying to contact my mom. I have called her several times and not once has she called me back. Even though I know she is busy, this makes me feel frustrated because she is being unreliable. I feel like it is my personal responsibility to be reliable and I feel like other people should be the same.
- Getting my child to eat instead of throw his food. This is frustrating because if he doesn’t he he looks as though he is sick, loses weight. the doctor tells me he’ll eat when he gets hungry but it still is time consuming and exhausting to deal with when he doesn’t listen.
- Getting my child to focus at his task at hand despite numerous reminders. It is frustrating as it is a waste of the child’s time and mine which could have been spent in more productive ways rather than procrastinating. It is also frustrating as the child does not value the help that is extended to him and behaves in an irresponsible manner.
- Go to a family dinner… I was already exhausted beforehand, and completely disinterested in most of the conversation the whole time. It consisted of small talk, talking about people I don’t know, or people stating things as facts when they were really misguided opinions – which drives me crazy. I was tired & so a little more ornery/less social!
- Helping my father after he fell. My father is a pathological liar, he milked the situation for all it was worth treated those around him as his servants. Once taken to the hospital after screaming and crying for about 12 hours we found that there was nothing wrong no broken bones, no swelling or bruises and he acted normal after he got home.
- I feel like I don’t get my family’s support in things I love.This frustrates me because I feel I am going to be a failure compared to my sister in life.Also, I hate it when I get compared with my older sister,because I feel like my parents want me to be a replica of my sister,not be myself
- I find it hard to stay positive, and believe in myself and my goals, in a household where I have been conditioned to believe that other people’s validation is more important than my own and that any choice I make has to be in line with what others want of me – my mother is quick to tear down every personal goal my sister and I have if it’s not what she wants, often leaving us in tears. But, we persist. I’ve gotten better at trusting my own choices and decisions and knowing when criticism/feedback is constructive and helpful, and I will also be moving into university dorms in September (woo!), so will be mostly free from my mother’s critic and negativity. In the past few days, I’ve been asking myself; how can I cope in the mean time, while I wait to move out? The excitement of living without her is becoming unbearable, and I just might go insane waiting.
- I have to take care of my Father (he’s sick). It’s difficult because I have my own personal problems that need to be dealt with, but I can’t because I have to take care of him. Don’t get me wrong I love my Father it’s just really hard to deal with him sometimes.
- I’m Burdened with full responsibility for cleaning out, cleaning up, disposal of contents, and marketing deceased parents home. Pay all bills while being horsewhipped by two siblings who do and contribute nothing. This is one of those joint owner situations where dad left us on title as rights of survivor. This week a tree fell on the house. I rolled up my sleeves, filed a claim with the insurance company and travelled the six hours by ferry to the house (then six hours back) to do an assessment and damage control until contractor could cone in. Paid the heft deductible before this could begin.
- Living at home with my parents has been a bit frustrating. I’ve lived on my own for the past 6-7 years and have come and gone as I pleased (and on my own time). But living at home, I always had to answer to one of my parents and there isn’t much privacy as before. I love them, but it is a little frustrating.
- My dad misunderstood me and was criticizing me .He dint even give me a chance to talk and clarify .It was pretty frustrating because he wasn’t ready to listen to me and also had many misconceptions about me.I want my dad to understand me and give me a chance to talk.It was frustrating because almost everything he criticized about me was untrue.
- My father’s Truck broke down and I had to assist to push it into another spot. I got lost getting there and was not given good direction. It was late in the evening and I did not appreciate having to go down to help him when it was his fault he got stuck.
- My nephew was visiting. Being very close in age, we used to be very close in general; however this time, he really clearly didn’t want to be here. It hurt a bit, because it highlighted how we’re drifting. I expressed that I wanted him to have fun and enjoy himself because I enjoy spending time with him, and he didn’t really react. I kept making suggestions of things we could do, but his answer every time was, “I don’t care.” This was very frustrating, and very disheartening.
- My older sister, my nephew, and my niece had to live with us for two weeks. At first I was okay with it but after a while it got frustrating. The reason it’s frustrating is because they wet my notes that I need for my Biology EOC and they would freak out if they saw my dog. So my dog had to be left outside.
- My parents aren’t acting the as they use to. My mom is becoming more independent and my dad is somewhat depressed. This is frustrating because they think too young to understand but I do and I want to help them. my mom doesn’t listen to me and I can make my dad smile and laugh but only for a little bit.
- One of the most frustrating things I had to do for the past few days was listening to my parents get mad. They would always swear at my siblings and I and wouldn’t let us say anything. It got me mad that they wouldn’t listen to reason and would literally tell me to go f myself and walk away mad.
- One of the most frustrating things that I have to deal with is being able to spend time with my mother whom I have recently met after 20 years. She is busy with her new life that I feel I should be able to spend some sort of quality time with her regardless of how complicating our lives are.
- Planning a large trip for the family without any input from the family. Frustrating because I am on the hook for all the decisions, right or wrong, and without their input it is difficult to pinpoint what they would like to do. Making decisions based off my gut reaction, and hoping for the best!
- Something that has been frustrating me the past few days that I have been home is me arguing with my mother. The reason why it is so frustrating is that she always has to be right and that only her opinion matters, and I think if we both had equal views on thing we would argue less.
- Sticking to any particular task.I like to do several things at 1 time,learn many things simultaneously-hate the fact that I cant because other people in the family don’t seem to understand that.Hate the fact that I cant go out and do what I want even though i’m 26.I need to experience many things,go out-understand the world-without having to be accountable for every damn second of my life.
- Talking to my sister was really frustrating. She is self confident, a lot, and I’m not at all. And when she tells me about all her successes with boys and stuff like that, I feel a lot of pressure and my self esteem goes down and down.. and she knows that I’m feeling like that, so she should support me a little instead of telling me every single thing that happen to her, without even asking something about me.
- Talking with my mom. It was frustrating because I felt that the negativity was suffocating and I felt like my mother was projecting her fears and regrets of her life on to me. Also I am fighting depression, I sometimes feel like I have no drive or goals and I sometimes worry I’m lacking in a core element that seems to exist in everyone else that provides the drive to thrive or at least survive. It’s very frustrating because I worry about what my life will become if I can’t change. My mother and my sister are I insistent that I need their help but that’s just as frustrating to me because they will not be around forever and I’m concerned that if I can not motivate myself alone then I may never become a fully productive member of society.
- The most frustrating thing for me is to take rest, when my family members order me to had rest at night, because I think till we can’t understand any thing we should not take the rest, as after life there will be only rest and rest only, so why to waist this very small life.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do in the past few days is tell my parents everything about what happened. It is frustrating because it’s not the type of thing you would like to here about your daughter but you also have to reassure them that you didn’t do anything.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do in the past few days was talking with my 18 year old nephew who lives with me about contributing to the household by doing chores around the house that we ask him to do. We are trying to teach him what it means to take initiative in his life and it has been a difficult lesson to teach.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do in the past few days was to listen to my mom’s lecture during my holidays to clean my cupboard. This was frustrating because I would always like to be in my own space and would like to be allowed to live independently rather listen to each and everything what my mother has to say.
- The most frustrating thing I have done closely was actually having to go to my mom’s relatives yesterday. I hate those group of people. The problem is that a person whom was the closest thing I had as a soul sister didn’t hang with me which I had found disrespectful and frustrating. The group of people are so judgemental and what they have never is enough for them. They are totally greedy and show offs. As in for the soul sister, I have had doubts before and know she is just a cousin to me whom is close to my age.
- The most frustrating thing I have done in the past couple of days is try to make my parents proud of me while playing in an all weekend tournament. They always expect me to do get, like I am a professional, and I certainly am not. It just gets frustrating to please someone, especially your parents when you mess up.
- The most frustrating thing I have had to do in the past few days has got to be dealing with my family. Here lately, they have all been driving me crazy. Sometimes, my parents and I do not see eye-to-eye on things, and they don’t listen to me like they should.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do in the past is watch my little brother and sister. The reason why this is so frustrating is because they are very young. They never listen to what I say. young kids don’t have a full developed mind on how to behave and be respectful.
- The most frustrating thing that I’ve had to do the past few days has been trying to explain to my mother how hard it is to go from living on your own and making your own rules to moving back in with her. It’s not easy for either of us, and it most certainly is not a vacation to me. But no matter what I say, it just never seems to be enough to truly explain the situation.
- The most hardest thing that I have been through this past week would be trying to get my family back together..and I’ve been really frustrated because I feel like I’m stuck in a world of mess from my past. That feels like I’m never going to to get out of this messed but I know that with God anythings possible.
- Trying to explain to my sister, that as a practicing Catholic, that her faith should allow her to be able to forgive anyone for whatever wrong doings as it is not our path to condemn but to forgive. She just doesn’t understand and talking to her is becoming harder and harder.
- Trying to rock my baby to sleep and taking longer than usual, my eldest child whom I had set up with an activity to occupy her had decided the was bored and wanted to be with me. Her chatter kept the baby awake and in turn stopped me from being able to spend time with my eldest as well.
- Watch my daughter struggle with issues and not be able to help her because she is so far away. She is learning to be an adult and handle life situations and I need to step back as a parent and offer her guidance and not swoop in and save her but it is frustrating to see your child struggle and not help them but allow them to learn from their experiences.