What did your parents teach you?

All of the above, except that they were phrased differently.

Good manners = "Don't embarrass or I'll ring your neck."
Respect the poor = "That'll be your lazy ass in a few if you don't get the hell up."
Kindness to people/animals = "God don't like ugly."
Keep yourself safe = "Watch your ass. You can't trust people nowadays."
Suck up to your boss = "Do whatever you've gotta do to get your ass at the top."

You've seemed to miss one that was my absolute favorite, though - Work hard and get good grades = "I expect the best from you. I ain't rasining no lazy ass kids... don't come home stupid!"

Ah, parents. Strict, harsh, and threatening... what more could you ask for?

that if you don't do what the bible says you will burn in the lake of fire forever and ever. amen.

Most things that I learned I taught myself. I guess a lot of it feeds off what my parents did, but they never actively taught me anything. If I have learned anything from them, I have learned never to trust your parents (both pf my parents are literally opposites in every way from their parents, and they all argue quite a bit).

My dad's dead and I often look back to think of what he taught me - he rarely spoke and hated kids. However, when I was about 5 he taught me how to do dot-to-dot and draw ducks from the number 2. He was a navy man so when I was about 10 he taught me how to polish shoes, iron shirts and look after my school uniform.

My mum taught me to work until I dropped saying, "It's better to wear out as to rust out!" She also taught us all to give people anything that they admire if they come into our homes - coz Bible says, "If you've two coats give one away." Plus they're only 'things'.

From watching her we learnt to give to charity, beggars, thank all service staff and to tip well. Never to say anything that might hurt someone's feelings but not to be a coward if attacked!

We learned NOT to use violence on our kids, and not to scream at them like a lunatic - as she always did!

My parents didn't teach me any of that. I taught myself all of those, heck I'm still learning. All they did was watch and pretended that they taught me.

There is just one thing I learned from my parents:
If you can't handle it, don't get kids.

My parents taught me a lot by not imposing too many rules. They allowed me to make mistakes and taught me to allow others to do the same. "To each their own" is common phrase out of my father's mouth, especially when he doesn't understand or agree. Learning to accept the mysteries as is and putting any anger you hold into something productive, like remodeling the house. Physical labor is good medicine. Oh, and don't make your mother cry. She will bend over backwards to give of herself but if you take advantage of that or disrespect it, you have to deal with the people who love her. And they may not be so accomodating.

nothing at all

My parents have their faults and I could be cynical and say they taught me self-sufficiency; that you shouldn't expect anything from anybody, even your parents, but that would be short-changing them. My father taught me to work hard. He'd work a full working day, come home, eat his tea, and then do foreigners until 11pm. If it was for pensioners, he'd never charge them what he should, even though it meant he had to work longer and harder. He's not a social person at all but he believes in community and that we should help each other and not see each other opportunistically.

My mother came to become one of those racists who learn it from a newspaper, without actually speaking to people from other cultures. When she does speak to people, she always finds the common ground and always gets along with them. When she says, "they're actually nice people", it stabs at my heart a little as if the newspaper's judgement of "they're coming here, stealing our jobs" is worth believing blindly, but the positive is that she does make the effort and does genuinely like people regardless of what she reads.

Both parents love animals and both have a sense of right and wrong that is observed without ever being talked about. I've never known either break even the most minor of laws (littering or speeding, say). They're a long way away from being role models, but plenty of people are set an example that the world owes them a livelihood (it doesn't), that crime is okay as long as you get away with it (it isn't), and that nobody really cares about anything at all (they do).

To be respectful to others, have compassion, to not talk back and if I step out of line in any way, I could expect the belt or whatever was closest to their hands. Oh and to make a kick ass coffee :)

Everything I know and the way I behave I taught myself. I learnt from people I respected and liked and have tried to act the way I would want people to be with me.

stand up for the lower middle class, that's where you came from. tear down the rich's corrupt world without stooping to their level

That the world is a terrifying place
Never answer the phone because some-one might come and murder you
Never answer the front door for the same reason
Don't go outside for the same reason
Relationships don't last forever
Just because you're some-ones child doesn't necessarily mean that they will love you
That your mother will leave you when she feels like it
She will also run away and try to abandon you as a child in the city centre
That parents are angry people who beat you with high heels and throw china at you
That you HAVE to do what your SUPPOSED to do even if it makes you unhappy
NEVER be late
NEVER steal
Pans will explode if you leave then on the hob
Splinters will go to your heart and kill you
No-one under the age of 19 is capable of using kitchen appliances
Don't talk to your parents about your feelings
Just go and stay in your room, I never want to see you

How to care for myself. Had to, when I packed my crap at 14.5 and paddled my own canoe for the rest of my days.

they tought me to never do crystal meth for an uninterrupted 30 years non stop

Money makes the world go round. Work hard be a doctor and get a big house so.we can live with you. btw im asian, funny how some stereotypes are true.

I taught myself but not parents to be honesy

My parents never really outright taught us things or discussed things. It was more like learn from example, or get in trouble and then get dealt with-there was no real pre-defined expectations really. Unfortunately there was a lot of bad examples that were a bit difficult for a kid to figure out, but for me I think it worked out fine in the end. I'm OK with myself and I'm tolerant of others. I learned how to work very hard and I have a sense of duty, service and such. I'm protective and affectionate with my kids, which is one of the things I lacked from my parents as a kid.

none of these. Just respect.

Well... my mother taught me the importance of family I think, I'm really loyal and if someone messes with my family, we tend to take it as messing with all of us. So I guess it was to be strong and to look out for ones own kin.

manners and right from wrong

Parents taught me good manners. The second and third on the list are just natural to me.

My parents taught me things but I used what I leanred for different reasons. They taught me things deliberately and just as much things I learned from them which they didn't deliberately teach me.