"Bittersweet."

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Bittersweet

Parent child relationships can be viewed as bittersweet. There are many different types of parent - child relationships; some are good, bad and some are both. I believe that the parent and the child are affected by there relationship with each other. There are many story's and poems that display the different aspects of parent-child relationships.

"Advice to my son" by Peter Meinke shows how a parent can be a good role model to there child. This is a great example of a good parent -child relationship. In this poem the father is giving his son ,Tim ,good advice on how Tim should live his life. The father says,

"Therefore, marry a pretty girl

After seeing her mother;

Speak truth to one man,

Work with another;

And always serve bread with your wine."

He is giving his son advice on how to be successful in relationships with other people. I feel that it is very important to be a good role model to your child and to give your child good advice. This poem reminds me of all the long talks I had with my parents about life. My dad would always repeat the same advice so that I would never forget it.

Parents give up a lot of things to support there children. In the poem "Those Winter Sundays" , Robert Hayden says,

"Sundays too my father got up early

And put his clothes on in the blue black cold,

Then with cracked hands that ached

From labor in the week day weather made

Banked fire blaze. No one thanked him."

This quote shows how...