Do parents sometimes do exactly the opposite of what they advise their children not to do?

Do you have examples?Do parents sometimes do exactly the opposite of what they advise their children not to do?
Yes sometimes... just two days ago I was invited to a dinner,, both the parents are smoker,,, they even smoke on the terrace when the children sit in the living,,, and when the children went to sleep,upstairs, they were smoking by the dinning table,,,they always advise their children to be away of smoking,, and they smoke themselves,,, My ex partner was an alcoholic,,, when his old child (was 16 ) came at night drunk,, he almost killed him,,,





what was so amazing: something happened to me in Egypt: someone stole some products from his company,,, I went to his father to tell him , the sister of this (thief) came home (was 11pm) the father attacked her hard that she came late,with the excuse of elakhla a wel fadeelah-- so i said ,,a Conservative good family!!!) when I told him about his son,,, he laughed and said (ohhh those few products he took !!!) as if Islam is only about women/men and sex,,, not other things concerning stealing, cheating, lying...etc





sometimes the parents not only-do the opposite of what they advise,, but also allow one /some of their children to do completely opposite of what they advise the rest based on the gender,,(as if there is difference in religions or ethics,,) the most known example : that the parents would not mind (or even be happy ) to their male child befriend a girl , and will be mad if they see the daughter doing the same,,, (as if the girl to befriended , does not have parents too) I heard a mother telling her boy: befriend as you like , but do not let the girl (tathak 3lyk- etahk enta 3lyha)....lolDo parents sometimes do exactly the opposite of what they advise their children not to do?
what adults do and what children do are 2 entirely different things. we know our downfalls and mistakes and try to guide our children in to not making the same mistakes. i have tattoo's. my daughter has asked if she could have one when she's 16 i've agreed only because i know she will be petrified of the needles and won't go through with it! my tattoos were a teenage drunken mistake but, i have to live with them. a parents job is to keep a child safe and secure. sometimes we do come across as total hypocrites but that is a parental right. we do what we think is best by our children and nothing less. we give rules because we need to know they are safe. so we ask them to let us know where they are going but we don't need to tell our children what we do and where we go because we are adults and do not answer to children. so yes we do say one thing and do another.
ALL THE TIME....


i am like EXTREMELY messy...not that am not clean or so...bs i am so0 like ';mena3kesha';...haha...ya i HAVE to have something wrong...i hate putting everything in its certain place or so...when i study in home fl sofra you'd find like 2 cups of tea and like a cup of water...couple of mobile phones...w el laselky kaman...mmkn shebshebiin....haha...and when i walk am SO clumsy i keep on like droppping my mobile phone and may be crashing into a wall...and sometimes getting lost..ya am wierd...





my mom is kind of an idealistic neat freak..





BUT...my dad is where i got these traits from...





he ALWAYS drops his phone...he even once dropped it his cup of tea...lo0ll...





when he is getting money from his pocket you feel like they seriously need to be ironed...and he keeps on dropping the money without noticing....my mom keeps saying ';enta geebak ma5rom wala eh?!!';...lo0lll...





am like a copy of him...and GUESS WHAT...he just won't admitt it...





he keeps on saying that he's so neat and that he always takes good care of his stuff although we both know its not true...





he always keeps on telling me ';jojo...clean you room...i dun wanna see you bags and shoes on the floor...'; and do this and do that...





and when i say ';dad...am another copy of you...dun blame me..blame the gienes...';


he would go like ';WHAT??!! ME??...i am SO neat';...





ALLAK...


haha....


thanks =)
LOOOOL....yes....a good example











As he/she is hitting there child he/she is saying ';Mitidrabsh a5watak!'; LOL











On a more serious note, i think the reason they tell us not to do something they do is because they have experienced it and dont want us to go through the same thing.....
It does happen some times. They warn their children not to do some thing they actually did from experience. They would also warn them not to do some thing that they started and can't stop, like smoking for example.
I gave my son a big lecture coz he forgot his watch in the club where we were having lunch, and when we got home I discovered that I forgot my cigarette pack and lighter.. It was a hell of a shame
sometimes i do things opposite to what i say .. w 7'aly el tabe2 mastoor w balash faday7 :D:D
Yes, yes, yes!!


And when they spot us or take us unawares, then .........


My daughter loves to catch me doing things that I forbid her to do and then the roles are reversed!
yes , sure !!


as they are the only ones who really would like you to be better in every way
Yes


The most common example is smoking and many other health advices.
all parents wants their children to be better than themselves
yes. they want them to do all that is good even if they cant do it themselves. it is all out of love/