Parents' expectations shape their children's lives. These expectations affect children psychologically, behaviorally, and socially. When they are too high, they increase the pressure on children, sometimes leading them to feel dissatisfied with themselves and even depression. When they are too low, this can lead to children not reaching their full potential due to a lack of encouragement and support. For me, my parents' expectations have always been high, encouraging me to always do my best, supporting me in every aspect of my life, but always meeting their expectations over the years, more and more expectations have built up that had to be satisfied. be maintained. I was an only child for six years before my first sister arrived. In recent years all the attention has been focused on me. My parents wanted me to be the best kid in the crowd, the best among my friends, the best at school, and, ultimately, the best at everything. Before I reached first grade, my mother had taught me to read and write correctly. When my first sister arrived, the attention never stopped revolving around me, especially since I was now in school. My mother read every story with me, studied every subject with me, and stayed with me until I wrote all my homework. He brought me up to his standards so well that I even became a perfectionist. The papers in my notebooks became so thin and faded from my constant erasing of the word if it wasn't written correctly in the best handwriting. My father has always been very supportive alongside my mother. She didn't pressure me as much as my mother did. He was always an encouragement to me when I did something wrong, trying to calm down situations where my mother had... middle of the paper... better grades because of the large amount of money they were spending on me and their expectations towards me who have great results. But I know that all of this was done to make me happy in the end. Not all people can meet their parents' expectations, but I will always be grateful to my parents for this. Their high expectations have shaped me throughout my years to be the best person I could be and will continue to be. They taught me the right thing from the wrong thing, and even now, when they are disappointed by something, they don't try to put me down but, on the contrary, they try to comfort me and even sometimes they tell me that I don't always have to live up to my expectations. very high expectations of myself. I will forever be grateful to my parents, because without them I would not be the person I am today. Seeing them happy and proud makes me the happiest person in the world.