Interviewing Parents

CJ: Was it easy being the oldest of 4 in your family?

Mom: No not really my mom was kind of experimenting with me because i was the oldest so there were some things she would let me do and other things that i wanted to do but i was unable too.

CJ: Was it hard on your family that you never really got to see your father or only saw him on weekends?

Mom: We really only grew up with a mom i mean we would see him on weekends but that was about it and the amount time i was in that house all we were really saying to each other was hi and bye.

CJ: What did your mom do for work?

Mom: She was a teacher at Easton elementary school.

CJ: Did she make a lot of money or did you kind of provide for yourself?

Mom: She gave us money, but very little. Once i hit 14 i was out there finding a job and no more money was given.

CJ: Did you try to act as a role model toward your younger siblings?

Mom: I mean we had our fights like every other normal pair of siblings in the world. But i kept an eye on them to make sure they weren't slacking or going down a bad road or anything.

CJ: If you could go back and change anything about the way your family was, what would it be?

Mom: Being able to have a better relationship with my dad, spending more time with him having more conversations exc.

CJ: Did you hate being the youngest of two in your family?

Dad: I did but i didn't because i feel like they gave me more freedom than my older sister but had higher expectations from me.

CJ: You came from a lower class family, was money back then hard to come by?

Dad: Yeah the only way we were able to get money was by working my parents didn't just hand it out and say go have fun.

CJ: At what age did you get your first job?

Dad: 13

CJ: What was it?

Dad: Picking cotten on a cotten field from 6 a.m- 4:45 p.m

CJ: Damn, manual labor huh?

Dad: Yeah you guys don't have it hard at all go back to those days and then you'll take what you think now is hard for granted.

CJ: Did your parents ever say take a break to you or anything?

Dad: No, in fact they wanted me to get another job so i could have more money but i told them this job is enough and makes enough money.

CJ: What was your relationship with your parents like?

Dad: Tough Love.

CJ: So did you guys ever just have a nice conversation or anything?

Dad: Yes we had those but most of the time they were being strict and demanding me too do something.

CJ: That's unfortunate, thanks for both of your time ill see ya guys around the house,