Parenting skills towards Goten

[TheGmGoken]

You know how they say with each child you get better raising it? Look at Gohan. Chi Chi was way too strict with the boy and Goku was honestly careless.

However with Goten it seems like Chi Chi mellowed out and Goku is actually being a father! I see good parenting with Goten. Do y'all agree? Goku and Goten bonded so well with each other and had great chemistry . It always seem as if Gohan and Goku was on too different pages.

We haven't seen much of Goten with his parents but so far going by 2008 special and Super it's quite the good parenting compared to Gohan.

[Makai]

Well, by EoZ, Goten didn't grow up how Gohan did as a result of Chi Chi, and seems like an average teenage kid, so I'd say they did a better job this time around.

[BojGrass]

I think they had better luck with Goten too as far as circumstances. Poor Gohan. It's a wonder he turned out as well as he did. He got kidnapped, his dad died, he had to survive out in the wilderness by his own means, he had to survive Piccolo's training, he had to watch Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo all get killed off one by one, then he had to save his dad, who's body would have been pretty mangled at the time (Vegeta did step on almost his entire bottom half as a Great Ape), then he had to go to Namek and deal with running from and fighting Freeza and seeing Krillin die, and then in the Cell arc his dad, who did at least know what Gohan was capable of, threw him in at the deep end of a battle and said "OK! Start swimming!" And then he had to watch his dad sacrifice his life to fix what he messed up. That's a pretty traumatic, what? six or eight years counting the RoSaT? for a little kid.

Goten had one really bad day that got split up by some time in the RoSaT which to my recollection they used mostly as play time (which happily doubled as training) to come up with cool ways to beat Buu.

With that said: seeing how Chi-Chi was with him during the start of the events during Buu, and then like you said, the way she and Goku are in Super, I would say they probably did do a better job parenting Goten than they did Gohan.

[DBZAOTA482]

I honestly don't see how Goku is more caring towards Goten than he is of Gohan at all. I always got the opposite impression (Gohan is the golden child while Goten is largely ignored).

Regarding Goten and Chi-Chi, I can see your point though in Super she seems to be putting a similar approach as Gohan in the education aspect strangely enough among other things.

[DoomieDoomie911]

I honestly don't see how Goku is more caring towards Goten than he is of Gohan at all. I always got the opposite impression (Gohan is the golden child while Goten is largely ignored).

Regarding Goten and Chi-Chi, I can see your point though in Super she seems to be putting a similar approach as Gohan in the education aspect strangely enough among other things.

This.

[supercat]

Other than their slightly conflicting perspectives during the Cell Games, I'm not sure how Goku and Gohan were on different pages. The two had a very deep father son relationship where they both immensely valued one another, while really cherishing the time spent together. Having different passions and interests in life doesn't automatically deem the two as being on separate pages.

Chi Chi's strict grasp on Gohan seems pretty in line with some mothers who go above and beyond to smother their first born with overprotective tendencies. As time passes and experience is gained, some parents either seem to ease off completely, or they at the very least, tone it down. Being the eldest son in my family, and also being around others who are in the same situation, I can sort of speak out of experience. Another influential variable seems to be the specifics behind the relationship and/or the connection a parent establishes with a particular child. Some kids can have a completely different impact on their parents than their siblings have, and hence as a result, the style of parenting could be changed accordingly.

As for Goku, my only guess is that he's now approaching a point of contentment where he's no longer in constant pursuit of new power. I mean, don't get me wrong, training is still likely up there on his list of priorities, but perhaps the passion behind it isn't quite as dramatic as it once was. Perhaps this mirrors the time he spent with Gohan during the gap between DB and DBZ? It seemed at that point he committed more time towards being a family man than into training. This could also be an explanation for why his strength gains between the events of DB and DBZ were less than impressive.

[SSJ God Gogeta]

I don't see what was wrong with the way Goku and Chi Chi raised Gohan. There are many times throughout the series Goku showed that he cared for him, Goku isn't the greatest father but I've seen worse. I do think that Chi Chi was a bit too strict but at the end of the day I would love to have a mother like Chi Chi. All she really want's is the best for her family.

I don't really see the difference between the bonding of Goku and his sons, seems all the same, am I missing something? As for Chi Chi, she did mellow out after Goku died during the Cell Games. Not being as strict with Goten as she was with Gohan. But because Chi Chi was so strict with Gohan I think he and his family will have a much better future than Goten. Then again, Goten could always just mooch off his big brother or even Mr. Satan.