I'd never call my parents laidback, but they're not always on my back. But when I get letters home from school or phone calls...they go crazy and say--- but I thought since the last time you'd mended your ways! Worked hard! What do we have to do with this child! und so weiter
My dad is lovely though, and smooths things over after the storm, and they're both happy when good things happen at school i.e. take praise much more seriously than I ever would.
They were pretty mad over my GCSEs, specially since I didn't get my predictions and they saw how little I'd done over the two years, and that I'd gotten into trouble at school and still not bucked up. I didn't want straight A*s, they thought I practically had a right to them. I don't know....they both worked hard and did well, but that's just normal for them. I grew up in a different environment, blah blah etc. My dad started out this year saying- if you don't get A*s in the summer, you can expect a lot less support if things don't work out well. I think he's mellowed a little but things will not go well if I don't get AAA.