Unfortunately, you probably won’t know if you’re a good parent for about 20 years afrer you start being a parent. Then, if you discover your now adult child to be self-centred, rude, impatient, angry, spiteful, mean-spirited and cruel, then there is a possibility that you might be a lousy parent. Then again, you could have been a great parent and your kid still turns out to be the next Ted Bundy. It’s a case of the luck of the draw sometimes. Just do the best you can, and never give up on your kids, and the answer to ‘will I be a good parent’ will most likely be yes!