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50 Posts From Toxic Parents Who Simply Shouldn’t Have Had Kids, Shared On This Online Community
Let’s face it, parenting is one of the biggest challenges that we’ll ever have to face in our lives. It’s right up there alongside fighting off an alien invasion, surviving a zombie apocalypse, rocket science, and plugging in a USB cable on the first try. So it’s no wonder that most parents are less than perfect. In fact, it’s pretty much the norm.
However, they’re nowhere near the level that some of the parents featured on the ‘Parents Are Effing Dumb’ subreddit are. There, you’ll find some of the biggest fails that will make you gasp, shout “think of the children!”, and think about taking these people’s parenting license away. Remember to buckle up and upvote the pics that made your jaw drop as you scroll down the rollercoaster that is this descent into parenting weirdness.
When it comes to parenting, both extremes—absolute perfectionism/trying to be a ‘perfect’ parent and not trying hard enough—can be harmful to the family. And while it’s very clear what bad parenting is, perfectionism is more insidious and sneaky and can actually end up being just as harmful as actual neglect or ignorance, though in a very different way. We spoke about the pitfalls of this with an expert in the field of psychology.
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I'm Sorry, What??
He’s Not Wrong
My Family Does This To Me All The Time, And Each Time I Tell Them It Discourages Me But They Still Do It
Emma Morton, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, explained to Bored Panda the pitfalls of perfectionist thinking and how it spreads to many areas of a person’s life, contributing to poor mental health and even depression.
Believing that you should (or even that you can) be a so-called ‘perfect’ parent is actually detrimental to your health. What’s more, the belief that you can control every single outcome can spread to other areas of your life, not just parenting.
How Could She Not Know How Antlers Work?
And I Know That From Home
Me Getting My Vaccinations After My Mother Refused For Me To Have Them
I love when teenagers actually start to think for themselves, and not just repeating what they parents think
“When we set excessive and inflexible high standards for ourselves and become self-critical about not meeting those, perfectionism can become a problem for our mental health and potentially contribute to depression or suicidal thoughts,” researcher Morton said.
Actually What The F**k
She Is Insane
That’s just the same as smashing down a Lego set, or destroying paintings, or any other project. It’s destroying property! And hours and hours of care and passion.
Very Not Cool
“Perfectionism is a very insidious problem—even if someone achieves great success in their personal or professional life, negative thinking patterns lead them to be highly self-critical, focus on perceived mistakes, or mentally discount their achievements,” Morton detailed that a perfectionist mindset dims even the biggest victories when we tend to laser-in on the various real and imagined flaws.
Oh Dear Mom
Tweet Says It All
What If The Neighbors Had Dogs
The anxiety surrounding perfectionism is just as much about personal pride as it is about the desire to be respected and liked by others. “People who struggle with perfectionism may worry that they will be judged for their perceived failures, feel that they are inadequate for needing help, or assume they will be a burden on their family and friends,” she said, adding that this can make perfectionists especially vulnerable mentally and emotionally.
Please Show Support To The Op On His Post Since His Parents Surely Won't
Can’t Imagine What That Kid Has To Deal With
Wow Just Wow
As such, it’s very important that parents who make mistakes with their kids don’t overcorrect and land in the ‘perfectionist’ zone. Similarly, any parents who realize that they’re being inflexible with their standards and are overly critical of their and their kids’ (real or perceived) faults need to learn to hold back and allow room for (at least some) failure. After all, learning to deal with failure and drawing wisdom from our mistakes is what being human is all about. One thing's for sure, though: nobody wants to be that parent who ends up on 'Parents Are Effing Dumb.'
Drip Or Drown
Imagine... Uggh
Oh god, there should be laws against this sort of "family youtube" thing. Using your kids for views and cash is revolting.
Parents Theory
"Those Japanese cartoons are too violent. Here, watch this documentary about the genocide in Vendée on the French-German channel."
Bad Parenting
Florida Teen Dies From Covid-19 After Mom Takes Her To Church “Covid Party”
Atleast One Person In The Comments Had The Sense To Tell Her To Call A Doctor! This Is Too Much
Taking A Picture Instead Of Saving Your Child
Mum Is Angry At Her Child For Growing
Another Great Example Of Dumb Parents
Only took this picture for my lawyer. Oh, and the internet and the world.
Wtf
Old people think they are gods, they always think they are always right about everything. Edit : not all of them, obviously, but it is more like a general tendency.
Big Brain Logic
I can see the composite in my head now from all I've seen that I couldn't stop: "how many times must I tell you *name*?! We *smack* don't *smack* hit *smack* people *wrenches kid away by the arm*
Mint Drugs
Family Had Symptoms Of Covid But Sent Child To School Regardless
My Parents Think This Is A Cute Decoration
My MIL collects golli-dolls. I asked her mother (my wife's grandmother) about it a few years back. She told me that after the war, they were left with nothing, rationing was the only thing keeping them fed. She was out begging one day with her infant child (my MIL) and someone gave her a golli doll and she has kept it ever since. The doll, to my MIL, was the first and only gift she would receive as a child and holds huge sentimentality, if her house caught fire, she would try to save them, before her husband. She knows and understands why they are racist, but for her, they represent something else, kindness, charity, safety and childhood.
Found This On Facebook
Woke Up And Saw My Door Removed By My Parents. I Asked Them "Why?" And They Replied With "Privacy Isn't Necessary"
My parents didn't take my door, but they had the same attitude to privacy. They still do.
I'll bet that parents with this attitude to privacy are religious. Mine are and this was their attitude- I moved out as soon as I could.
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Bingo. And this does NOTHING but create resentment and retard a child's ability to establish boundaries. It does not keep kids safer, it breaks down parental/child trust, and makes a kid become VERY good at lying and sneaking around. They will still be teens, door or no door. Better have them trust and respect me with a door on their room, than take if off and lose that.
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HERE WE GO AGAIN! I am a kid that has no privacy. My parents look through my stuff, look through my phone, and guess what? I'm constantly stressed. I don't even have anything bad, I don't do drugs, I don't drink alcohol, and I sure as hell am not sexually active. Nonetheless, the lack of privacy makes it a very stressful and uncomfortable environment to live in. I have, however, gotten really good at lying, hiding things, pretending to sleep, listening for footsteps and recognizing who's they are, where they are, and what they're doing.
Hang in there...you will be out sooner than you think!!
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article 16 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child says that children have the right to privacy, so it is necessary.
Shame the US is basically the only country that doesn't seem to feel the Rights of the Child is important to ratify. God forbid we give children rights in this country that might protect them from their abusive and toxic parents.
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Start jerking off in your room all day and see how long it takes before they put it back on.
Fun fact! In a fire, a closed door can help slow the spread of flames & smoke, giving the occupant a bit more time to escape out a window.
I had a door with a window. Still wasn't allowed to shut the door. Guess who takes privacy so seriously now that it's borderline pathologic?
Bedroom doors should never, ever be removed. They are your only protection in case of fire and smoke. Ask any firefighter.
... same, I have a phone, I think I have privacy, my dad is a software engineer, he says " I have access to all your conversations, contacts, passwords, and social media, but I do not look at them, that is enough privacy for you" I-
If you invade the privacy of ur children and they don't feel they have any privacy or that u respect their privacy they will keep things from you and be desperate for privacy.
Some privacy is a right, some is a privilege. All situations are different. All kids are different. If the kid is under 18, it's ok to sometimes be in your kid's business and not let them have so much privacy. If your kid earns your trust to get them a phone, then they abuse that trust, it's ok to check their phone as a parent sees fit. Parents usually pay for the phone and bill anyway. Some people are quick to blame the parents and how they treat the kids to behave the way they do. Sometimes it's outside influences such as other kids/people or possibly tv shows, not always the parents. My cousin lost her door because of her illegal activities. She was 13. She earned it back, over a 6 mos period. She learned her lesson and who it affects and why. To each their own.
I agree. There is not enough context here to judge the parent. My sister had her door removed when we were young because she would try to sneak out through her window at night when she was 13. This was before the smartphone era. I don’t remember what the time period was but she got the door back when she stopped trying to sneak out.
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Yes it is. We did this to my oldest son because he kept hitting his little brother. He finally got his door back.
I’m not allowed to ever have my door closed _~_ I’m not allowed to have any social media _~_ I’m not allowed to stay quiet behind my computer for LITERALLY two minutes before my parents ask me what exactly I’m doing _~_ I’m not allowed to send photos on Snapchat _~_ I’m not allowed to take a bike ride by myself _~_ I’m not even supposed to be on BP. I’m in high school.
I had to learn about boundaries from my Grand Parents. My Dad was of the opinion that he pays the bills, owns the house thus owns everything IN said house which included Mum and Me and therefore no door could be barred to him. If you were the bath and he wanted to use the toilet *same room not seperate*, you had to get OUT of the bath, wrap yourself in a toilet, leave the bathroom, he would then barge past you, slam the door in your face and go toilet while you wait outside, in a towel, dripping water everywhere. Then he'd let you back in, the room now stinking of piss and s**t and tell you to CLEAN up afterwards. It was ages before I learned in no way is that NORMAL. Hell Mom would at least knock and then go: its nothing I haven't seen before. Same as being in your room, later teens they'd knock but they'd come in anyway.
Bet there is more to this story. I remember Monica Lewinsky in her TED talk saying her mother would check on her if she was in the shower too long during all the Clinton scandal. Monica was a grown woman, but in a fragile state. Her mother was trying to ensure her safety the best way she knew how. You are always your mother's child, no matter how old you are.
Take their door away. Equal rights motherf**kers its time for karma and payback
Please tell me you removed their room's door too while they were sleeping the following night.
I hate this sm. Recently, I was kinda forced to come out to my aunt bc she looked through my Pinterest (only social media i have) and then I told her and lowkey burst into tears because I knew she would try to change me, and she said, AND I QUOTE "You know why you're crying? Because you know it's wrong." I've been upset ever since but it's not like I can do anything about it. Part of me can't even blame her because my phone used to be hers before, and I didn't even ask her for Pinterest before I made an account like my sister did and I've felt bad about that ever since she pointed it out, but it still makes me feel horrible because now I can't be myself like the way I've been wanting for two years, which can't even compare to how much others have had to struggle in worse conditions, and I just really hope things get better for everyone going through stupid stuff like this with their guardians.
I did the opposite. I grew up in a house where everyone used to lock themselves in a room and never see the others, so when I had my own house, I took away the doors. Then I had a son, and we put the doors back on, because he deserves his privacy. We can still leave them opened when needed :)
I wasn't allowed to close my bedroom door until we moved to another house after the divorce from my step father. I found out much later that she had been sexually assaulted by a family member when she was a minor.
Stupid parents . stupid brains , what do u use them for , decorating ?
A family that values control and authority over developing healthy boundaries.
I'd probably just dance around the room naked and do the helicopter until they put the door back on out of pure embarrassment/disgust/fear.
My son stared self exploration about a year ago (he's 7 now) and ever since I knock on his door if he's in there with the door closed. I don't want to see it and it's perfectly normal. I don't get some parents 😞
My parents have threatened to take away my door and replace it with a curtain cause I kept it closed too much and never left my room and having my door closed “closed me off from the rest of the house”. That’s kinda my point, when I close my door I want to be alone, they don’t let me close it anymore unless I’m changing, sleeping or in an online class.
Mine haven't taken my door but they want me to keep it open cuz apparently I don't need privacy and if I want it I have to "earn it"
I did this to my teenage son and he didn't have a door for over a year. I did it because he would slam the door in my face when I was telling him something he didn't want to hear. I gave him many warnings so I finally had to do it. Would I do it again? I like to think not, but we'll never know. He laughs about it with his friends now, but not then.
I absolutely flipped out when I was told my SIL removed my 14y/o's bedroom door, because she kept slamming it shut.
I learned to respect my kids' privacy, when I burst into my son's room and discovered what sort of HOMEWORK he was doing!
I hope they took their bedroom door off too, after all, "privacy isn't necessary".
Wonder if the parents removed their bedroom door too after all "Privacy isn't necessary"!
I took my son's door off for a while when he refused to have it cracked when he had a girlfriend over.
So did they remove all of the doors or just yours. This seems like it could be something she could go to court for.
Ridiculous. You should report this to a teacher or someone. How would they like it if someone refused them privacy??
Some things are privileges, that children must earn sometimes. Otherwise you end up with kids who think the world owes them something.
I'm 54f and my mom asked why my door was closed and I said for privacy; she said I had enough privacy. Also uses our dogs as a way to get my door to stay open; "what if they need water?" The dogs tell m
I slam my door when I have panic attacks because I don't care enough about the freaking DOOR to close it nicely at the moment, i always proceed to get screamed at my by parents threatening if i do that again my door will be taken and they'll let my brothers come in whenever they want.
Unplug the WiFi router and use cellular data on your phone. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
My parents took my door off when I was 14 because I slammed it one too many times! I'm a female! Guess what? It didn't work.. didn't bother me, so they put it back on after a week, and my three younger sisters, ended up slamming their doors, way more than me!,
They're clearly extremely worried that you're into something bad... a little reassurance would probably go a long way.
My parents always knock before coming in and let me have the door shut all the time to keep the air warm ( winter) or fresh from the open screened window ( summer) and to keep the pain in the butt cat out.
my parents have a rule i need to keep the door open at all times. like i'll be doing anything though, they blocked everything i have on my laptop/phone
Once I was typing my password in to my computer, I didn't want my Dad to see, so I told him to look away for a second, he said, "No. There is no Privacy in this household." Later, he got really mad at my Brother for figuring out my Mom's password to her phone(My Brother is a master at hacking) I said, "Didn't you say there was no Privacy in this household?" He got SUPER mad. (P.S.-That bieng said, my Brother should not try to hack my Mom's phone.) Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk!
I never received any mail in all the years I lived with my parents that my mother didn’t open first. She never saw anything wrong with it.
That’s when you just start shaving your asshole in front of your bedroom mirror daily. How do you like having my door off now bitch?
My parents threaten to take the door off cus I slammed it at all hours as a bratty teen. A proper parent aka my mom also finds out why I was slamming my door (taking to me and finding out why I was a bratty teen because my step dad was verbally abusive to me) before taking action that could cause way more harm. Pretty much taught me emotions are okay and maybe my stepdad would have been a better parent to his stepdaughter if he wasn't physically and emotionally abused and then neglected by his parents.
Tell them to remove all doors then. Their bedroom door and the bathroom door to
I always respected my daughter's privacy. Children and teens need privacy just as much as adults.
When they are doing you know what or if they are in the bathroom, just open the door and remember: Privacy isn't necessary.
Call CPS, arrange to answer door nekkid. Tell them parents give you no privacy...
my mom has the same sh*tty attitude about privacy. luckily she doesnt know how to use a drill or my bedroom door would have been long gone
My parents tried this. I started changing my clothes several times a day so that if they walked by I was naked. The door came back.
I would blast porn from my computer all day long until they put the door back
You are greatly mistaken. There are people who have literally slept through tornadoes and fires. Depending on the stage of sleep you are in, some can be VERY hard to rouse. Not to mention the myriad of sleep disorders that may cause it.
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Tell Me Why
Sorry If Repost
Let Me Just Punish My Kid For Being Depressed Instead Of Trying To Deal With It
It's A Repost
Everyone Is Fine Today And No Bad Habits Were Formed
Well, He Tried
My Dad Needs To Stay Off The Internet
We Know Everything About You
That Kid Is Like 1
Cement burns and irritates skin- the kid needs to be washed off immediately. Whoever took the photo and/or stood watching this is a nunt
I Did It
Modern Names From Modern Parents... Parent Stupidity
7yo Gets Bullied At School For Sitting In A Car Seat, So Mom Waits Until He's Asleep, Takes A Photo Of Him, And Posts It On The Official Parents Magazine Instagram Page (855k Followers)
I think this person is actually evil. Maybe she will learn her lesson when she is not invited to his wedding, never meets her grandchildren, and is cremated in the cheapest casket and thrown away in the nearest lake with just a small prayer and two flowers.
We’re In A Crowded Terminal And This Toddler Wouldn’t Stop Crying And Screaming, So Her Mom Gave Her A Whistle To Play With
Yes, The Problem Is Definitely Not That You Gave A Phone To A 2 Year Old!
Ou Mama!
Sad We Have To Create Something So We Don’t Forget Children
If you 'never understand' why people make mistakes, you're another reason why people think they could never make a mistake, don't use any kind of failsafe, make a mistake, and have dire consequences.
My Son Likes To Do Something He Likes And He Deserves It, But Doesn't Need It. What Should I Do?
You could teach him the valuable lesson that, no matter how hard he works and how good he follows rules, people with power (you in that case) will never let him see a reward for it, let alone have some time to relax and recharge. That will teach him a lot about life. Or push him to burnout/suicide and stuff.
Nice Name
This Mom Be Like "I Wonder Why My Kids Don't Confide In Me For Anything?"
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A lot of these left me speechless with horror. Some people really should not have children. Or be near children. Or be near anyone at all.
I will say one sentence, ten words about that I think of this: all children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children.
I just got into an argument with my mom. It goes: Me: *minding my own business on break and testing out my old raspberry pi 2* (Hag): WTFH ARE YOU DOING YOU B*TCH? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HOMEWORKING AND STUDYING FOR ALL OF YOUR FINALS!!!! Me: Mom, I'm just finishing up some extra homework for digital electronics, and plus, the only final I have left is my math, and it's easy and open notes. (HAG): I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSES YOU BASTARD! YOUR GRADES ARE TRASH AND YOU'RE STILL HERE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ON THAT COMPUTER?* *BTW, My grades are average 96, and the Raspberry Pi2 has 1 GB Ram and can barely access the internet. Me: WTH? I'm just minding my own business and you just came out of nowhere and started yelling at me? I'm supposed to eating lunch right now anyway? Why all the fuss? (HAG): WHY? BECAUSE I SAID SO! SO DO IT YOU MOTHERF*CKER!! And basically, that's my everyday life. It's sh*t. Usually I don't swear a lot on the internet, but I just have to vent my anger!
It just kills me that I couldn't have children, but look at all the idiots who can. I've got to go back and read the grandparents one again so I quit crying.
Me too. I wish I could run a home where everyone can come and escape from those environments, finish school or college and get ready for uni or work in a safe space. I wanted to foster, but I’m chronically ill now so can just about look after myself! 😬
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My ex-g/f was genuinely a great person, who worked fulltime to support herself as she worked towards her degree in a related field, went to church and was never a burden on her parents. However, she was the 'bad daughter' because she spent time with me and her friends instead of with them 100% of the time. Meanwhile, her sister barely worked, got pregnant out of wed lock, then married the guy because "they were in love", had two more kids, got divorced, and lives at home with her three kids is the "good daughter" because she has nothing going on with her life, kids aside, so spends all her time with them. I never understood it and while we argued once or twice over years about it, it didnt really affect us but i just dont get it.
My childhood was pretty monstrous. I won't bother you with details, but whatever bad thing you can imagine happening to a child, I had some of that. The reason I say this is that I know what it feels like to think that being totally alone in the world is better than being with the people you are forced to be around, but feeling alone leaves you totally lost and empty. I am now well into adulthood, and I have made a good life for myself. I have dealt with my horrible past and have moved beyond it. I am a happy person. If there is someone out there feeling like they are living a nightmare, and nothing can ever change, if there is someone out there thinking they can't go on anymore, I just want you to know that life DOES change, and it DOES get better, and the second you are an adult (or like me, can get legally emancipated and live independently from the age of 16), the world is a very, very different place. Do not despair. Do not give up. There is hope. You are not alone.
This post has made me want to be the best parent I can be for my kids. At the same time, it's open my eyes to people who should be sterilized
My dad is a racist and when I try to talk to him about it, he says that it's public school's fault. Then, he blames my friends for the way I think about politics. My mom constantly yells at me for no reason and then my parents get mad at me for not smiling, showing, my emotions, or talking to them. I know its not as bad as other stuff on here, but I still can't wait to move out. My 22 yo sister is a better mom. I'm 14 btw
Need y'alls opinion on something, k? POV: You're a fourteen-year-old girl. Your dad just picked you up from an activity and it's around 10:30 PM. You're in the bad, sketchy part of town where it's not safe for most people to walk around at night. Your dad pulls into a gas station in his bright red BMW with you inside. He inserts the gas pump, tells you to take it out if it finishes before he gets back, and goes inside the gas station, leaving the car doors unlocked. The area is far from empty. There is a man smoking weed thirty feet from the entrance and another one filling his car up across from you. Would it be wrong for me to say I feared for my safety because anyone could have stolen the car(again, red BMW) and/or kidnapped me easily? Am I overreacting? Please let me know(this was about seven months ago).
You were probably safe... actually if it is busy you are safer. BUT NEVER sit in an unlocked car! Lock those doors and he can get the gas pump himself.
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These parents sucked and I feel so terrible for their children. I wish I could help them all get out of this situation even though I'm probably not older than some of them.
These poor children need help and those parents need to not be parents 🥺🥺🥺🥺
A few of these were funny but most of them made me feel like "Mother of the Year."
As someone who had an abusive mother these make me sad because i can relate.
I would watch YouTube during school at the beginning of the year but still got all my work done and maintained straight As. I'm currently baned from YouTube and have been for about six months cause my parents found out. I know this isn't that bad and I've had worse "parenting" moments but yeah.
These parents are just a Who's Who of Human Crap. One of the many reasons I chose to not have kids is because of the s**t I experienced as a child, a teen, and an adult. I hope each of these "kids" (young or adult), knows how valuable they are and how worthwhile they are to their pets, friends, other family members who DON'T abuse them. Hugs to everyone who has been hurt and who still hurts. I understand.
when i was 13 yo i had a drawing of a landscape or something destroyed by my little cousin. he was 5. i told my mom about it because it took a long time to make, and my mom just said "it's OK, he's only 5 years old and he doesnt understand yet." i was about to shoot back with "says the person who confuses 'chemistry' with 'chemical' " (my mom doesn't speak English that well) but i know that there's no point in talking back cuz apparently i'm the least favourite child anyway
Yes, there are some classic examples of Grade A stupidity here, but not all of them. A lot of what you're calling "toxic parenting" was just normal when I was a kid, and you know what? Most of us turned out just fine. As Bob Dylan said, don't criticize what you can't understand.
Two vaccine posts barely into the article. No thanks. I've heard all I want to about that
A lot of these left me speechless with horror. Some people really should not have children. Or be near children. Or be near anyone at all.
I will say one sentence, ten words about that I think of this: all children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children.
I just got into an argument with my mom. It goes: Me: *minding my own business on break and testing out my old raspberry pi 2* (Hag): WTFH ARE YOU DOING YOU B*TCH? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HOMEWORKING AND STUDYING FOR ALL OF YOUR FINALS!!!! Me: Mom, I'm just finishing up some extra homework for digital electronics, and plus, the only final I have left is my math, and it's easy and open notes. (HAG): I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSES YOU BASTARD! YOUR GRADES ARE TRASH AND YOU'RE STILL HERE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ON THAT COMPUTER?* *BTW, My grades are average 96, and the Raspberry Pi2 has 1 GB Ram and can barely access the internet. Me: WTH? I'm just minding my own business and you just came out of nowhere and started yelling at me? I'm supposed to eating lunch right now anyway? Why all the fuss? (HAG): WHY? BECAUSE I SAID SO! SO DO IT YOU MOTHERF*CKER!! And basically, that's my everyday life. It's sh*t. Usually I don't swear a lot on the internet, but I just have to vent my anger!
It just kills me that I couldn't have children, but look at all the idiots who can. I've got to go back and read the grandparents one again so I quit crying.
Me too. I wish I could run a home where everyone can come and escape from those environments, finish school or college and get ready for uni or work in a safe space. I wanted to foster, but I’m chronically ill now so can just about look after myself! 😬
Load More Replies... My ex-g/f was genuinely a great person, who worked fulltime to support herself as she worked towards her degree in a related field, went to church and was never a burden on her parents. However, she was the 'bad daughter' because she spent time with me and her friends instead of with them 100% of the time. Meanwhile, her sister barely worked, got pregnant out of wed lock, then married the guy because "they were in love", had two more kids, got divorced, and lives at home with her three kids is the "good daughter" because she has nothing going on with her life, kids aside, so spends all her time with them. I never understood it and while we argued once or twice over years about it, it didnt really affect us but i just dont get it.
My childhood was pretty monstrous. I won't bother you with details, but whatever bad thing you can imagine happening to a child, I had some of that. The reason I say this is that I know what it feels like to think that being totally alone in the world is better than being with the people you are forced to be around, but feeling alone leaves you totally lost and empty. I am now well into adulthood, and I have made a good life for myself. I have dealt with my horrible past and have moved beyond it. I am a happy person. If there is someone out there feeling like they are living a nightmare, and nothing can ever change, if there is someone out there thinking they can't go on anymore, I just want you to know that life DOES change, and it DOES get better, and the second you are an adult (or like me, can get legally emancipated and live independently from the age of 16), the world is a very, very different place. Do not despair. Do not give up. There is hope. You are not alone.
This post has made me want to be the best parent I can be for my kids. At the same time, it's open my eyes to people who should be sterilized
My dad is a racist and when I try to talk to him about it, he says that it's public school's fault. Then, he blames my friends for the way I think about politics. My mom constantly yells at me for no reason and then my parents get mad at me for not smiling, showing, my emotions, or talking to them. I know its not as bad as other stuff on here, but I still can't wait to move out. My 22 yo sister is a better mom. I'm 14 btw
Need y'alls opinion on something, k? POV: You're a fourteen-year-old girl. Your dad just picked you up from an activity and it's around 10:30 PM. You're in the bad, sketchy part of town where it's not safe for most people to walk around at night. Your dad pulls into a gas station in his bright red BMW with you inside. He inserts the gas pump, tells you to take it out if it finishes before he gets back, and goes inside the gas station, leaving the car doors unlocked. The area is far from empty. There is a man smoking weed thirty feet from the entrance and another one filling his car up across from you. Would it be wrong for me to say I feared for my safety because anyone could have stolen the car(again, red BMW) and/or kidnapped me easily? Am I overreacting? Please let me know(this was about seven months ago).
You were probably safe... actually if it is busy you are safer. BUT NEVER sit in an unlocked car! Lock those doors and he can get the gas pump himself.
Load More Replies... These parents sucked and I feel so terrible for their children. I wish I could help them all get out of this situation even though I'm probably not older than some of them.
These poor children need help and those parents need to not be parents 🥺🥺🥺🥺
A few of these were funny but most of them made me feel like "Mother of the Year."
As someone who had an abusive mother these make me sad because i can relate.
I would watch YouTube during school at the beginning of the year but still got all my work done and maintained straight As. I'm currently baned from YouTube and have been for about six months cause my parents found out. I know this isn't that bad and I've had worse "parenting" moments but yeah.
These parents are just a Who's Who of Human Crap. One of the many reasons I chose to not have kids is because of the s**t I experienced as a child, a teen, and an adult. I hope each of these "kids" (young or adult), knows how valuable they are and how worthwhile they are to their pets, friends, other family members who DON'T abuse them. Hugs to everyone who has been hurt and who still hurts. I understand.
when i was 13 yo i had a drawing of a landscape or something destroyed by my little cousin. he was 5. i told my mom about it because it took a long time to make, and my mom just said "it's OK, he's only 5 years old and he doesnt understand yet." i was about to shoot back with "says the person who confuses 'chemistry' with 'chemical' " (my mom doesn't speak English that well) but i know that there's no point in talking back cuz apparently i'm the least favourite child anyway
Yes, there are some classic examples of Grade A stupidity here, but not all of them. A lot of what you're calling "toxic parenting" was just normal when I was a kid, and you know what? Most of us turned out just fine. As Bob Dylan said, don't criticize what you can't understand.
Two vaccine posts barely into the article. No thanks. I've heard all I want to about that
