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In a moment of frustration or confusion, every mom and dad has said and done things that they later regretted. But that doesn't make them bad. There's a difference between making a mistake and negligence. And the subreddit r/BadParents is trying to find this.

"From naughty moms to drunk-in-public dads, if they are being idiots or crazy irresponsible, we want to see it," the online community writes on its 'About' page, inviting people to share examples of how not to raise kids.

Taking an honest assessment of someone's parenting style isn’t always an easy task. That’s why it’s important to first separate the behavior from the person.

Calling a person a “bad parent” isn’t something to jump to based on a difference in beliefs or parenting style.

Losing your temper every once in a while is not the same as telling your child, "I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it."

Although people might disagree on what is "good" or "bad" parenting, most parents have both positive and negative parenting traits.

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What A Horrible Parent

What A Horrible Parent

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is abuse. Don't make this kid not feel like she is not good enough. Also, you are giving her self doubt and negatively. You need to be positive and have self confidence to be successful. That negative s**t is going to cause failure.

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Not Following Medical Instructions

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

see this is why doctors must tell patients WHY they are given that instruction.

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Raising Your Child Isn't Something They Have To Earn

Raising Your Child Isn't Something They Have To Earn

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According to Sharron Frederick, LCSW, a psychotherapist at Clarity Health Solutions, kids who have little or no discipline are left to fend for themselves, which can result in injuries and also creates a child who does not understand boundaries.

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"Children look to parents to define what boundaries are and the consequences that can occur if the child crosses the boundaries," she told Healthline.

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The System Doesn't Help The Child

The System Doesn't Help The Child

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mother is a selfish and greedy b***h. No, I don't mince words when it comes to horrible people.

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How Many?

How Many?

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Raine Soo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel bad for the poor child, having a father who would risk his life for some lousy 'likes'. Hopefully, prison will straighten out his priorities.

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Unlike parents who enforce little to no discipline, Frederick thinks parents who practice strict or rigid discipline (aka act like autocrats) do not allow their child to explore their world, which often leads to a child who becomes fearful and anxious or rebellious.

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When Your Son Is Smarter Than You Are

When Your Son Is Smarter Than You Are

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess Susan forgot she became anti-vaxx because of something she read on the internet.

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This Is Awful

This Is Awful

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“Ignoring a child is telling them that your love is conditional,” Frederick said, adding that withdrawing affection because a child does not do what they are told causes similar harm.

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“These types of behaviors can cause a child to have low self-esteem and low confidence, which can result in a child not expressing their wants and needs,” she said.

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Quora Is Filled With S***ty Parents... This Is Just One Out Of Thousands

Quora Is Filled With S***ty Parents... This Is Just One Out Of Thousands

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Don't Punish The Dog For Your Terrible Parenting

Don't Punish The Dog For Your Terrible Parenting

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the original post on Reddit someone wrote that Javier was adopted by a good family with kids and he only spent few days at the shelter 💚

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As time goes by, according to Frederick, this can lead to co-dependency, in which the child will adapt to how they feel a person wants them to act. "Many times, this can lead to relationships that are abusive," she explained.

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Translation: “She Broke My Phone So I Made Her Eat A Hot Pepper”

Translation: “She Broke My Phone So I Made Her Eat A Hot Pepper”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holy SH!T. That's child abuse. Poor baby. I'm gonna stop reading bc it's making me very upset.

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Denying Daughter Therapy Because Of Grades. Like As If Mental Health Didn’t Affect Grades In The First Place?

Denying Daughter Therapy Because Of Grades. Like As If Mental Health Didn’t Affect Grades In The First Place?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do some people just not get it? Like really, who gives a flyingfuck what she gets

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"I Hate Who My Child Is, How Can I Change It To Be Something I Like"

"I Hate Who My Child Is, How Can I Change It To Be Something I Like"

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Frederick also said that children who experience overly rigid or strict discipline can have issues with control of others, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other anxious behaviors, together with the mindset that the world is dangerous.

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On the opposite end of the spectrum, there's the rebellious child who fights with their parents, breaks the rules, and engages in negative behaviors.

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Using Your Child’s Educational Growth For Views

Using Your Child’s Educational Growth For Views

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm normally against age-based restrictions (not everything, but some things are not thought through). Increasingly though, I feel that it should be illegal to produce online content with children outside of a professional labour contract and that there needs to be work done on creating internationally binding regulations on child labour in the enterainment industry

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Just... Wow

Just... Wow

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Yeah And I'll Help Out By Posting This On Reddit

Yeah And I'll Help Out By Posting This On Reddit

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get politics, but why would you take money out of your CHILDS COLLEGE FUND to support a guy? Like, why? It wasn't even your money

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A 2014 study found that harsh parenting, which includes verbal or physical threats, frequent yelling, and hitting, along with immediate negative consequences for a specific behavior, can lead to children having emotional and behavioral issues, such as aggressiveness and following directions at school.

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She Needs To Let Go

She Needs To Let Go

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your son is an adult of 25 years old. He can do as he pleases. You need help for your clinginess.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Answer: You Don't!!! And I hope your son sues you for theft as well... Smh!!!

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Michael Largey
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't sue someone for theft. It's a criminal, not civil, matter. And a criminal court is where she's headed and where she belongs. It's in civil court where they'll issue the restraining order.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

custody for a 25 year old? How delusional can someone actually be?

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Rougarou Cher
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right! This is a case between two adults. Kinda surprised he was living there that long.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Welp. I'm no longer a _bored_ panda. Now I'm busy trying to keep my faith in humanity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can someone tell me if this is just an American thing that a parent can have access to the bank account of a 25 year old?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my sister set up her account as a minor, she has never taken my fathers name off it, and to do so would require both people. She could always set up her own account and transfer all the money if she wished as a work around, but she has never bothered to care, and my father doesnt even know the account into anymore or has ever cared.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you dont - he's older than 21. I hope he takes more than 8000 from you.

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Kat Min
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What the fck did I just read?? She steals 8000 from a grwon man and is surprised about a court case??

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have a serious problem. No wonder he's finally moving out.

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Sue from England
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call b.s. A 25 year old no longer 'belongs' to a parent, he is an adult. No way the 'parent' should have access to the 25 year old son's bank account unless he is vulnerable. The court case is probably a criminal case for fraud or theft.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"how do i get custody of my son back?" uhhh omg i can't with these people

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

um u dont get custody. hes 25 hes an adult u lost custody the moment he became an adult which i believe legally is 18 although most consider it 21.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't. Your son is 25. He's an adult and you taking $8,000 from HIS account is called "Grand Theft."

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Susan Green
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How dare a 25 year old adult want to leave home to be on their own? That’s normal. She sounds like the type of mom who wants her son to to single and still living at home in his fifties.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Son needs to help ensure that mom goes to jail for theft.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Invest that 8 grand nicely, woman. You'll be lucky if he completely ignores you for life. I would not only press charges to get my money back, but my final act would be to put you in a nursing home. One with a low rating and possibly bed bugs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's THEFT! You stole from your "not so child" Child!!!! WTF is wrong with you?

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Addisan Moore
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you dont. not until you grow up and learn that petty-ness is not the solution. your acting like a teenager that cant deal with someone breaking up with you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Custody"??!! This idiot expects to have "custody" of an adult?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find a different hobby.. like gardening and torture you plants with your suffocating love.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excuse me, just because some of us have autism! I am genuinely shocked. I have so much love for that poor kid

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May This Person Not Have A Daughter Ever

May This Person Not Have A Daughter Ever

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Most parents (62%) say that raising a child has been at least somewhat harder than they expected, with about a quarter (26%) saying it’s been a lot harder. This is especially true of mothers, 30% of whom say being a parent has been a lot harder than they expected (compared with 20% of fathers).

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Not Sure If It Fits Here, But Here's A Mini Rant About My Mother Not Letting Me Choose How I Want My Hair

Not Sure If It Fits Here, But Here's A Mini Rant About My Mother Not Letting Me Choose How I Want My Hair

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like my ex talking to our son. Wanna guess why we divorced and our son has seen him maybe a total of 6 times in a year with 2 of those times being from running into each other while out on errands and 2 being holidays? Those 6 times add up to around <5 hours. Our son is almost 19 now. I told his father years ago when we left, our son was 7 years old, that he made the difference then but one day our son would get to make it. Guess who regrets being an absolute 🐓🍭 to their only child now? Our son visits him about 2-3 hours every couple of months or so at his choice. I watched him cry as a child having to do court ordered visitation until the court finally allowed it to be no overnight stays about 5 months in. Then his father started skipping visits here and there for being "too tired to watch him" and "the race is on this weekend". Courts then let our son decide if he wanted to visit him and when. So thankful that the system worked for him as it tends to fail a lot of kids.

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Took Me 27 Years To Finally Do It, And I Get This In Return As A Reply

Took Me 27 Years To Finally Do It, And I Get This In Return As A Reply

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When Your Dad(50) Gets His 21yo GF Pregnant And Then She Leaves Him. He Can’t Take The Rejection(And The Fact That She Won’t Get Back With Him) So Much So That He Would Rather Not Have Anything To Do With The Kid And Ropes You Into It

When Your Dad(50) Gets His 21yo GF Pregnant And Then She Leaves Him. He Can’t Take The Rejection(And The Fact That She Won’t Get Back With Him) So Much So That He Would Rather Not Have Anything To Do With The Kid And Ropes You Into It

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However, most parents give themselves high marks for it, with 64% believing they do an excellent or very good job as a parent (32% say they do a good job, while just 4% say they do a fair or poor job as a parent).

Mothers and fathers rate themselves similarly, but there are differences by income and by race and ethnicity (upper-income and Black and White parents are the most likely to say they do an excellent or very good job).

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Wow

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So Now The Animal Must Suffer Bc It Doesn’t “Like Your Daughter The Split Second It Meets Her”??

So Now The Animal Must Suffer Bc It Doesn’t “Like Your Daughter The Split Second It Meets Her”??

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For the most part, kids agree. 67% of them say they get along well, or pretty well, with their parents. What's more, 85% say they have fun with their parents, and 79% of kids also feel close to their folks.

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People Like This Just Shouldn't Leave Their House

People Like This Just Shouldn't Leave Their House

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This Mom

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

disable mom's tech in such a way that it looks plausible... and deny any knowledge of it... and let her go pay someone to get it fixed.

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Why Would You Give Ghost Pepper Sauce To 4 Year Olds?!

Why Would You Give Ghost Pepper Sauce To 4 Year Olds?!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This moron is annoyed that his young children don't appreciate his ghost pepper sauce.

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I Found This On Instagram

I Found This On Instagram

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The people in that thread actually telling the kids to behave. Geez.

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Free Trampoline... Sure We Have Room For It

Free Trampoline... Sure We Have Room For It

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's calculate the probability that someone using the trampoline will go off the building and perish.

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Mom Cuts Daughter’s Hair Because Dad Got It Done Without 'Permission'..."I Took My Boys To Get Their Hair Cut And Got My Bby Girl's Hair Done. Look What Her Momma Did Just Because I Got My Bby Hair Did"

Mom Cuts Daughter’s Hair Because Dad Got It Done Without 'Permission'..."I Took My Boys To Get Their Hair Cut And Got My Bby Girl's Hair Done. Look What Her Momma Did Just Because I Got My Bby Hair Did"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Way to punish your kid for the other parents actions. Real parenting right there.

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Why? Just...why?

Why? Just...why?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Bugs Bunny had the right idea in sawing off Florida from the rest of the continent...

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The Elders “Don’t Climb Our Rock” Mother “Lets Climb It Anyway”

The Elders “Don’t Climb Our Rock” Mother “Lets Climb It Anyway”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad the day I went to Uluru it was too windy for us to climb because I was too young to understand the significance and make the choice myself at the time.

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"Bubbles" Loses Child To Foster Care Then Posts This Shortly After. Never Getting Child Back According To Fam Svcs

"Bubbles" Loses Child To Foster Care Then Posts This Shortly After. Never Getting Child Back According To Fam Svcs

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This Is What My Dad Says To Me After Being Absolutely Miserable For The Past Week And Still Awaiting My Covid-19 Test Results

This Is What My Dad Says To Me After Being Absolutely Miserable For The Past Week And Still Awaiting My Covid-19 Test Results

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Baby Proofing? Nah... Darwin Award Maybe?

Baby Proofing? Nah... Darwin Award Maybe?

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#47

I Think This Meets The Criteria Of A Bad Parent?

I Think This Meets The Criteria Of A Bad Parent?

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This Just Pissed Me Off

This Just Pissed Me Off

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This genius has never heard of punctuation. Her skills as a parent leaves much to be desired.

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Why Though?

Why Though?

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