No person is perfect, so a perfect parent is someone that doesn’t exist, either. But some parents could really benefit from a course or two, or a reality check, at least.
If you’re wondering what kind of parent that would be, we have a few examples that paint a pretty colorful picture. You can find them on the list below, where we have put some images showing just how ignorant or out of touch some moms and dads are. If you thought yours were difficult, you might find yourself changing your mind by the time you reach the end of the list.
Below, you will find not only the images but also Bored Panda’s interview with Dr. Yvonne M. Vissing, Professor of Healthcare Studies at Salem State University and the Founding Director of the Salem State University Center for Childhood and Youth Studies in Massachusetts, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about parental influence.
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A Mother’s Love
Because most woman lost the right to choose.
Load More Replies...Trash taking itself out is good. Killing your children through stupidity is bad.
In the Netherlands we have the "Bible Belt", a string of villages with extreme orthodox protestants who refused any vaccin. Many of their children got polio and were badly handicapped for the rest of their lives. For some of these children death would have been easier than their handicaps, having to live with paralyzed legs in braces, or worse. I had a friend back then who had to live like this and he hated his parents for it, continuously fighting depression. I felt so sorry for this beautiful guy.
Load More Replies..."Super bugs" are not a result of vaccines but rather of antibiotics being used incorrectly/too often. Like in the cases when a child develops a vaccine-preventable disease.
Well no, most vaccines prevent viral diseases, antibiotics help against bacterial ones.
Load More Replies...This taking ignorance to a new extreme height. Vaccins causing autism has been debugged for decades now, who are these people still believing that kind of sh*t?
...and it was only one very shoddy study which was funded by interest groups to be able to sue doctors for autism in children. Sorry to repeat myself but Andrew Wakefield is a mass murderer!
Load More Replies...This is base level evolution at its finest. The world needs this level of commitment to the cause, if my children die due to being unvaccinated and weak then that’s making the human race stronger, if they survive then that’s strengthening the race too. I can’t congratulate this person enough. PS my daughter and I are vaccinated, I’m not committed to their cause 😂
And she'll be hot on a fund me page to find cure of her dying child.
How tf is THIS #1 given all the other c**p on here. At least this one is honest or a joke.
Some People Just Take It To A Different Level
In order to combat people being upset about others wearing whatever clothes they want, I forced my son to wear something he didn't want. That'll teach 'em
This post seems like it was written by a conservative to mock/delegitimize open-minded parents.
Load More Replies...I combat gender stereotypes by encouraging my 11yo daughter's interest in STEM and my 6yo son's interest in helping me clean the house, but this is...another way to go, I guess?
Sounds like you're going with the kids' flows. I like it :)
Load More Replies...Maybe not this case, but people using their children to further their politics is all too common. Social media parents, too.
Load More Replies...Any war on gender stereotypes must be fought with a volunteer army.
It's one thing when the kid does it. Usually, they will enlist buddies to help with the message, but to make the kid do it alone when you don't mention if he's even on board with the message?
I Asked About Learning Activities For My Toddler
I started school at age 6. We don't learn any letters in kindergarten. I didn't know a word of English until 5th grade. And I can spell necessary. But I agree, I think the school like kindergarten in the US is too much. Let the kids be kids for a while.
In my country kids usually start school the term before their 5th birthday or sometimes the September before. Often the start at nursery school a year earlier. It’s all pretty relaxed until they’re older; it doesn’t seem to traumatise us. It just depends on what you’re used to.
Load More Replies...With my god kids, when I babysat, I used to read to them and with them from an early age, which their parents did too. For example - "Which word is duck?" and they would then point it out and get a forehead kiss with a "Yeays! That's right!". It's never too early to learn... Plus? Kindergarten isn't just about learning, it's about learning social skills such as sharing, making friends etc. Then there's possibly spotting a child who may have a learning disability such as dyslexia. The earlier one is spotted, the earlier they can get help with it.
In Finland, kids do not start school until they are 7, and they are one of the top education countries in the world.
Well, it's a funny rejoinder, but going to school before the age of 5 doesn't make a child better at spelling.
No, but attending school as early as 3 is important for social development. Even kindergarten is mostly learning disguised as play. Most of what we think of as formal schooling doesn't really start until 6 or 7, at least in the US.
Load More Replies...If the parents actually do stuff with the kid (i.e. read to them, play board games, regularly go to playgrounds) and have ensure they can play with similarly aged children then I don't disagree with this.
It is SO sad how many children are not getting these basic things with their families (reading to them, playing board games, helping with easy chores, going to playgrounds/for walks, socializing with other kids). Every year we get more and more kids without these fundamental experiences coming to school and being completely overwhelmed by it. They just want their tablets.
Load More Replies...FWIW, some kids start schooling themselves. Read to them, let them see what written words you're pronouncing, and learning happens. Or keep books around and let them explore. Or take them to the library. We've long known that we seem to have a limited-time open window to learn language. Keeping that window closed doesn't help kids.
Parenting can be a headache, there’s no doubt about that. But, being a child can come with a set of challenges, too, especially when living with somewhat difficult parents.
The latter can come in all shapes and sizes: some might be too controlling, and others—not care at all. Some might yell constantly or use the silent treatment as a way to solve everything. Then, there are the parents who need to be parented themselves, which doesn’t give the child much of a normal childhood, either. Whatever the case, it doesn’t make the child’s life any easier and is likely to affect them for years, if not decades, to come.
Mom Of The Year Over Here
Monat Business, guessing this is one those MLMs? Poor kid, hope she doesn’t inherit any of her mum’s genes and the ignorance skips a generation ): the amount of people who get swindled and taken in by these scams is alarming. Terrifying!
These MLMs are extremely predatory and know how to spot vulnerable prey. Annoying though the 'huns' can be, they are victims being exploited.
Load More Replies...My best friend has a daughter, living on welfare all her life, throwing babies into the world from the age of 16. Finally, after the ninth, she had to stop doing that because her body couldn't take it anymore. Her reason for having so many babies while living on tax money was that she put 9 taxpayers into the world, so she took responsibility. However, only the eldest two are taxpayers, and they were not raised by this mom, but by their fathers and grandparents. The other 7 are in and out of prison or hooked up with babies at the age of 16, also living on welfare. It is really flabbergasting how some mothers believe in their own fairytales.
Remember when people thought beanie babies would pay for their kids college and spent a college tuition on collecting them?
College money isn't a right, nor a legal requirement. Unless she spent money provided by a trust or something, then that's illegal. Otherwise, the mom has every right to waste it how she likes
Monat sounds like Mo Nuts Upstairs than Brains. A real opportunity for MoRons.
Insane Advice Found In The Wilds Of Facebook
Idiots like these are the reason why people think all Christians are nutjobs. NO ma'am or sir thats not how to instill God thats how to end up alone in a nursing home with a child that hates your very existence .
As a Christian, I'm very sad this crazy people have put this type of reputation on us. like NO I'm not gonna whack my 10 year old while he's NAKED in the SHOWER my guy
Load More Replies...What an idiot, every half decent torturer knows that cold water increases the pain
My parents tried the shower-attack method. Trusr me, it doesn't work...unless your goal is to have your child never speak to you in their adult years.
wait, so that's a THING?!! assaulting your naked child in the shower?
Load More Replies...If I beat up a kid, I wouldn't be honoring MY mom and dad. They'd be furious with me for harming someone smaller than me, someone who trusted me.
As a Christian, this turns my stomach. It's people like this that put everyone off Christianity or any faith. There's no way that Jesus would have ever ordained this, as it's abuse. I hate that people use the Bible to justify assaulting their children.
Hitting a child with a belt or ANYTHING should be illegal. It's child abuse and if you hit your child you should be charged with assault. My husband grew up with horrific child abuse. He has been beaten, shot, burned and starved. His parents had 5 children and he is the only one who grew up and will absolutely not lay a finger on his children. I have seen his brother punch a 5 year old like a man, his sister break her six year olds lip open by smacking him with the remote control, his other sister beat her baby's legs so he would stay still while changing his diaper. Yes I called CPS and nothing happened they just told everyone it was us who reported. Then ironically my mother sued me for custody of my child and won. We got 1 hour of supervised visits a month. And they had no evidence just words and lies. And of course my in laws affidavits saying they witnessed child abuse since we called CPS on them. Funny story- you only get a free lawyer when Social Services takes your kid away. If you live somewhere corrupt enough and have enough money you can take anyone's kid away. He was 2. They lost in regular family court for emergency temporary custody so they appealed to circuit court and won full permanent custody. And people like this just make me SO ANGRY
How??????? But I guess this shít happens all of the time. Also, this is weird but do you go by Jackie or Jacqueline?
Load More Replies...This made me feel sick. The absolute terror for any child put through this is heartbreaking.
Yes, children are called to honor and obey their parents (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1–2, Colossians 3:20), but parents must not abuse their authority. They must treat their children with dignity, respect, patience, and love. Parents are called to encourage their children. They do this by teaching each child the principles of God’s Word and promoting life-affirming, positive creativity in the child, stirring him to have confidence in his God-given uniqueness and to believe that he can do what he otherwise may never have achieved.
Unfortunately, poor parenting is not something that’s easy to change. To make matters worse, it can become a cycle, as certain parenting techniques that people experience as kids might later be used with their own children. One study suggests that poor parenting can be passed down from one generation to the other, NBC News reports. The authors found that the more adverse childhood experiences a person had, the more likely their offspring were to be troubled, too, as early as the time they turned five.
“We found that 91 percent of parents had at least one adverse childhood experience, while 45 percent had four or more,” said one of the researchers behind the study, Anne-Marie Conn of the University of Rochester Medical Center. “And among their young children, 72 percent had already experienced at least one adverse childhood experience.”
I Don't Have A Problem With Extended Nursing, But Still Using Months?
I mean, she probably stuck with months as it sounded better to her than four and a half years old...
Which is too old to be breastfeeding, yes. I'm all for breastfeeding, but there's an appropriate cut-off time, and it's well before 4 and a half. Ick.
Load More Replies...It's nice to hear from the BP members, but seriously is no-one going to comment on the strangeness of nursing at 4.5 years old? Totally extracting any social concerns, breast milk is naturally designed to give specific benefits to BABIES. These include high fat content because of their huge energy needs as they grow, a transfer of hormones and antibodies from the mother to protect the baby etc. Still nursing now cannot be good for the mother, and will be viewed by society at large as extremely odd for the child. The bullying that child will face if any other children ever find out...
What is a good cut off age? Cause the only experience I have with it is my mom breastfeeding my middle brother until he was 7 and I'm assuming that's WAY beyond normal
Load More Replies...If I’m correct on my poor math, this kid is almost 5 years old!!!
A looooong time ago. There is absolutely no reason for you to still be nursing except for you not a 4.5 yo. What are you going to do when this kid goes to kindergarten and starts talking about it, you have problems headed your way from that and you need to see a shrink.
So gross when parents infantilize their kids so long like this
Months are commonly used up until the 2nd year and then most people switch to years and months for talk about young children. Nursing a child varies but a 4 + year old is almost ready for preschool/kindergarten so WEAN YOUR CHILD ALREADY! The old Paleo people during the days of mammoths nursed longer than 2 years but kids with teeth are ready to use them.
Saw This And Just Knew It Belonged Here
Male circumcision is unnecessary in most cases, but done out of religious of social mores. And while it's much lower on the mutilation scale then female circumcision, it's still mutilation. And every year boys die from it, also in America.
Never mutilate babies! And also hospitals are a thing because we are not in 1700s and there are aparatuses and specialists at bay if needed!
As a veterinary professional, I can attest to the fact that the human penis is not the same as a dog ear. FFS.
Circumcision should be illegal until the age of consent. That's my unpopular opinion, due to deaths, scarring, and mutilation that happens to millions of babies every year. Both male AND female (yes in Africa it is practiced in back rooms and most women have it done before 10 because they are eligable to marry when period hits).
"Circumcision" should be called what it is: genital mutilation and sexual torture of infants. It's almost always done without anaesthetic.
Really Sorry Your Baby Is A Baby
I’d be throwing fits too and food and toys. Basically anything that will keep this crazy woman away.
I wonder if the child is trying to say get me away from this woman.
Load More Replies...Poor woman. Her 9-month old won't use her words. I bet she doesn't even flush after she uses the toilet, either.
And she also won't be quoting Hegel and Marx by the age of 3, like other famous instagram 3-year-olds. Oh the horror the horror.
Load More Replies...Nah, the child is saving it all up and the first words she speaks will be an f-bomb aimed directly at her idiot mother!
I bet the little moron can't differentiate hyperbolic trig functions either.
It's because she's only 9 mos old you idiot. Babies that age aren't capable of doing what YOU want her to do so back off on trying to force it on her.
I hope not but 50 years back I knew a woman who claimed her son was talking at 6 months. Eventually I worked out that it was a combination of exaggerating his abilities plus she was lying about his age because she was pregnant when she married 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...This is called a baby. This is what babies do. Someone didn't read What to Expect.
The third word of your sentence is why. That and finding some guy with blue balls.
Load More Replies...is this real? I feel like this has to be sarcasm because it's just so stinking ridiculous
There are real people like this. When her child is 1 and still in diapers, she will be freaking out. God help that little babe.
Load More Replies...Talking about how people’s detrimental experiences as kids can affect their own style of parenting later in life, Conn noted that it’s not easy to break patterns of behavior. “You were brought up in an adverse environment and that is what you know,” she said.
Take spanking, for instance. If they were spanked while growing up, some people might consider that a normal way of disciplining misbehaving children. But, individuals who want to break out of the cycle of poor parenting might think twice about doing that or find a way to change their ways completely.
Yes, Yes You Could Have
Actually, she seems to be learning, which makes her a much better mother than the anti-vaxxers who stay ignorant.
Yes, this is absolutely valid. Next time, she will take the vaccins. That is : "better turn around late than never".
Load More Replies...In the UK, pregnant women are actually given this vaccine before birth. This ^^ is a terrible mother. Wondering if that poor kid has had any other vaccines.
Probably not I am afraid. Hopefully this will help turn her around and start vaccinations.
Load More Replies...I think what annoys me most is antivaxxers saying diseases are natural and we need to have the diseases to develop antibodies. What the eff do you think vaccines are? They’re a carefully controlled dose of the disease or antibodies that (gasp) allows your immune system to develop antibodies without you dying. I call that a win.
“What the eff do you think vaccines are?”: An absolutely astounding number of these fools believe that vaccines allow the government to follow their whereabouts at all times, as if Mrs Paranoidpants and what she does is so interesting.These hilariously stupid people haven’t taken so much as two seconds to realize that they *themselves* have elected to carry around a tracking device on their persons 24/7 and so have no NEED of a vaccine to obtain a tracking device if such a device were to exist! (The most horrifying part of all of this to me is that these dopes believe that we have *batteries* and antennas available that are sooo tiny they can fit through a needle used for injections! And that the batteries are apparently self-recharging (because they didn’t come with instructions to recharge them, of course!). It’s one thing not to have a milligram of tech savvyness, but to have the tech savvyness of an earthworm is just … I have no words. 😞
Load More Replies...She seems more concerned about she feels than how her kid feels. Which was the problem in the first place.
My 5-Year-Old Child Is Enrolling In School And They Say I Can’t Come And Breastfeed Him. I’m Being Discriminated Against
Every post so far makes me love my family more. I just can’t deal with this level of stupidity.
Right? I look at stuff like this and I feel like I won the lottery with my parents.
Load More Replies...There really is no need to breastfeed after the child is completely eating solid foods for all nutrients, this is just crazy
It burns like 3000 calories a day so these mothers are just selfish twats.
Load More Replies...I breast fed my children until they were 17. Which is got a lot of weird looks, since I am a male. MEN'S RIGHTS!! /s
You people need to see a shrink. There is absolutely no reason for anybody to be nursing a kid that old. You are doing it for you not the kid.
Children should be getting all the nutrients they need from actual food by the age of TWO. JFC....these people passed to point of creepy a looooooong time ago.
I think five is the limit of what i would find acceptable, but one way or another, there's no way she actually expected to be able to do that during school hours????
EVen 5 is too old, imo. Once able to fully sustain themselves with solid foods, there isn't a need for breast milk
Load More Replies...I Guess If That’s What It Takes To Get You To Vaccinate Your Kids
It does sound speciously like someone came up with this BS on the fly and she took it seriously. But if the end results is proper vaccination, I'm all for it.
Load More Replies...This is genius! The only people who might believe it are the very ones who we need to believe it.
I think this post was purposefully tailored to get the conspiracy theory people vaccinated without them realising they were tricked.
I mean this could be satire cus no one's that fking dumb right?
I bet it is. But it'd be great if some antivaxxers believed it too ;)
Load More Replies...But, but, but, what if that's just a ploy from Big Spud to sell more potatos? Now what do I do?!?!? (adding the R/s just in case)
I'll buy you a 10lb bag of potatoes if you'll spread the word among your friends.
Discussing the topic of bad parenting, Professor of Healthcare Studies at Salem State University, Dr. Yvonne M. Vissing, noted that some people might not even understand that their parenting methods can be detrimental to their offspring.
“I think that most parents believe they are caring and responsible, but the manner in which they interact with their children can be quite concerning,” she told Bored Panda in a recent interview. “If a parent is overtly dangerous to a child, they can be reported to child protective services. The problem is that most outsiders are scared to report them (even if they are mandated reporters) because of retaliation.
“Also, children are scared to divulge maltreatment a) because they may see it as normative and not understand that they are abused, b) they fear retaliation from parents if they ‘squeal’ about how they are really being treated.”
She Left Her 4 Year Old In Charge For Only An Hour
well he had at least 2 kids in VERY quick succession with this woman... this can't be the first crazy thing she's done.
Load More Replies...This seems stupid fake... also the font means shes trash no matter if its real or not
I hope he filed for custody and that the divorce was quick & painless for the kids.
"Your'e Not A Real Mum Unless You Gave Vaginal Birth To It"
I claim the title of the Ultimate Not A Reall Mother. I had a C-section, didn't breastfeed, and didn't hold my baby until she was 1 month old. I had a sudden medical emergency my daughter was delivered via emergency c-section @ 26 weeks, my health continued to decline, wound up in a medically induced coma for 3 weeks on a vent in the ICU. How selfish of me to call myself a mother. My daughter did great she's now a normal happy healthy 7 year old. I recovered as well.
I had a very similar situation with my twins. My cousin later has the audacity to call me a bad mother for not breastfeeding. She could not grasp that I was in a coma and physically incapable of breastfeeding. Side note: I’m glad to hear both you and your kid fully recovered.
Load More Replies...Im adding 'Cuntpunt" to my vocabulary its brilliant LOL
Load More Replies...Sooooo, C-section doesn't count. What could this guano crazy lady say about adoption?
As an adoptee I am very interested in the answer
Load More Replies...Please do. Tell her she's not a mum so that she can tell you that you AREN'T a friend in return. SMH!!!
with this logic, does the above mean that her husband has sex with her, he becomes a mommies boy
B******t you dumbass, I have 2 kids and saw both of them come out of my body. Tell me to my face that my C-section kid isn't mine and I will dropkick you into a volcano.
This is the only correct response to that kind of stupidity.
Load More Replies...Woooow! I have 3 kids and they arrived quite differently: first was a normal birth and I was totally loving the laughing gas they provided for me at the hospital (but didn't feel it when she came out), second happened real fast and I had her without any pain control besides my breathing technique (actually the best birth of the three!) And the third was a c-section. I do not understand why some women choose c-section because they think it'll be easier or less "dramatic" for their body or whatever. It was HORRIBLE to heal from it, imo. It caused me so much anxiety for about a year afterwards and it was so uncomfortable for months on end to heal from it, physically. Anyways, my point is that I am as much a mother to my 3rd kid as I am to my first 2. It is HARD to have a c-section, imo.
Mom Gets Her Young Kid A Tattoo
I'm glad that there's outrage about this. But I don't get why there's not the same outrage about people putting holes in their baby's ears, for some reason that is still socially acceptable.
That's a stupid practice too, but ear holes will eventually heal up if they aren't kept open by jewellery. This is more true in children who have more stem cells and more regenerative capability than adults. Tatoos won't fade for decades, or will require painful (very painful) and expensive laser treatment to remove.
Load More Replies...At least it's a heart and not something the kid will deeply regret later like a flag or someone's face... (Not saying it's a good thing but it could have been far worse)
Just read about a family who took their 9 year old to get a neck tattoo of Trump... EDIT: just realized that I didn't read that article on BP so despite BP's awful inability to link, I should probably link it. https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/01/10/9-year-old-arizona-girl-get-donald-trump-neck-tattoo-artist-sparks-outrage/
Load More Replies...New Brunswick? But I'm Canadian, so I always tend to assume Canada.
Load More Replies...The hand one is pen and badly drawn:. The arm one looks to be pen as well and she’s rubbed it to try and look real 🤷♀️ I’d be embarrassed by how badly they’re drawn.. But I hope people called child services on her..
I thought they might be those tattoos but hand drawn makes sense.
Load More Replies...In the US you have to be 18 to get a tattoo so this has to be in another country
“What a child experiences in the first few years of life sets the stage for their development and their perceptions,” Dr. Vissing continued, emphasizing the importance of parental influence.
“There are many programs, such as Harvard's Center for the Developing Child, that focus on the importance of age zero to three as the critical time for child development. This is before many children can speak, so parents may think their children don't get what's going on, but they do.
“Studies by physicians at Yale and other institutions find (by taking blood samples and looking for hormones and other measures of stress) that by the time they are three months old, children who are facing adverse child experiences (aces) have markedly different levels than those who are well-nurtured. Therefore, early love and support is central to the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development of a child; it starts when a child is born,” the expert emphasized.
This Guy Who Has Full Gear On But His Kid Doesn’t Even Have A Helmet. What A S**tty Person
Yeah the high tops will really help in a crash…
Load More Replies...If they tumble, even slightly, that child might lose her legs. There is NO protection whatsoever for those tiny vulnerable legs, not even jeans-legs, like her dad has. In an Ambulance TV-show, I saw two older teenagers on one of those motorized scooters that had collided with a car. The girl had several broken bones and some ruptured internal organs, and had to stay in hospital for months. The guy didn't make it.
Literally the only gear he has is a helmet - you can't tell what the jacket is and there no foot or ankle protection or leg protection.
Perhaps he just picked her up? He didn’t know the opportunity would present itself so was unprepared. Another reason why kidnapping on a motorbike isn’t a good idea
Sure Hope The Crunchy Points Were Worth Your Child Losing His Hearing
As someone who is extremely hard of hearing (completely deaf in my left ear, half deaf in my right) nice work, mama(!) 🙄🙄🙄 navigating the world without being able to hear is really scary
Recently lost hearing in one ear. It literally changes how you perceive the world. Take care of your ears folks!
Load More Replies...Giving one amoxi is worse than giving none at all. Good job on contributing to the creation of super resistant bacteria.
Came here to say exactly this. The reason you are told to complete the course of antibiotics is to make sure that all traces of the bacteria are gone. If any survive, they may have developed a resistance to the antibiotics and if you then pass the infection on to someone else, you have a very difficult to treat outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotics should only be used where necessary and when used you should complete the course and if they don't shift the infection go back to the doctor.
Load More Replies...Want to know why he isn't complaining? He's masking his pain, because he doesn't want mom pouring more condiments in his ear.
What do you do at this point? Search for Jr hearing aids would be an advisable start... -_-
Finish. The. Antibiotics. And he stopped saying anything so you would stop torturing him by dumping garlic oil in his ears. I wonder if this mother is in jail now cause her kid went deaf
What should she do? Bring her kid to the hospital and turn herself over to the police for abuse and child engagement. And schedule a full hysterectomy because this level of absurd stupid should NEVER reproduce.
Don't ever play around with your hearing. It never grows back, only gets worse. If you want to be able to hear your grandchildren's voices some day, wear protection, take your medication as directed.
Let’s Name Our Baby After How We Met
Ain't NOBODY better make fun of my sister, Backseaght, for HER commemorative name... /s
Your husband is right. When your child is old enough they will probably change it legaleigh. ;-)
Better yet, call her Presleigh. After the guy who sang "Love Me Tinder".
Careful, someone is going to steal this one for their kid...
Load More Replies...Quick, everyone start voicing support for the husband or this whole shebang will turn out badleigh... -_-"
Dr. Vissing noted that such “parenting techniques” as spanking a child, hitting them, or telling them how bad they are have been found to be associated with a host of problem behaviors and conditions in children. “For example, kids who are hit when they are ‘bad’ learn that violence is a suitable problem-solving strategy for when someone is upset. They will then hit their parents, siblings, peers, or lovers later on.
“Teaching children how to control their emotions and solve conflicts in a positive, nonviolent, and respectful way has been shown to create people who are themselves nonviolent, respectful, and kind,” the expert pointed out.
I Wonder Why She Can't Find Another Baby Sitter
At $2.50/hour, I'm pretty sure she can make more working at Walmart. This is clearly a BS post
Load More Replies...I doubt even Walmart pays less than $100 for 40 hours - assuming that didn’t include weekends…
No, but this 'horrible friend' WILL be able to get benefits.
Load More Replies...Walmart would have to pay less than 2.50 $/hour for the "have fun working longer hours for LESS PAY [...]" to be true.
The babysitter is shamed since the woman doesn't pay enough yet doesn't see doesn't see the hipocrisy in her comment complaining daycare is too expensive.
It shows how dumb she is... it's unbelievable...
Load More Replies...Would OP work 9-5 all week for 100 bucks?! Who on earth thinks this is ok?
Well, sure she would. After all, the kids are basically angels... /s
Load More Replies...Who Needs Privacy. I’m Gonna Show 53,000 People Your Picture And Tell Them You Got Your Period Today
We should live in a society that doesn't act like periods are weird.
Load More Replies...We need to normalise periods and treat them like any other bodily function, however we don’t need to discuss someone else’s periods, that’s theirs to do or indeed not do. My daughter knows that I (single Dad) am clued up as I can be, that’s my job, equally it’s her choice whether she comes to me, she has plenty of access to advice from the women in her life. She also knows that anything we discuss (or don’t discuss) is completely private and not the subject of a social media post.
How in the world could a WOMAN and also a MOM with an 11 year old DAUGHTER be "clueless". Seriously?!
She prob did it for attention ~ I mean, Facebook seems to attract a lot of peeps like her.
Load More Replies...It shouldn't be embarrassing and in many cultures it is a celebrated right of passage into womanhood. While every child is entitled to privacy, so doing this without their consent is wrong, being embarrassed of a biological function needed to create life is also wrong.
There is a small difference about not being embarrassed of a biological function and posting on social media about the aforementioned biological function, not to mention posting about someone else's biological function on social media.
Load More Replies...Look on the grocery store shelves in that section. You can figure this out!
Can you imagine the bullying she got at school after her dumb, s****y mum posted that?! You see a lot of people oversharing on FB/SM, but this one takes the biscuit! I feel so sorry for her daughter.
It's a well-known fact that kids (especially first world kids) are starting their periods earlier and earlier (often, not always). Get a grip, be supportive. Get a selection, talk to her about flow etc. Don't make a big deal about it and make her feel paranoid or like she's 'different' or there's something wrong with her. YOU ARE THE ADULT.
Sketchy "Possession" Of Child
I think the legal/judicial headaches ARE a must right now, before the situation escalates to veterinarian vaccine victim -_-"
Jimmy Carr: Madonna's latest child has arrived. Only £10 plus post & packing.
Is that the same way as he got his hair back? (He get this often on ex 8 out of 10 cats does countdown).
Load More Replies...I can't read any more of these idiot chats. My stomach is upset and I'm getting a headache.
I've had pets all my life. I don't recall them ever needing to be vaccinated for measles, mumps or rubella. I wonder where she was going to get that vax for her kid.
Discussing this extremely sensitive issue with Bored Panda, Dr. Vissing noted that many people learn how to interact with children the same way their parents did. “They may say they didn't like what their parents did, but when they become parents, they may try one or two different strategies themselves; and if those don't work, they default to what they learned when they were children.
“When pregnant, parents may go to parenting classes but usually they are focused on how to get the baby out of your body and not what to do with them when you take them home.”
What Exactly Is A "Base Tan"
Neither are the tanning nasal sprays I just heard about!
Load More Replies...Feed her puréed carrots - that will have the same effect without the danger. (Remember Sunny D?)
Pumpkin works too. Many baby food contains these two. Although I don't know, at what age are those recommended, I'm sure those are waaaaaaaaay safer than the tanning bed.
Load More Replies...Please god someone take that child away. Or let her take her to the salon who will without doubt absolutely f*****g roast that mother.
Wait…this sounds like an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
I'd like to know from where this post originated, because tanning beds were outlawed in Australia some years ago as it was proven they cause cancer.
unfortunately, lots of countries aren't so sensible
Load More Replies...She Got One Thing Right
Nah, you aren't childish. Imbecilic and an ignoramus maybe, but certainly not childish. Sheeesh...!!! -_-
I believe "death-dealing" would be the adjective here.
Load More Replies...Parenting tip: When my first child was born, I interviewed potential pediatricians. I asked them if they were willing to let me kids by unvaccinated in their practice. If they said "yes", I would strike them off the list of potential doctors. I didn't want my kids in a waiting room with plague babies.
They can't do that now unless they are fully private practice. If it's a hospital system pediatric the doctors don't have a choice. I'm a medical scheduler for 48 Pediatric, Primary Care and Internal Medicine offices and we get a few calls a week asking if our providers will take un-vaxed kids. And people wonder why whooping cough and measles is on the rise.
Load More Replies...I wonder how comical it would be if she managed to get someone sick and possibly dying. You spelled childish wrong you ignorant penis wrinkle
LOL "ignorant penis wrinkle"; that is one of the best insults I've ever read 😆
Load More Replies...Limiting The Amount Of Water Your Child Can Drink
This should be illegal (Edit: Thanks guys for reminding me that it is. I wrote this a 2 am when I was half asleep😅)
If the kid is thirsty all the time there is a chance he is diabetic.
If the bottles contain 500 ml then 4-5 bottle is the normal water intake per day w/o physical load from autumt to spring.
Load More Replies...All that money on bottled water instead of making your tap water palatable?
These are the type of people that vote for Republicans, who will then allow businesses to dump waste into their drinking water. Then complain that their tap water is bad. I lived in a conservative area for a while, and our drinking water was contaminated with lead and hexavalent chromium (a carcinogen), because they weren't regulating what companies were dumping. We couldn't just put a filter on our tap, because that doesn't remove those chemicals. I ended up buying a water cooler, and paying for a water service to deliver safe drinking water. My neighbors always complained about the unsafe tap water, but they weren't about to vote to regulate those companies dumping the water, or increase their taxes to pay to clean up the water supply. People are stupid
Load More Replies...I can't believe how much I want to know the size of these bottles of water.
I doubt the child drinking 3-5 bottles of water if the bottle contains 1500-2000 ml water. More likely, he drinks about 1.5-2.5 l water per day, that amount is roughly 8 glasses of water.
Load More Replies...There is a saying in my country "want it can't get ut but get it and don't want want it" U know how many parents would love for the kids to drink water... just wow
No Fatties Allowed
I once encountered a woman who started smoking when she became pregnant specifically so she would have a low birth-weight baby because she was worried about stretch-marks.
Load More Replies...Good lord. My oldest was was 7lbs, 2oz and 22 inches long (average is ~18 inches). She was so slender, I even worried that she wasn't gaining enough weight a few weeks later (doc said she was fine because her growth chart showed growth, but it was just length instead of weight). Even at 11, she's still super tall and all knees and elbows like her dad was!
Yeah, don’t have another kid when you never should have had one
Forcing A Crying Six-Year-Old To Run A Marathon?
How is a 6 year old permitted to take part in a marathon? As far as I understood there’s normally a minimum age of sixteen.
20 miles in 7 hours is 2.86 mph - that's walking pace for an adult. So obviously, the actual marathon *running* support has long gone. Taking a 6 year old on a 26 mile hike? Well, maybe, if they're up for it, but carry your own food, drink, and shelter and plan proper breaks including naps. Remind me again about why we're not allowed to slap parents like that around the face?
Load More Replies...Regardless of how long the distance is you shouldn't be forcing your child to run for more than 7 hours. Yikes!
The first guy who ran a marathon died and you force your 7yo kid to run for over 7 hours to cover a half marathon?? Lets force you to run 7 hours in a desert without water and a 100kg backpack on. But you'll get pringles in the end!! No water though. Idiot!
I read about this when it happened and the parents were like, he's fine we are with him the whole time and we'd know if it were hurting him. As if you can see stress fractures developing out on the race course. The fact that they even had to bribe him meant he was already running through pain. Absolutely terrible parents.
He looks WAAAAAY too happy to get a snack pack of Pringles. Makes me question what kind of food withholding also may be going on.
A 6 year old would have trouble riding a bicycle 42km. What a sociopath.
Yes. That is too young. And most places in the US you have to be 16. My daughter ran her first half at 16 and didn't run a full until 26. But, just to vent a bit. If you say there will be Pringles at mike 20, have Pringles at mile 20! Slow a*s 5 k'er here. My nephew walked his first 5 k last summer (at 5 and no he wasn't coerced and would have been allowed to stop at any time). I was told they took up the timing mat before he finished (no time limit was posted). I was so mad. I said they were lucky slow a*s Auntie wasn't there. Everyone deserves an official time if there's no posted limit. And this child deserved his Pringles. Rant over.
What the actual f**k ... twisted trash forcing the child to do that, who approved that?
It Seemed Fine Until She Mentioned Concerns Over Dark Circles And Other Issues
tbf with clueless mothers you should keep it somewhat tame (this is not as a clueless mother, I am a male)
Load More Replies...So if the cats doesn't like the vet, I should not take them... 🤦♂️SMfH
There must be a very good reason the Dr wants to check those levels. It's not routine.
Hmm...such a tough decision! Blood test and a little crying or possibly letting her die ⚖️🤔😑
CHILDREN NEED THEIR BLOOD DRAWN. I AM USING ALL CAPS BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID!
The Mom Group I'm In Is A Goldmine For Crazy. I Posted About My 2-Year-Old Asking For Privacy In The Bathroom And This Was A Comment I Got
I'm confused about WHY an adult would feel it necessary to monitor bathing for a child that old?
my 2 year old asks for privacy on the toilet too, because his brother who is 4 does so and also did when he was 2. kids want privacy, our parents were just f*****g weirdos.
I have some knowledge of this. Im 58 but I remember 12. And I have a 12 year old son to remind me so theres that too. Knock. Thats it, thats my sage advice. Just knock. You will save the both of you a mental image and emotional scar that lasts a very long time lol. Knock, please. lol omg I cant take it Im dieing here
They will color a picture of a tractor and spank to it if they have too lol
Load More Replies...How To K*ll Your Kid At School In One Easy Step
No, it isn't. It's manslaughter at best. Murder requires malice aforethought (i.e., the intent to kill), and I doubt this man actually wants to kill his child.
Load More Replies...Had to look it up - it's a quack cure actually using a suspension of silver particles. The worst thing was that the searches returned so many quack sites promoting it before I came across real medical ones.
Now you’re going to get sketchy ads for the next 2 weeks 😂
Load More Replies...MY GOD PLEASE (I'm praying, seriously) STOP LETTING STUPID PEOPLE PROCREATE!!!!
It's one of the things they are best at. Don't even need an instruction video.
Load More Replies...Why do you assume it's a mom? Maybe the dad wrote this
Load More Replies...I have a work around idea for you, if the school doesn't let him use a nebulizer. Albuterol, they'll never stop that one.
Dumb c**t poisoning her kid with silver... no slap is too hard or too frequent for her. Its not like you could cause more brain damage
AS AN ASTHMATIC I CAN HONESTLY STATE THAT IT IS TERRIFYING WHEN YOU CANNOT BREATHE! ARE YOU THAT STUPID?
The school cannot make use of natural meds because of legal problems. If you do not want to supply the school with prescribed medication for desperate circumstances, then you will have to make yourself available ALWAYS during school hours to help your child. Since the decision not to use medication is yours, you are responsible; not the school.
Yes, The Problem Is Definitely Not That You Gave A Phone To A 2-Year-Old
And making a 2yo sit in the corner for hours should be child abuse. The recommendation for a "time out" is one minute per year.
I'm so glad that a 2 year old now has an iPhone. Good parenting. Hopefully he/she quickly learns to find all the nice websites that their parents like so much
Load More Replies...Pretty sure my 3 year old has said oh s**t multiple times and we just laugh lol
Why does s 2 yo have a cellphone & who gave it to him? You can't put a 2 yo in a corner for hours, it should only be 1 minute for each year of age.
What parent gives a two year old an iPhone is it so she can pose with him in photo's. This mother needs reporting to CPS.
A 2-year-old doesn't understand that the B-word is bad. He might have heard it in the kindergarten, in the grocery store, on TV. He probably doesn't connect the word with you ostracizing him and being mean to him. Why does a 2-yo have a phone?
The Hypocrisy K*lls Me
Er, why is the dog being vaccinated reassuring but the kid doesn’t get the same protection? Add to that that the kid getting tetanus isn’t less likely if the dog is vaccinated anyway, and I’m completely lost. Not as lost as OP and their poor child, though.
Not really relevant for tetanus, but if the dog wasn't vaccinated the kid would also have to be vaccinated for rabies.
Load More Replies...So when I was working in a rural part of the DRC I got to personally witness somebody dying of tetanus. It was a horrible thing to see. Their muscles cramped so badly that their bones broke, and they couldn't breath because the muscles controlling the lungs wouldn't function. This poor child's jaw was broken from clenching his teeth so hard. Luckily he was able to get evacuated to a hospital for treatment. I guarantee you that had that boy's mother been given the option of a tetanus shot, she would have jumped at it. I think people who refuse to vaccinate their kids should be flogged in the public square, before being stripped of custody rights, and then sterilized.
So OP is cool with a dog being vaccinated, but not a child?
Poorly educated Americans are a danger to the entire world. And we're the only ones who can fix that with the kind of public education once wide-spread across this country.
We're gonna have to wait at least 4 more years. Unfortunately. He loves the stupid.
Load More Replies...YES. ITS AWFUL TO VAX YOUR CHILD AGAINST A HORRIBLE DISEASE CALLED TETANUS AKA LOCKJAW ! A DISEASE THAT LITERALLY FREEZES YOUR MUSCLES
It is unlikely that a nip from a dog that is well cared for will transmit any illness to a child. HOWEVER, a dog's mouth is not perfectly clean and so the wound needs to be cleaned with an antiseptic and perhaps bandaged to prevent infection. There are topical medications to use that can be bought OTC at a drugstore. Ask the pharmacist what is indicated.
I Really Hope That Is A Reborn Doll
Most US hospitals won't let you leave without checking you have an appropriate car seat and know how to buckle your child in correctly.
Yep. Our daughter was a preemie and had a lengthy NICU stay. We weren't even allowed to carry her out in the car seat ourselves. A nurse had to do it. Hospital policy, apparently. A bit ridiculous, but I didn't care as I just wanted to get my baby home.
Load More Replies...I absolutely HATED the monstrosity that car seats are now, but dear god, PLEASE use them! They're one of the only things I would recommend buying brand new for an infant specifically for the safety concerns!
Are you kidding me? I'm just in the trying to conceive phase but have already spent HOURS looking at car seat systems for safety ratings. Cuteness is like the furthest factor to me. This is scary
I recommend a (safe!!!) seat in the style of this one for the first year. Then a seat that can be turned so you can have the kid driving backwards and forewards - spend the extra money on one that lets you buckle up the kid when turned towards the door, it really does save your back! These two will suffice until kiddo is 3-4. Then look further
Load More Replies...I’m heading out into the snow and ice in my Little Tike car, way cheaper than using a proper car, my daughter has a motorised Mercedes toy car, lucky beggar, she can head out onto the bypass and the motorway, I’m stuck on A-roads ‘cause mine’s older and bit more ‘Flintstone’ than hers. Hey, we may not be safe but we are environmentally friendly AND cheap!
And I'll bet that toy child coffins are much cheaper (and cuter!) than the ones at the funeral home.
"Anon Post Because I Am Ashamed"
I can only hope that daycare does see the injuries and reports her.
And they check the posts where they admit they don't use car seats correctly.
Load More Replies...A lot of these seem made up. But this one feels very real - how awful for all these children.
Unfortunately I don't think that many of them are made up.
Load More Replies...Spanking in general has been proven to be bad enough, but spanking so hard that it leaves bruises and welts? At that point it's just a beating, and of what sounds to be a preschooler no less. Hope the parent got caught.
As far as I'm concerned all spanking is assault (except for, like, the kinky consensual type)
Load More Replies...I am shocked at the comment of “the car seat straps keep sliding off so I don’t use them”, rather than thinking something isn’t adjusted right? Also, have any of these people actually tried explaining to the kids why they shouldn’t do certain things? I find a lot of kids stop doing dangerous things if you actually explain that it is dangerous.
Names shouldn't be censored in this kind of thread, it would help CPS do their work.
I sort of want to trawl mumsnet and report but that would mean going on that septic tank.
Load More Replies...As an adult survivor of severe child abuse, I hope this woman was reported.
Yet people still have issues against a loving same-sex couple adopting kids whilst this what the straights do.
I got married young, 18. She was 29 had 2 kids. The youngest was cute little redhead boy. We were in the car one day and he was acting up and me being 18 and trying to be a "Dad" which I had no place doing in the first place, reached back to just tap his cheek to get his attention. And I mean tap, not slap, just wanted to say hey chill and listen. Anyway he turned just right and I bloodied his nose. I will always remember that and have never spanked again, my kids dont even know what that means. We talk. It works. Especially if they are fighting. How you gonna spank one for hiotting? Your hitting them to tell them hitting is wrong. It doesnt math right man. Just talk.
If a commoin sense reasonable calm discussion wont work then how the heck is violence the answer to fix that? totally different paths. SOURCE: My Grandpa used to break horses to ride. Break. You can train a horse to ride, or you can break it. His method was a 2X4. You get similar results but a very different horse.
Load More Replies...When You Accidentally Adopt Defective Children And Need To Detox Them
No clue, but I have heard good things about potatoes pulling the toxins from your body. /s
Load More Replies...The kids aren't defective you are. If you are dumb enough to think that they can be detoxed they need to be taken away from you for their health and safety.
What a disgusting failure of the adoption system to let that human sewage be responsible for them.
How Can I Make My 4-Month-Old Have Skinnier Legs?
Another one of the many here who SHOULD NOT have any children! Poor kid, she will be fatshamed by her superficial mother forever.
I think the dad’s comments probably caused the mother’s anxiety.
Load More Replies...I think it's a funny remark. I would have laughed if my boyfriend said this. But I guess it's context. If my boyfriend would say this or would definitely be as a joke...
Load More Replies...Poor baby 😔 My mom was always very skinny and I was ”normal“ - she fatshamed me since kindergarten
What you can do is let her grow a bit older. The chubbiness will be less as she gets taller. Babies are chubby to keep them alive.
Naming A Child Penelople
There’s a kid in my son’s school whose name is Dreamliner.
Load More Replies...We don't say Payter in French more like the original Peter but unstressed.
Yeah that's more like southern Maryland mixed with Oklahoma
Load More Replies...Payter is more of an Essex accent (Like Will Ospreay) surely?
At this point, I might just name my kid first name Zack, middle name Sabre, minus the Jr.
Load More Replies...If you have to explain how the name is pronounced, it's not a good name (excluding language/cultural ones)
Type the name into Microsoft word. If it has a red squiggly line under it, don't use it!
Load More Replies..."How to condemn your offspring to having to spell out their names for the rest of their lives."
This Extreme Fear-Mongering Angers Me So Much
No worries, pretty sure the 2.5 YO will survive. Unfortunately, your month-old, on the other hand...
That's unfair - childhood vaccination isn't advised till the child is 8 weeks old - the baby's too young. Bearing in mind that some get 'flu like' symptoms after a flu vaccination, it's a sensible question - she's asking if she's putting her child at risk. No, she isn't because the 'reaction' is not actually flu, and is not infectious. The stupid comment is 'if the other one survives.'
Load More Replies..."My unvaxxed son will be a month old this weekend..." I apprecate the optimism
The CDC doesn't recommend the flu vaccine until 6 months of age, so the parent's stupidity is entirely dependent on whether they are actually anti-vax or if the newborn simply isn't old enough for the flu vax. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines/vaccinations.html
Load More Replies...My son got the flu shot and barely had issues when he got the flu, I wish I would've because I caught the flu from him and thought I was dying. Get your vaccines!
Poster is full of ignorance... thats just sad. Commenter needs to be euthanized for the sake of humanity. Some levels of stupid need to be removed like cancer they are.
Yes everyone knows kids pass vaccines onto the unvaccinated. That’s how the government control us
Nope, it's the other way around; your child can be contagious to her
I Wonder Why This Isn’t Working
And people wonder why more and more adult children are going no contact with parents. In two years, this young man will be out of the house and most likely low to no contact!
"My kid is angry and defiant because when they state they don't want something I don't compromise and say OK you can't have the store-bought one if you won't use the 'natural' ones, I dose him anyway, against his will and without his knowledge. I on the other hand was perfect (I'd definitely tell everyone if I was an a*****e as a kid). Any advice?"
Yea, there is a stupid health scam that insists essential oils will fix anything, even cancer. It is often combined with homeopathy. And there is zero evidence either work.
Load More Replies...Essential oils are one type of remedy for people, that are applied transdermally. Other oils, like coconut oil, and fish oils, are eaten like food, and are beneficial to one's health. I do not agree with the poster forcing her son to wear the essential oils, but she needs to provide him with information about them so he can make his own decisions.
They Had Their 12 And 15 Year-Old Boys In The Bed Of The Truck, Sitting On Dining Room Chairs, Holding Their New Glass Dining Room Table Facing The Wind For Maximum Drag
You don't see the fact that it's dangerous just because it was normal when you were a kid?
Load More Replies...Given that the license plate clearly says Texas, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's where it happened.
Load More Replies...Where Are This Kids Parents? He Was Alone For At Least 10 Minutes
And no one did anything? If I looked around and saw no one with a child this young I would call out and then take the child to security.
This is when you report to the nearest worker. I'm assuming this is a theme park and this would be treated like a lost child situation except abandoned. Did this person just stare for 10 minutes, take a photo and walk away?
That looks like a school or church. I'm guessing it's a community event.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure about this one. Mom may just have been in line somewhere or sitting down or talking to someone and still keeping an eye on him. Although I can't imagine why he couldn't be with her.
Should She Have Another?
The brutal part is that in previous posts she says she can’t leave her husband with her baby because it’s the same as being watched by an 8 year old. Other post history includes complaining about how awful it is with her husband and if she can continue to be with him.
Reading all these posts, I’m beginning to understand how Trump got to be President Elect…. Sadly, the crazy seems to be global these days.
It seems to be emanating from the US of A unfortunately. Please stop. X
Load More Replies...I want a baby so bad too. So we talked about it like grown ups. (And if it doesn't happen in a year we're going to try fostering which I was actually really nervous about passing the home visits, but based on these nutters🤦🏻♂️)
The home visits are nerve-wracking, but how they go will be entirely dependent on the person who shows up. When my ex and I were on that route, we killed ourselves for weeks over the first one, then got the friendliest woman in the world. We looked forward to the follow - ups. (then the agency got shut down by the state, but that's a whole different ball o wax...)
Load More Replies...Why would she want to have another baby with this guy if she can't stand him? Is this guy just a sperm bank to her? Something tells me he's not the problem 🙄
Just have sex with a random. All going well, they will impregnate you and you’ll have the baby you want! You won’t have a husband but you don’t really like him anyway
If he really doesn't want more children then the solution is simple. Just don't have sex.
Concentrate on the child you already have, and try to heal your marriage first.
Where in HELL do all these stupid people come from? Were their parents this dumb?
Mom Wishes Her Teenage Daughter Had Genetic Disorder
Probably behaves like a typical teen that unfortunately has a bit of a nutty parent.
Load More Replies...Obviously this person must not realize that downs syndrome comes with more than just a "look" a lot of kids can have serious health issues and it can be a lot on the child and parents
I spent my adult life working with adults with disabilities, including many with Down Syndrome. They are like anyone else. Some are sweet, some are jerks, some are kind and compassionate, some are selfish - just like any percentage of a population. Making generalizations like this is a disservice to people with Down Syndrome, no matter how nice you think you're being.
Oh yes ..... wishing a child had a genetic disorder is perfectly fine !
As a parent of a young man with multiple special needs, I believe this mom has no idea what she is saying. It's inane and similar to those who want to have a baby without realizing that babies will not be babies forever. Wanting a baby but not a toddler, child, teen, or young adult is ludicrous.
I would guess that this mom has any number of genetic disorders to pass on.
Lots of special needs kids need homes. definitely adoption!
Load More Replies...Finally Found One In The Wild. Almost 450 Comments Flaming Her
Quality family time - watching a serial killer documentary with your 10 year old. Well done mom!
Not even just a serial killer documentary, but actually a very well-done fictionalized account, and one of the most disturbing shows I've ever seen. I actually was worried for the actor who played Dahmer. But any kind of show about a serial killer is not appropriate for a 10 yo.
Load More Replies...Leatherface is fictional, whereas with Jeffrey Dahmer there are still family members of the victims alive. Show some respect
Leatherface was obviously exaggerated for dramatic effect, but the character was very much based on a real person, Ed Gein.
Load More Replies...I let my 6 y/o be the grim reaper. I felt bad for the kids whose parents only let them be “positive” things. My son is scared of stuff all the time. Halloween he got to be the scary one. I let him have that.
I think that the mom here forgets that leatherface is a film character (partially inspired by Ed Gein, iirc) so he's NOT real. Dahmer was a real person and his doings are still affecting families to this day. I am sure that even Albert Fish's doing still affects families to this day, actually. So even he would be a no-go for me. But I don't really know... my kids are into creepy stuff as well, but that's mainly zombies and ghosts and monsters and vampires. If my kids want to dress up as a real killer, I'd just tell them no. They can dress normally and pretend to be dressed up as a serial killer (because you can't tell by looking at them that they are killers, right?) But to dress up as an actual, named serial killer would be a hard no from me.
Wasn't Leatherface a fictional character? And you know the difference, don't you?
Ah, it wasn't Halloween candy that Jeffrey Dahmer was hungry for.
You let a 10yo watch that? My husband gave up before end of episode 1 and I watched it alone because he just couldn't
I experienced something similar - I like a true crime documentary as much as the next person (I call it Murder Porn) but even I failed to make it through a Dahmer one I was watching on Netflix. Same with anyone who has seen a UK documentary called The Reckoning, about Jimmy Saville. In the end it was just too much. And as Ashley Harrold, poster below points out, a huge amount of Jimmy Saville's victims are alive (he wasn't a murderer, as far as I know, but one of the worse child abusers that I think that UK has ever uncovered).
Load More Replies..."Mommy Moment"
Remember these "mommy moments" when you're asking why your kids never call or visit.
Why is it that the idiots who shouldn't be allowed to procreate are the ones with four kids, but the intelligent would-actually-make-good-parents are the ones choosing to be child free?!
At the risk of having another poor XBox becoming a victim of "mommy moment", I sure as heck will not be helping this mama out...
Find an anger management support group near you and attend regularly.
IT IS CALLED ANGER MANAGEMENT. AND I BET YOU DID NOT BUY YOUR SON'S XBOX.
From A Mom Group On Instagram. I Guess People Without Children Are Not Allowed To Be Tired
My face when a person who decided to have kids acts as if they have special privilege as if they were saving humanity.
Yup, I'm childless and tired. Tired of your judgmental bee-hind, mostly... -_-
I was tired before and after I had a kid, I absolutely hate this whole "you don't know what tired is if you don't have a kid" um yea lots of people know what tired is trussssst me
Meanwhile, breeders cut out of work constantly and expect Childfree people to do the breeders' jobs for them unpaid. [ https://www.shrm.org/mena/topics-tools/news/managing-smart/--whats-like-childfree-work--2022-study- ]
I can’t stand that mothers who knock out baby after baby, and criticise those who choose not to! Always judging why? Smacks of jealousy at their free time that would include all the things parents can’t do easily that those who don’t have children can. How dare anyone say “you can’t be tired because you don’t have children” fools!
7-Year-Old 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
In the UK, children should use a child car seat until they are 12 years old or 135 centimeters (4 ft 5 inches) tall, whichever comes first. After that, they should use a seat belt.
Alright, American here to explain. Yes, you should be using a car seat until about that same age/height threshold (cant remember the exacts) BUT, by the age of this kid, they should be either using a seat like that but with the regular seatbelt, or just a small booster chair with no back. I fully agree with still using a car seat for safety, but I think the bullying is more targeted at still using the full harness, which probably shouldn't be used still at 7
Load More Replies...This is normal in Sweden; children should use some kind of child car seat until they are 135 cm tall. It's still mean to post a picture of the child that gets bullied for exactly this.
That's a dumb post definitely but what's wrong with a car seat at 7?? I had one until I was 6 and then a booster seat until 11
How the hell did they find a full strap carseat that big? The only ones I've ever seen near that big are for kids with MS (multiple sclerosis), and cost an insane amount of money.
Woman Posts Photo Of Young Daughter Scrubbing A Toilet
I think this obviously staged photo (already spotless toilet) is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen. Why?
I'm going to assume this post is a joke. When my kids were that age they also wanted to "help" cleaning. My youngest child like to "wash the dishes", so I'd have to fill the sink with dishes and let her play in the water and soap for a few minutes. She loved it. My other daughter liked to sweep the floor, which basically meant swinging the broom around and knocking things off of tables. I took a few photos of them doing their thing, and if I had social media, this is the kind of joke I'd post. Mostly because my friends know that I do not hold such backwards views, and they would see that I'm just being silly.
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She's a girl, not a woman. And her brother will also need to know how to clean a toilet when he grows up.
But it's wrong to precise that the "women" starts chores young. She could have said "children" but she said "women", and that tells me that her son doesn't have to do the same.
Load More Replies...When they are little ones, why not have them fold towels or sort socks? Why expose them to harsh chemicals?
I remember being maybe 7 and having to walk down the street to a neighbor’s house to have her open the toilet bowl cleaner because it was childproof. Yes, it was my job to clean the bathroom and my mom left me home alone (I think she ran to the bank or something). No, she wasn’t a horrible parent. Just a lapse in judgment. It was a different time (early 80s). I was also mature for my age. But it was also a “mental note” of things not to do when I had kids.
Popped Up On My Newsfeed
Did these people never learn about the sun? Possible a good thing, they would probably cook their kid without sunscreen, just because its "free".
I just heard that people on Tiktok/Instagram are using the UV scale as a measure for how dark a tan you can get rather than when to avoid the sun!
Load More Replies...If you have to go to a foreign country to do something to your kid legally, that tells us all we need to know about you as a parent.
When they aren't old enough to make an informed decision about their own body...
Oh they were informed - they just think 'don't give your kid a lethal dose of UV radiation' is lame.
Load More Replies...Highly illegal you dumbass, are you trying to give your baby skin cancer and damage her eyes because the goggles will not fit and she won't keep them on.
Your not a proper mother your a child yourself if you think this is a good idea.
2-Year-Old Addicted To Screens
Yeah, pretend you're her parent or something.
Load More Replies...Someone would have to read her those books. I think this is where the problem starts ...
Load More Replies...How about reading a book to her? Or simply TALK with her?My parents read a bed-time story to us every night. I have three younger siblings, so I probably joined the bed-time cozy until I was 15 or so...
Books exist. Read a book with your child. Go for a walk, not on your phone, and point out things likes trees, birds, flowers. Just anything really that can stimulate conversation. I get quite upset when I see (usually the mum) out with a child in a pushchair or pram (stroller I believe, in the US!) - trying to balance a takeaway coffee, phone in the other hand, and completely ignoring the child.
Perhaps a tutorial explaining the difference between then and than, so they can teach you?
100% Team Good Poop Time
They’re called magazines… or even a book! For either of them…
Read the backs of the shampoo bottles in the bathroom. That's what I had to do as a child. ;-)
My sister would read the tv guide. I still tease her about it.
Load More Replies...My god - how did anyone manage to bring up a child before these modern screens? How did they ever surivive? 🧐
do you have the ingredients memorized yet? I did at one time for the shampoo and lotion.
Load More Replies...I have a gut feeling that people managed to defecate before smart phones and tablets.
Pooping should be functional, not 20 minutes in a bathroom unless it's IBS
Just pretend it’s the olden days when you poop and read the air freshener label.
Asking For A Friend
LOL, that one I could get behind. Compared to the rest it's remarkably innocuous. Mind you pay the kid back, though!
perfectly fine - it's making sure the child is not disappointed in the morning and the money is paied back.
Load More Replies...I've done this. Not a big deal. Odd thing was, while I might not have had any physical money in the house for the tooth fairy, I always had glitter to sprinkle a trail from the window to kiddos bed for the trail the fairy left behind...
I had fairy glitter too! But always the same bottle bc one time I used another variety and my daughter was very suspicious that it wasn't the real tooth fairy that time. 🤣
Load More Replies...The Tooth Fairy around these parts would pick that tooth up the following night, because it wouldn't have been on her list when she left her base for work. No biggie.
My little sister once got a $20 for her tooth because it was all my mother had. That DID NOT go over well with the other younger sibs lol.
I panicked when I read this one as I know I've done it. Since Covid I never have cash on me and if my husband isn't home I can't pop out and get any, if it's between disappointing my kid and borrowing £1 for a day or two then I pick borrowing!
No big deal. As a parent you have to improvise sometimes. Although, if the kid is likely to notice the money being gone, I'd write a cute note from the fairy instead, explaining that she forgot the coin at her little fairy house and that she'll be back tomorrow.The kid might even love it more than normally, because now they have a special fairy note AND still get the money.
I Was In The Wrong For Telling Her About Her Kid Having A Plastic Bag Over Their Head And Someone Who Needed To Mind Their Own Business
I'd find your comment more funny if this situation weren't so alarming!!
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Man, life must sock so hard to have parents that will allow their bad decisions to stink up the beginning of their lives...
Here's an idea; if you can't afford socks for your kids, don't have 10 kids! FFS
Is this due to lack of money, or is there a *thing* about not wearing socks? Too flipping cold to go without in many parts of the world.
why not colloidal silver? and maybe some garlic? you should certainly carry a cross. oh wait, we're talking about stinky shoes not Count Idiot.
This is "trendy" in norway. Teens not wearing socks, especially in winter.. I have enough sock to wash a machine full. I have a dog, so wont wash them with my other clothes anyway. Then I just hang them, and dump them in a drawer. No need to sort them. Life is to short for sillyness like that.
How often does this family wash their feet? That's why the shoes are smelly. Probably smells like a Frito factory.
"Disappointing And Frustrating"
oof. between rouge instead of rogue and proscription vs prescription there is a pattern of poor grammar amongst these parents.
At 2 and 4, these are pretty good. If the 4-year-old can write those letters that's perfect. Chill out
Another person blinded by jealousy of faked, staged Instagram b******t. No, their kids didn't produce those things either. Learn to spend time with your kid for their sake, not for what you can show off as a result.
Parents Who Can’t Keep Their Contagious Child At Home Are Completely Insane, Especially To Vulnerable Babies And Immunocompromised Individuals
The Starbucks comment is obviously stupid, but I've been in a similar situation where my kid needed medicine but was too young to be home alone and I had no one to either stay with them or run to the store for me. It sucked to have to take a sick kid somewhere, but it can't always be avoided.
And did you also let your sick kid touch/play with the mascot character that other kids interact with? Also, practically bragging about being indifferent to the risk to others?
Load More Replies...In her next post, the mom will be complaining about people bringing sick kids out in public and getting her kid sick.
The Girl Is Wearing Headphones Because, You Know, Safety First
Visible safety gear = zero. It's the fault of the entire culture, not just those particular parents.
Allowing Children In Places Clearly Barricaded Just For Clicks
You Can’t Fix Stupid
Just let an innocent kid die because it's parents are idiots? And that gets upvoted? What on earth happened to protecting kids from their parents, whatever happened to empathy?
Load More Replies...I love Peggy's Cove. It's beautiful. But yeah, you'd have to be a moron to swim there.
I remember my nephew and his Explorer troop climbing on the rocks at Great Falls. It is posted not to climb because the undertow is dangerous. They got caught and had to go to court. I remember when the notice came in (The United States of America v. Nephew. I joked not everyone in the US is against him.). It is a National Park. Luckily no one fell and they were just sentenced to stay out of National Parks for a year. There just aren't enough rangers or police around those places to handle all the idiots.
Gee I Wonder Why People Were Being Rude?
Man Straps Baby To Lawnmower
Goggles in case any sticks or rocks shoot out.
Load More Replies...Do Idiots In Truck Beds Count?
All kids are kinda idiots, to be honest. Adorable little idiots with not a lot of sense yet.
Load More Replies...This was considered normal when I was a kid, to be honest. Not smart, looking back, but normal.
I'm torn on this one. Honestly had friends and family back when I was a kid that only had a truck and for the most part trucks only had a front seat back then. Took a lot of short trips and a few long ones in the bed of a pickup. I know it's not safe but something in my old brain just writes it off a normal.
Yeah. It's against the law where I live here in the UK these days. Only, I travelled like that now and then when I was young. It was great fun. Only, probably best to put a stop to it. If anything does go wrong, the consequences tend to be dreadful.
Load More Replies...This always looks so much fun in movies, part of me wishes that this was a thing in my country too when I was young. The responsible part of me obviously says it's a bad idea, but the adventurous part of me soooooo wishes to experience this, it just seems like the ultimate fun for kids.
Dude, in the 80s, that's just how we got around. Our parents did not give a s**t about our safety. I remember riding in the back of my friend's dad's pickup. When he'd hit a bump, we'd go flying into the air. We even made a game of it.
Well that was depressing! Some of these "parents" shouldn't have had children.
here in Italy they say: the mother of stupid is always pregnant. Truer words were never spoken. And I agree with Susical
Please, oh please, let these all be fiction! I thought this would be a funny post, but it's scary & sad for these people's kids.
Right? I feel much better about my previously thought woefully inadequate parenting skills.
Load More Replies...Add a teacher in the UK, I can confirm that some parents genuinely think and feel this way. As a parent myself, I am devastated for their children.
Heading down the IVF road next week (wish us luck) and after reading this post I am confident we'll be decent parents! Holy yikes may most of it be fake..
There really should be a similar process to getting a licence to drive. Written and practical tests before you're allowed to procreate.
I hope these stories were made up because the 'parents' in them were either horrible, disrespectful or just plain stupid. I thought this was going to be amusing but it's horrifying and depressing
I’m sure most were true. If you doubt it, you’ve never been to certain areas of US.
Load More Replies...I'd say family planning should be taught more in schools but sounds like most of these types home school.
Well that was depressing! Some of these "parents" shouldn't have had children.
here in Italy they say: the mother of stupid is always pregnant. Truer words were never spoken. And I agree with Susical
Please, oh please, let these all be fiction! I thought this would be a funny post, but it's scary & sad for these people's kids.
Right? I feel much better about my previously thought woefully inadequate parenting skills.
Load More Replies...Add a teacher in the UK, I can confirm that some parents genuinely think and feel this way. As a parent myself, I am devastated for their children.
Heading down the IVF road next week (wish us luck) and after reading this post I am confident we'll be decent parents! Holy yikes may most of it be fake..
There really should be a similar process to getting a licence to drive. Written and practical tests before you're allowed to procreate.
I hope these stories were made up because the 'parents' in them were either horrible, disrespectful or just plain stupid. I thought this was going to be amusing but it's horrifying and depressing
I’m sure most were true. If you doubt it, you’ve never been to certain areas of US.
Load More Replies...I'd say family planning should be taught more in schools but sounds like most of these types home school.
