Not every person is suited for parenthood, and that’s okay. What isn’t acceptable is choosing to raise a child even with the apparent lack of ability and willingness to do better.
Today, we’re putting a spotlight on toxic mothers. You’ll see screenshots showing their blatant disrespect for boundaries and privacy. Some may have even risked their kids’ health and well-being. Be forewarned, as a few of these are disturbingly wrong.
We’ve picked out these posts from this subreddit to highlight some of their behavior. Hopefully, none of you went through similar ordeals as children. If you’re a mom, let these bad parenting examples be your reminder of what to avoid at all costs.
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The Emojis Are The Icing On The Cake
The parents can.. but they blame everyone but themselves… I’ve known a few… 😔
Load More Replies...(Q) Why was the unvaccinated four year old crying? (A) He was having a mid-life crisis.
It kind of blows my mind that in my lifetime I might see it go full circle. From when stuff like polio was still fairly common when I was a kid - to virtually wiped out - to back again due to willful ignorance. I just read a news article this week about how they are concerned about a rise in polio in Gaza due to the war causing crowding and open sewage situations plus unable to vaccinate many of the younger babies / kids due to the war.
I am not an anti-vaxer, I am vaccinated. A family I was a sitter for, Mother never vaccinated, children not vaccinated. They are healthy, they get sick and they get well just like everyone else. I just feel that not all people die in the mass death that some of you seem to think always happens. I am just saying.
I HAVE A QUESTION. Are they talking of the Covid vaxx or all vaccines
She should have asked instead where her dictionary was so she could learn some basic grammar. Most of my students in China write better English than that!
A Mother’s Love 💕
Actually she is kinda right, but I would never risk life of my kids in the name of population control...
If she believes this, fine. But having kids in the first place contributes to the population! A lot of younger people are choosing not to have kids because of the large population!
Load More Replies...If she is all for population control she should NOT have reproduced. She is a moron.
There's no such thing as "population control" in nature. Each species does it's best to survive and reproduce, often at the expense of another species.
"I don't care if people die, as long as I stay alive" they would change their tune very quickly if they got sick.
Absolutely Accurate
Yea and remember all the vaccinations we got as children back in the 70s for chicken pox, measles, polio, ect. Guess they were bad for us still breathing and living also.
I blame Jenny McCarthy for the whole "vaccines cause Autism" bullsh*t". But, I guess if you want to get your medical information from a former Playboy Bunny instead of actual scientists ... The CDC and MOST rational experts have said multiple times that VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM. But, hey - you do you.
This was an interestingly unhinged line to read. I love reading it, but I don't love to read it, I guess.
Load More Replies...Minimizing a child’s feelings is a common toxic mom behavior. Some are guilty of telling their kids not to feel a certain way because it is wrong. According to Florida-based psychotherapist Dr. Tracy Hutchinson, this sends a message that feelings are better off suppressed.
In an article for CNBC, Dr. Hutchinson recommends asking children what they think would make them feel better. She says this trains them to manage their emotions independently at a young age.
Homeopathic Side Effects
Water, imagination, and if you are lucky, a dose of the placebo effect. It's weird the placebo effect can still work even when we know we're taking a placebo. I've taken homeopathic remedies before. My thinking is, "There's nothing in it to harm me, but the placebo effect might well kick in, and that's good."
Why not swallow a tic-tac instead? That way you can still convince yourself about the placebo effect but you're not paying a rip-off price to a shill company for your sugar pills.
Load More Replies...I once watched a documentary about homeopathy with my family, and when the narrator explained that "that's the equivalent of one drop in an Olympic sized swimming pool" I asked in all seriousness "how are you supposed to drink that much water?" Family lost it.
Homeopathy is an adult pretending to be a doctor but without all that useless fact stuff. And their evidence is second or third hand testimonials (testimony is the absolute poorest form of evidence by the way) a friends mom saw on an infomercial once and is now unswayable in the truth of what they ‘know’. lol
I had a friend who judged me for giving my babies Tylenol or ibuprofen for teething. I was happy to point out that the naturopathy tincture they gave their kids had Bella donna (opium) in it. Ha ha. I mean, that's fine, I'm sure it's the tiniest amount, but don't judge me!!!
Belladonna is deadly nightshade. It has nothing to do with opium.
Load More Replies...You Can Do Everything Right And Still Fail
Some people believe that formula stunts the child's brain development and whatnot because 'reasons'.
Load More Replies...WTF? Your kid's kinda whacked because of how you raised him, not because of the "bottle vs. breast" controversary.
Getting a face tattoo doesn’t have anything to do with someone’s upbringing or personality though
Load More Replies...I was also breast fed and have a face tatt. OMG! IS THAT WHY!!!
I Don't Have A Problem With Extended Nursing, But Omg Still Using Months?
And here I am where my age should be counted by decades instead of by years.. a five decade old guy.
Oooooh I like that. Looks like I have a fifth birthday coming up next year 😊
Load More Replies...so i got calculator, and lo and behold, 55 months is... 4 years, and 7 months. If you are not makeing Homelander, dont breastfeed when they know how to talk. - your friendly 398 months old spiderman
Thanks for doing the calculation. In that case I hope the breast-feeding stops before the child starts school.
Load More Replies...Here in Italy we call them "Parmigianine" because only the Parmigiano is measured in months after the first year
Rule of thumb I've heard from parents: if they can ask for it, they're too old.
YES! My surprisingly speedy 18-mo old was weaned as soon as he began turning it into a "self-serve operation" by lifting my blouse up in public, lol/cringe. But there can be more than 1 reason to "turn off the taps" & switch to a bottle. My 9 mo. lost such privileges when she suddenly turned into JAWS, then would giggle when I'd yelp in pain. It was - albeit briefly - her favorite game. She'll make us 1st-time grandparents in just a few months & I'm so looking forward to enjoying Every Minute of her journey through parenthood!! 😁
Load More Replies...If you're still nursing a kid that old it's for you not the kid. And yes it's VERY weird to still e doing it.
1) I know a woman who breastfed her kids until they were about 4yo. The kids still had regular foods at that age but would get breastfed for the night. Because she saw a video online from her vegan friends or something, that stated that it is the best for the kids. 2) all my 3 kids began to show signs that they were no longer interested in my milk from about 6-8 months. Which, funnily is about the latest time they will have 2 solid food-meals. 3) I believe strongly in listening to the child's signals and I always assume that moms who breastfeed way beyond the first birthday of their child are ignoring the signals or simply not seeing them at all. I could be wrong, though.
No, it's reasonable to call them by months up until their 2nd birthday. Then you switch to years. Even before that you say "almost two" but there's still such a difference in development month to month until about 2, that it does give a better idea of the child's developmental stage when you use months up until that age... but not past it.
Load More Replies...My mom stopped at 500 months with me, so luckily you still have a bit more time!
Load More Replies...Should've stopped after 24 months max. Any time after can't be counted and understood
In casual conversation, "2 years and 3 months" can still be understood.
Load More Replies...It’s one thing to encourage your child to strive for excellence. Demanding perfection is when things can get problematic. Dr. Hutchinson says it could lead to confidence and self-esteem issues as they grow older.
“Build mental strength in your kids by making sure expectations are realistic,” she wrote. She adds that setbacks will only teach kids how to bounce back and hopefully lead them to success in the future.
More Essential Oil S**t
YES! IT. IS A LIQUID. IT SMELLS NICE. IT DOESN'T SOLVE WORLD HUNGER! YOU IS NOT THE SPOOKY FOREST WITCH BREWING UP HER sPoOkY pOtIoNs TO SOLVE PROBLEMS!
Load More Replies...Doctors proscribe all the best and most secret oils - go to a medical professional make it clear that you you will be administering ONLY essential oils and not providing any other help - if you put this in writing and sign it in front of witnesses they are then free to give you the secret free effective stuff that the MAN wants to keep a secret because it stops then selling their fake medicines.
I have an oil that will chill you out and you'll want to eat the contents of the kitchen.
well, depends where you live, but mostly a 10w40 works, make sure the level is ok before you start the vehicle that would take this child to a hospital you numpty
Oils can habe a great effect in aroma therapy and other situations. Its proven that our scent is one of our most psycological hard wired sense... That doesn't mean it's magic. They need serious professional help.
What really boils my p**s is how long they left this very young girl in a severe mental state before doing anything! I've mental health issues and for my illness I'm usually and was sick a long time and displaying long before my breakdown. This poor wee girl must be suffering so much. Its so sad
A Water Bottle
This one doesn't belong here. It's completely reasonable. If you kiss a baby after the parents tell you not to you get what you get
Not just babies. When I was a child it seemed that every visitor to the house wanted to kiss me hello or goodbye. I’m phobic about human contact so I always stepped back and said no. My mum used to say “she doesn’t like people kissing her” in a way that meant, “she’s odd,” but she didn’t force me or tell me off. Why do people want to show affection to children by kissing them on the face? And some people are really persistent.
Load More Replies...If you're talking about a baby I love it. So many people don't want to listen to parents on this rule when their OB/GYN or Pediatrician tells them to not let people kiss the baby's face. I know somebody whose brother lost a baby because one of the Grandma's refused to listen.
OK this one's brilliant. Doesnt belong on an 'irresponsible, toxic and stupid' list.
There are a lot of family disagreements that can be f/i/x/e/d/ worsened with a spray bottle.
If your son is a baby it’s understandable not wanting people kissing them. Can pass on some nasty stuff since their immune system is weak but…. Spraying them with water is crazy lol
I literally just read a story today where a dad gave his 6-week-old HSV-1 because he thought it could only be transferred through areas with a mucous membrane and not regular skin, so he kissed the top of her head. A week later she's in the hospital getting IV antivirals. And that was the best-case scenario; apparently neonatal herpes has a 25% mortality rate, and that's WITH treatment.
Load More Replies...Some of you are saying „when it‘s a Baby its ok“. But I think it‘s ok with older kids too. If my kid does not want you kissing them and you don‘t listen to them nor to me, then get wet!
LOL! When I was still involved with my parents' church, they would always give me the group of the rowdiest kids for summer VBS (like Jesus freak camp). I started using a water bottle on them when they would start misbehaving. Worked WONDERS.
Couldn't Have Seen This Coming?
Only terrible if you don't use it as a learning experience
Load More Replies...It's called the TDAP vaccine and commonly given to pregnant people around 7 months gestation for this very reason as infants can't safely get the vaccine until about 1 yr. It is thought baby gets passive protection via carrier
I got whooping cough as a 5 year old. I almost died. I was vaccinated. Whooping cough is awful.
I got it in college. I was vaccinated as child but this was just when it was starting to make comeback. Had it a while before my great aunt said " that sound like whooping cough".
Load More Replies...Whooping cough is absolutely awful (I had it at 14) and I’m always so personally affronted and heartbroken when I hear about new outbreaks of it. Now I’m mid-30s with COPD. Makes me so mad at these parents.
I survived measles with only a slight eye problems, but I knew someone who didn't. I am enraged by anti vac idiots, and new outbreaks make me want to weep
Load More Replies...All those people calling her a terrible mother; the fact is she made a mistake and REALIZED it and plans on learning from it. Everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes lead to death and other horrific consequences. But many people in this situation would be saying "no, it couldn't have been prevented. It's all a conspiracy and they just want to implant us with microchips". But SHE isn't. To me that makes her a GOOD mother.
yes, you are a terrible mother, BUT to be honest, i was vaccinated as a kid too (it is not option to opt out of this in my country, no vacines no school/childcare help) and at the age of 33 still got whooping cough (probably from some antivax i meet on my comune to work, since everyone was coughing...)
Whooping cough is one of the vaccines that requires a booster. TDaP which covers tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis ( whooping cough) is recommended every 10 years.
Load More Replies...Growing up with a toxic mom can have a profound effect on a person. According to licensed psychotherapist Christine Scott-Hudson, the inability to trust oneself is one of the few manifestations.
In her interview with Bustle, she says this mainly happens to people who dealt with a gaslighting mother. As a result, they could suffer a lifetime struggle with self-doubt.
Baby Boy Can't Date
You just know that if he ever gets married she’ll turn up in a white bridal looking dress
I was his first love?? What is this lady?? (edit: spelling)
What makes you call her a lady, when she seems more like a witch.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure it's irrational, certainly not in this context when used by the mother. Makes me cringe.
Load More Replies...Please For The Love Of God Say Sike
Two things: The guy is 16 years old and it was the FIRST time he has friends over? Does 'rich' means really rich or does it mean 'rich enough they afford guests without billing anyone'? So great that no one had to pay for birthday dinner!
As a kid who grew up poor AF that moment would stay with me forever. I would feel bad for the rest of my life about being pressured by a parent for food money. I was always afraid of taking food at other people's houses, conscious that I didn't have money. Their parents would come home and offer me some of whatever takeout they picked up and I'd have a french fry or two at most cause I'd be worried they'd ask for money to cover the cost. This lady suuuuuuucks
Sike? Oh, apparently it's from "psych" and would mean that the post was a pisstake or otherwise not to be taken seriously.
No I think the poster of the title „wishes“ it was a joke
Load More Replies...There are no license requirements to manufacture and keep kids.
Load More Replies...I Asked About Learning Activities For My Toddler
The mom is right though, in a way. In some countries, school for young kids is completely out of balance, with way too much sitting and cognitive tasks, and way too little moving around and too little things with using their hands and too little playfulness.
The key phrase here is "the way it is now". All scientific studies show that young children should be given much less schooling, with only the basics of counting, learning their letters and some reading being introduced. Formal education shouldn't start until the age of 7.
If you have a child with special needs, as I do, you want to start earlier so that when school does come, they are not starting from scratch or crazy far behind. My son has been doing schooling or some sort of services since he was 2. He still has significant delays which would be much worse if we did not get him the schooling he needed. I think Gen alpha could benefit from more schooling and who cares if the parents want to do it or not. Quit being lazy, your child will suffer for it.
I think that depends on the child. My son has special needs and there is no way he would have handled education younger. We actually held him back and that was after doing research, speaking with his specialists and even the educators at the kindy who knew him from occasional care. Yes he still struggles and is behind but his emotional and social development was just too lacking to be able to cope in an educational setting. BTW, I was doing home based education though and he was learning through his therapists too.
Load More Replies...Actually as past kinder teacher, a full day of school for 5 years old in the manner most schools approach education can be really harmful.
In Germany kids do not learn how to spell such words before real school at age 6. Preschool (what the US calls kindergarden) is for learning letters and numbers, not really spelling in earnest. And Kindergarten (what the US calls preschool) is a daycare to have fun, socialise and craft things…… So, I am of this mothers opinion, that kids do not need “schooling” before 6 if schooling is sitting still at a desk and listen to a teacher talk all day.
I was 4 when I started K. The old rule was to turn 5 by the end of the year. There were a handful of us who had bdays in late Nov and Dec, and we all started together at 4. My mother said that I regressed once I got to K. Being an only child who already had a library card and rarely around chidren my own age, I was precocious. Thus began a long and storied career as the girl that got 'too social during class' on report cards and had my seat moved.
The pre-schools my daughters went to (ages 3-4) was more about learning things like social skills, coordination, using your imagination. At only 3 hours a day, and only 4 days, with much of that for play or snack times, there wasn't a lot of schooling going on. There's no need to try to push them ahead of stuff they're going to be taught all over again once they enter Kindergarten. Our state has really been pushing to get full day kindergarten as a requirement. I'm glad it wasn't required for my girls. 5 years old is too young for all day school.
In France school is mendatory at 3yo. I don't think that my kids have a superior "attention span" than the kids from country where kindergarden starts ar 5yo but they still learnt a lot of things.
The inability to maintain healthy relationships or a constant attraction to toxic individuals is another by-product of having a toxic mom. New Jersey-based therapist Vanessa Watson-Hill says it’s because emotionally unavailable mothers fail to model a healthy relationship for their children.
So How's Your Morning Going? ....i Thought Mine Was Bad Until I Read Hers, Damn
Tell her yes, but only if it's straight from the tap... Super soaker style
Tell her to tell him to use his own milk. He's likely already harvesting it
Would have made a side trip to HR on my way out if they have an HR dept.
True acne is an infection that requires simple antibiotics from a dermatologist most of the time, Your nasty unpasteurized milk is gonna take infection to whole new levels for that poor kid. <_<
My morning is going fine... but my there's a persistent itch on my right hand... I don't suppose ...?
Discrimination!
One time when I was like 6 years old, I was at a friend's house and trying to find the bathroom. Instead I walked in on my friend's mother breastfeeding her NINE YEAR OLD son. Whatever happens to me in life, that image will be seared into my brain until the day I die.
She should homeschool him, with any luck he'll be weened by 14 and just barely knowing his ABC's.
The government is forcing the ABCs on us all, as part of world domination.
Load More Replies...let him grow up, and teach him to eat solid food. His body will (already) need it.
My Son is 18 and he's going off to college. His Resident Assistant said I can't come to his dorm room twice a day to nurse him. I don't know what to do, they're discriminating against me! Just Ewwww!
Sex Ed Fail
My son started getting messages on FB from a lady he never meet, saying she believed she was his real mother and her child who had died at birth. Turns out she is my sons father (whom he has never meet also) wife. The messages just started to get crazier and crazier and after 33 years of no contact I had to get in touch with the family about the messages. Turns out she has mental health issues. The poster may be going through the same thing.
"no nasty comments"... have you done DNA test to check the son you birthed is yours?
I am laughing. And this country is going to hell in a hand basket.
Load More Replies...Whether it’s about picking a major for college or choosing an ice cream flavor, indecisiveness isn’t always innate. Sometimes, a mother’s negative behavior could be a catalyst for developing such a trait.
That’s because moms greatly influence decision-making. According to research, those who’ve used psychological control as a primary parenting tactic may negatively impact their child’s sense of judgment when they reach their adolescent years.
I Wonder Why This Isn’t Working
Did you mean sliver instead of slither or are you a snake?
Load More Replies...I suggest that you add a bit of canola, sunflower or olive oil, when you cook his food. It is important that you stick strictly to these kinds of oils, and don't mix it with things such as hydraulic oils or engine oil... and though WD40 seems to be useful for almost everything, this is one of the rare exceptions.
People like this drive and vote , and you all wonder why the world is going to hell in a handbasket
Just asking, did all the oil finally clog your brains, OP? Seems like you can't even think straight enough to see why your son hates what you are doing.
I would suggest you stop trying to push oils onto him, then he might be less angry
If I recall being 16 correctly, he is making enough oil to start a refinery without your crazy voodoo c**p.
"Monat Makes Me A Millionaire"
MLMs should be illegal. Preying on the desperate with their stupid, over-produced conventions to make people feel like they're a part of something and bettering their life when they're just getting fleeced.
Sounds like Mo of a Nut-job believing in a cockamamie scheme than thinking of their daughter's future.. -_-"
How long it takes you to go bankrupt when you start a franchise.
Load More Replies...the person who said ''you're a f*****g idiot'' is correct! why would you spend ur child's college money on a business you're so confident will grow!?? B***H!! JESUS CHRIST ON A F****N MOTERBIKE! and your daughter will thank you? YOU DUMB A*S B***H, AND A S****Y PEACE OF S**T PLEASEE!
So Nice To Read Something Funny Where No Harm Is Done To Children
Tbf, with 14 they said if he wasn't out in the next 10 minutes they would do a C-section. That was my motivation.
I had a 24 hour labor. No food whatsoever and my first order of business after she was out was getting pizza delivered to the hospital. I was starving!
Load More Replies...I pushed my daughter out in 25 minutes. I was determined to make it quick because I was pushing forever with my son, and I was not down to do that a 2nd time.
Hospital food has really changed for the better. When I had my appendectomy years ago I held off my discharge until after dinner because I wanted that grilled chicken sandwich and knew I wouldn’t be able to cook for a while and husband can’t. Then last year when I was hospitalized for a severe infection I found I could call down and choose my meals. Of course they discharged me when I was going to have lemon chicken and rice pilaf for dinner! But that time I wanted out ASAP. I ate so well and healthy in the hospital. When my husband was in for the flu in 2011 he was offered a beer option as a drink because it didn’t interfere with his meds or treatment. He didn’t but it was hilarious! If I was giving birth I would want all the food and drink options possible.
I recently stayed in the hospital, and I absolutely love their food. It's far, far better than what I can do for myself.
Load More Replies...I remember when I had my emergency C-section back in 2014. I had nothing prepared, no clothes, no support except for the amazing Mid wives& other specialists. Because my appt went on for 5hrs with not much to eat, they gave me a big meal to eat not realising that at 5:50pm is when I had my now Miss 9. As soon as I had her, my Social worker organised dinner plus 2 sandwiches to eat through out the evening.
I was ready to evacuate my only daughter, fully dilated at about ten till 2pm. We're gearing up, I ask my nurse how long this typically takes, she says sometimes first time mom's take 1-2 hours, I said f**k that, started pushing at 2, she was out by 2:31
People who grow up with toxic mothers carry that pain their entire life. This is the case for Randi Latzman, owner of the Surviving Mom blog. She created the site as an outlet for the abuse she endured. In one of her recent posts, she recalled the breaking point in their relationship.
She Has Quite A Burden To Bear
Daughter listened for years to mum talking about how the whole purpose of being a woman is to give birth to more babies.
Load More Replies...Poor baby girl. Imagine ever finding out that that is the reason why you are on this planet (valid for both 1.5 and 22).
I wonder how wanted that little girl will feel growing up. On the topic older mothers having kids, I have a relative who is the (unplanned) youngest of six siblings. She did not do well at all in school. Religious, never married. I remember her as being a nice person, not stupid, but naive. When she was about 40 she disappeared for about 15 years, total no-contact, until she suddenly moved back to her home state. She won't say much about those years, but apparently she'd been living in the house of a man and woman who wouldn't let her leave. It's easy to think that maybe her mother shouldn't have had a kid at an older age, sparing the daughter from an ordeal like that. But on the other hand, I have no idea whether or how she may have helped with other people in some way during her life. I don't have a conclusion, I just ponder this sometimes.
Bed Is Actually Going To Be On Fire Now!
Next on the news: baby killed in house fire. Fire likely started in the crib.
do you flip the child every 10 minutes so they are cooked evenly on all sides
Can we please stop for a second and talk about how this person know about electronic and at the same time make that crime? I bet for parody :)
They don't know quite enough. A more sensible way to get around the 1hr timeout would have been to create a simple low-frequency oscillator with a 555 and some passives which would emulate the button being pressed, resetting the timeout. This would leave all of the safety features intact.
Load More Replies...Little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing for an idiot to have.
I have never seen and electric blanket that turns itself off. I guess they've gone the way of todays heating pads which also turn themselves off. Todays heating pads p**s me off because the lowest setting is still hotter than the 7 sons of hell. I can't imagine anyone using the high setting unless they're using it for a hot plate. Guess they're designed by toaster manufacturers who can't seem to comprehend how ridiculous the high setting is. No one eats burnt bread.
I awoke with hot feet to discover my electric blanket had started my mattress on fire.
Homeschool Group Comforting A Mom Who Never Taught Her 14 Year Old The Months Of The Year Or His Tables
If only there was a institution with professional people who educate your child for free...
As a formerly home educated person, please stop calling "un-schooling" homeschooling. Educating your child at home is a massive responsibility and requires a lot of patience, whereas "un-schooling" is deliberately setting up your child to fail. IMO it's abusive, and these kids are going to resent their parents for the rest of their lives.
95% of Homeschoolers are completely sane. There are lots of homeschooling curriculum packages you can buy that has everything you need and independent testing outside of the home. And they’re not all for religious nuts. I considered homeschooling but realized I didn’t have the personality to do it. I was amazed at the flexibility homeschoolers have. A woman I know took her kids to D.C. when they studied government. You can get an excellent education through homeschooling as long as you’re willing to put in the work for your kids. Unschooling is just lazy and idiotic.
Load More Replies...""I homeschool my kid for 7 years" and he has no idea about the alphabet, month and days," You are not homeschooling , you are raising a functional illiterate dunce and your child should be taken away from you!
Must be hard to home school your kids when you didn't make it past grade 6 yourself
Load More Replies...Governments really fail to protect kids over parents rights to use them as experiments for their insanity.
Real question: how is this even legal? Why are kids homeschooled? I understand it can be because of some medical conditiona and that is ok, but why homeschool kids who can go to regular school?
Some people don't want their children to get in touch with worldviews and believes that differ from what they hear and see at home. And that's very sad.
Load More Replies...I went back to the small University town I was born and raised in for a small concert recently. Our public school system was and still is considered one of the top performing but is also liberal because of the area. I’m glad to see they haven’t been affected by the book bans that surrounding communities have started to fall prey to. We learned a lot about all the wars, slavery, the Holocaust…history, current events, science art and the upcoming computer age was highly encouraged. Unfortunately students these days aren’t allowed to learn half of the things I did. My husband is 6 years older than me, from a more conservative school system and I’m still teaching him things he wasn’t taught in school that fascinates him. He’s a smart guy, just didn’t get the same education. Home schooling in the wrong hands is dangerous and now public schools are too.
“On that fateful day, she told me she didn’t like me and wanted nothing to do with me. I felt like a knife was plunged into my heart,” Latzman wrote.
The author ultimately decided to break all contact after that argument. According to her, what hurt the most was her daughter’s broken relationship with her grandmother.
Found: Sister Of The Wicked Witch Of The West
Given school is in walking distance, buy a trebuchet and catapult them over to school. They will be exposed to the elements for a shorter period of time compared to walking.
Yep. NW England - today is 16C and raining. I keep wondering if we are actually going to have a Summer this year.
Load More Replies...If this is the US, she could get child protective services (CPS) called on her for her kids being truant. Months of missing school?
LoL, wish this was an option for adults. Staying at home from work with full pay whenever the weather is bad. 😅
They have these things called umbrellas, raincoats and boots. Get up off your lazy a*s and take your kids to school.
I hope she doesn't live where it snows. She's too weak to survive that climate.
I live in Vancouver, Canada. If we didn't go to school when it rained, we'd never go. WHAT the hell?
*stares In Cps*
There is a treatment called 'fecal microbiota transplant', but that is for very specific medical conditions. Otherwise this is no-no.
Yeah. Fecal transplants are very controlled. E coli is contracted via feces. 🤢
Load More Replies...This Extreme Fear-Mongering Pisses Me Off So Much
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein
Load More Replies...More like your poor non-vaccinated will be contagious to the poor girl but luckily for her, she'll at least have a fighting chance, which is more than I can say for your child.
This sounds so very stupid, but getting vaccinated is a little bit like catching the disease, so maybe she could be contagious. I don't think so, but I think I can understand why this mother might. That her son is unvaccinated must be because children don't get vaccinated until a year old.
Dealing with a toxic mom may feel like coming to a dead end. According to psychotherapist Brittany Boufard in the same Bustle interview, the parent in question may resort to the same cycle of denying your feelings and rejecting the idea of change.
When the worst happens, most experts recommend seeking professional help. A licensed therapist or doctor could mediate the conversation as a third party. As Watson-Hill points out, a professional could also help adults gain a better understanding, especially about developing healthy boundaries.
Really Sorry Your Baby Is A Baby
(Just trying to imagine a baby with big, baffled eyes, who can't even walk yet, using stubby, randomly waggling snot-glazed fingers to say "Give Food" in sign language)
Normally at around 2 months babies start 'coo'ing, and by 6-7 months they are making a variety of sounds. If by 9 months they are only making 'mmm's, 'ma' and 'mom' , the baby should be assessed for speech and language delays. (It might be everything is fine, but best to get it checked.)
Not all kids develop at the same speed as others. The stages of development list the average age, but it can vary by a few months with nothing being wrong. I have a nephew who started out slowly, with a 6 months difference as to how the average baby develops. He's 6 now and right on track with all the other kids his age.
Load More Replies...I was an early and prolific talker (full sentences, and complex dinosaur names before a year) but behind on pretty much every physical milestone, like crawling and walking. we all mature differently. this child might have additional learning delays, but that doesn't make it okay for the parents to not accept them as they are.
But for her "brain" to develop, first you have to find the one brain cell, (out of two), that's not on injured reserve
Wtf
Honestly, if he's dumb enough to pick up the monkey....
Load More Replies...If you are in a rabies area, and are bitten by an animal, then you go to a doctor, and follow their advice. Rabies is a horrible disease,. Once symptoms become apparent there is a 1% survival rate. Compare this to the treatment being 100% effective if given before symptoms appear.
It's actually less than that. There's only one known case of someone surviving rabies and she was put in a medically induced coma.
Load More Replies...UK here to say that we have not only an amazing NHS but they also run an amazing website called "fit for travel" which tells you which diseases are prevalent where and which vaccines you should consider. Is there a follow up to this story, like a go-fund-me for his funeral?
Saw this on another page. For some reason they say cupcake instead of vaccine
Load More Replies...And to think, all this could have been avoided if you weren’t complicit in exploiting animals for financial gain.
I understand what you're saying, but even if the kid didn't pay to take a picture with the exploited monkey, doesn't mean he still couldn't have been bit. Less likely to be bit, probably, but his chances aren't zero, being around them in their native habitat/country.
Load More Replies...I got one after being bitten by a parrot in a pub once... that was an entertaining A&E visit
Load More Replies...He needed the first rabies shot immediately. Go to the ER when you get home for the next shot and Urgent Care for the others and do not skip any of them.
"Your Not A Real Mum Unless You Gave Vaginal Birth To It"
Being a mum has nothing to do with vaginal birth, c-sections, or even squeezing them out of your belly button. Being a mum is about love, wiping tears, wiping bottoms, wiping snot (there's a lot of wiping in the early days). It's about singing silly songs, and reading the same book to your child 100 times in a row. It's about being there, doing the mum-ing, teaching them, and helping them to grow up into kind, loving adults who care about fairness and equality.
Yeah, my son and I would both likely have died without a c-section. Pretty sure keeping us both alive and healthy was the act of a “real Mum”🙄
You took a knife for your kid. Sounds like a real mom to me
Load More Replies...Yes, by all means, tell her she didn't give birth and she's not a mother. Also explain to her what the thing is she came out of the hospital with and how she acquired it.
That should at least result in the mother finding out what kind of "friend" she has.
Load More Replies...I would've been a mom to a stillborn son without my C-section. Motherhood is defined by how you love, care and provide for a child. No matter how they come into your life. Selfish morons
Ur a worthless piece of a woman. I'm ashamed for u. And u should be too
So my mother who adopted two babies and gave decades of her life to raise and love them and their children was not a real mother? F that.
If I didn't have a c-section my daughter would have died and I would have bled to death, so I guess there's just no winning in my case.
Absolutely. If my brother hadn't been caesarian we'd have lost him and my mother.
Load More Replies...Now, we want to hear from you, dear reader. Do you know someone who grew up with a toxic mother? How has it affected their life? And how are they coping? We’d love to know your thoughts in the comments!
Poor Baby
As with all doctors, there are good ones and bad ones. I'm walking and with no surgery today thanks to some good chiropractors. My ex on the other hand had 4 back surgeries instead and now had all kinds of health issues.
Load More Replies...We have had cases of babies dying from chiropractors, it's now illegal for them to do spinal 'treatment' for under 2 year olds in Australia!
Yeah, I remember hearing of a newborn baby having their back cracked by a chiropractor. Somewhere here in Australia.
Load More Replies...A few years ago the Skeptics Society co- ordinate d a massive take-down on Chiropractors offering baby services with their b******t pseudoscience nonsense - specifically forcing them to remove their idiot claims from their websites. Consult a GP about a chiropractor's claims before using one. Or just go to a witch doctor.
ER now!!!!! I don't care what any chiropractor says babies do not need adjustments. This baby cou be seriously hurt.
I tried a chiropractor once (didn't like it). The one thing I remember is the pamphlets he had in his office saying that many childhood illnesses could be prevented if babies were given "adjustments" at an early age. I didn't even have kids, and that scared me.
Someone recommended I take my (then) newborn to a chiropractor to help him relax and breastfeed more effectively. They promised no cracking or popping but I didn't dare.
How Can I Be Needlessly Strict And Not Respect My Child's Bodily Autonomy But Make Him Not Hate Me Like I Hate My Mom For Doing The Same Thing?
Provide a safe encouraging environment free of judgemental where your kid can explore and shape their identity. I think the obvious reasons are that 1. They are homophonic and obviously painted boy nails equals gay. And 2. The parents think it will reflect on their own image.
Mom needs to pick her battles carefully. Painting nails is among the most innocent of wild oats to sow. If it really bothers her, she should let him do it, and tell him it’s pretty cool. He probably will stop because it’s spoiling the fun of winding up his parents. Or you just ignore it completely because it’s a pretty small hill to die on.
From A Mom Group On Instagram. I Guess People Without Children Are Not Allowed To Be Tired
Yup, I'm childless and tired, of people like this dingbucket thinking childless people don't get tired. Here's to you too, dingbucket -_-
It’s so lame, my boss who is 20 (I’m nearly 40 no kids) she has no kids but looks after her sisters kids and relatives foster kids after work as a manager, we had a manager (now fired who worked way less hours than my boss) try and sass her for shift changes cos “she’s a mum and she doesn’t just babysit, she does the real thing!” - I was speechless and had no come back but goddam it was mean.
Load More Replies...I'm tired. I have no kids. I *do* have chronic pain, which often keeps me awake. It's exhausting. Take your gatekeeping and shove it up your a**e.
Ugh! Me and hubby no kids. At my last job I always covered for a coworker with a young autistic child when she needed, she rarely missed work. I always volunteered the holidays for her and another older female married with adult children, no grand babies because we usually did holidays on the Saturday or <sunday. Guess who had my back when I had a lot of serious medical issues and needed to miss work for appointments? Yeah, no one. I got fired, which is illegal in my state. So yay unemployment. I’m still suffering from the issues, it was hard to address them properly pre pandemic when your bosses doubt you. At least now I have time for dr visits 🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies..."It's childless peoples fault I got raw dogged and didn't think about the consequences".
Me when such a person tell me that I don't know responsibility until I have child, while they let their goblins make mess at restaurant.
I'm disabled with a buggered spine, chronic pain and a whole host of other issues, so yeah, I know what feeling tired is like- I don't hate keep chronic pain stuff, you don't gatekeeper feeling tired- ok!?- that way we might all get through this Sane
So I have chronic anxiety and pain, on a cocktail of d***s to manage said conditions, but because I don’t have kids, I don’t have the right to be tired 😠 There are multiple reasons someone could be tired. How insulting could this person be.
Spank Your Kid Because They Have Accidents, With Bonus Ignoring Medical Professionals
I would check to see if there is anything funny going on. Kids will do this when they are being abused to make themselves "unattractive". Of course it might be stress, too scared to ask to go to the toilet, or too distracted to realise she wants to go. Might also be a regression because there is a baby at home and they want similar attention. I think we can agree spanking is a no no.
The child may also be regressing to avoid school, as they didn't have to go when they were a "baby".
Load More Replies...Might simply be because she’s distracted by everything else going on around her and doesn’t realize she has to go until it’s too late. At 5 she’s still pretty new to this potty thing. Cut the poor kid some slack
Kids hold it for all sorts of reasons, some very benign, it's normal. Spanking won't help, it'll make it worse.
Whoever downvoted this, please ask yourself why. If you were spanked or hit as a child, it was never right nor your fault.
Load More Replies...So relieved I was born after that whole 'spank them for doing bodily functions' era...I know there's people who still do it but it used to be a lot more.
As a young children's educator, my first thought based on experience, is fear of exclusion. The child may know they need the toilet, but they are starting to form new friendships and worry that if they leave for the bathroom/toilet the other kids may move on in their play/forget them/don't want them back/move away physically so they can't find them again. Kids can often have accidents like pee and/or poop for many different reasons, medical or social/mental, it doesn't mean your kid is "wrong" or "bad". No matter which- don't f***ing hit your child!!
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 have a feeling that bedroom doors will be removed when they are teenagers. If not already. However, unless they’re going potty, I’d keep my eye on them in the bathtub. Not sit there staring, but help them in and out.
Load More Replies...Holy helicopter moms! My girls bathed/showered alone from the age of around 5. They knew if they needed help they just had to yell
Yes, Destroy Your Daughter’s Confidence. Jfc
I've known a lot of kids confident in their singing that sing horribly. Just enjoy them enjoying it.
You could pull the entire tree out of your a**e and let her have judgement-free fun—you know, without crushing her fragile adolescent self esteem? You could also encourage her to practice, join an ensemble, or take lessons (make sure the teacher knows how to work with young voices in a healthy way). And ONLY pursue these things if she wants to, because nothing destroys a kid's interest in music faster than an overbearing parent shoving it down their throat.
YOU SAVE UP BY NEVER HAVING PLEASURE AGAIN AND GIVE HER THE BEST SINGING LESSONS MONEY CAN BUY - then take NO credit for her improved voice because she was always amazing - Ok - i got a little Disney movie at the end the end there but you get my point.
🎶 Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out long. Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song!🎶
I’m a horrible singer and I know it. But I like to sing in the shower and the car on road trips. I have very close relatives that think they are amazing singers. Especially the blonde blue eyed one that had a washed up big hair 80s band singer do karaoke with her and say she sounds fantastic…(insert side eye) At least I know I suck and have fun!
I sing because I enjoy it. I'm not hideous but not brilliant. For most things in life, you don't have to be brilliant
Load More Replies...I was told not to sing by my mother, and now she's blessed with my singing at every family event because I bring the karaoke machine my partner bought me for Christmas. I'm no signer, but I can hit those high notes like Prince.
My sister, an accomplished singer, would not sit next to me at church , in case someone mistook my voice for hers. 50 years later i do not sing in public and rarely in private.
Load More Replies...I love singing. I'm terrible at it, but I enjoy it, so people like that can just jog on, to be honest. you don't have to be good at something to enjoy doing it
We Don’t Use Chemicals So Going To Starve My 3 Week Old Baby
I would call CPS and ask them. They will provide the necessary help (heavy on sarcasm)
Gives baby goats milk, baby gets get painful gas. So... Stop with the goats milk? I hope someone helped this poor baby. For anyone reading who doesn't know, if your baby needs supplementation before a certain age it's recommended to do formula only. Almost all other milk have things the babies can't digest and are also missing essential vitamins etc, it can cause serious problems to feed a baby anything other than breastmilk or formula.
And if she's using what's in the photo, it's not even baby formula goat milk, just regular powdered goat milk for your coffee etc.
Load More Replies...Wait is FTM first time mom? Because my first thought was female to male.
That particular goat milk powder is not baby formula goat milk! She's basically giving that poor child the goat equivalent of ordinary powdered cows milk.
But it's gmo free , soy free, gluten free. Nust be good for them. Oh it has microingrediants too!
Load More Replies...Screenshot Taken From A Dad Group I’m In
Commenting has been turned off for this post. I wonder why? #Sarcasm
Wifey is a weak puke too. If my husband tried pulling that c**p on my kids, he'd be picking his teeth up off the floor after I hit him in the face with a cast iron pan.
my Dad was like this when i was a kid always tried to force me to eat things i didnt like this has gave me serious issues with certain foods i just wont touch now because of it
I think i just read the gluttony scene from Seven. Probably shouldn't use that movie for child rearing.
My dad made me finish everything on my plate and would scold me for wasting food. I’m so glad he was never this extreme
F**k You And Your Privacy. I’m Gonna Show 53,000 People Your Picture And Tell Them You Got Your Period Today!
I am so grateful that my mother educated me on what was coming. I knew exactly what to do when it happened the first time at school. Thanks mom 💜
Ok, if a Dad is out of his wits here ... get it ... no expert either ... but a mother is a woman, who has an obviously, provenly so, working uterus, and with that comes the maintainance it performs on itself, and ... how can she not know such? Or at least have sort of a grasp about how to find out? After all, it's pads made to soak up a liquid. If they're too small in capacity, just change out for a new one. If they're oversized, don't wait to fill them up, but grab the next smaller sort next time, or so...? Anyway, that's something I consider not too hard to sort out.
Dang. When my daughter got her first period I took her to the store, gave her some money and let her pick her own items. She bought tampons, pads and chocolate. And she still goes in to pick out her own stuff when she needs it.
REVENGE? 'I heard my dad masturbating today... should I tell him Japanese Anime is evil? '
One day my cousin came over for something and mentioned that his daughter has started her period. She's over 30 with two teenage kids of her own and I think she would be so embarrassed if she knew this. But it was a sort of open thing in my large extended family that it was just a part of life.
I’m Sure Her Daughter Appreciates Her Business Being Out There For All To See
"As I Have With All My Babies"
possibly granma sniffed leaded gasoline laced with azbestos
Load More Replies...She's pretty sure, her doctors are aware, even though she likely hasn't explicitly told them or lit one up in front of them, they must know. Even though she drowns herself in perfume before every appointment, they're clearly aware.
... and them being aware, without physically assaulting her hand holding a cigarette, is just about, like, kind of somewhattely the same'ish'ish, you know, as them approving of it, which is just about, kind of somewhattely the same'ish'ish, you know, as them prescribing it. To shorten the matters into reasonability, let's just skip all the kind-of-somewhat-agree'ishly being halfway in the know, and just say - "The Doctor told me to smoke! For the kids!"
Load More Replies...Uh ... wait a minute here ... you could, if you plan to be pregnant, you could quit smoking beforehand? Or, now that is wild - reduce it, slowly - not too slow, of course - phase it out, like they do when the surgeries are done, you're one piece again, and the last year of being stitched and cut and rearranged is finally over, you reduce your morphine by little steps in order not to provoke unnecessary withdrawal symptoms, even more so if there's no psychlogical addiction in place. And you can do the same with cigarettes, going from a pack a day to one or two, I have seen many pregnant women who just weren't able to stop completely and at once do. It's not that one cigarette will make your child lose a kidney and grow another eye or so, but every one does a little damage, and many of that damage, as above, don't result in visibly, perfectly tracable mutations, but ... a little damage done every time. They'll weigh a bit less, the more you smoke, the greater the difference. They'll be a tad shorter, they might have a compromised immune system, and just generally, their body has to take a toll for Ma and her collection of habits. A glass of wine, to fall asleep easier? Yeah, granted, just ditch the 2nd glass and the shots afterwards? Not how it works. Consider yourself lucky if there's no explicitely smoke related damage, but ... I don't see a valid reason to press luck and to strain a developing organism by throwing a load on it that is both toxic and unnecessary. I understand that somebody, while pregnant, having an arm torn off would or should not refuse morphine from the ambulance, but somebody who appears regularly-healthy, at least not heavily damaged, and a drüg with no medical value to it, is a different picture altogether.
It’s Gross Karen. I’m Also Pretty Certain It’s Illegal To Feed Unsuspecting People Your Bodily Fluids
Ex-F***king-Scuse Me?! 🤯
I'll never read a book ever again. From now on all of my knowledge will come from Bored Panda! I don't trust those "medical professionals"
Full Time Job? How Do You Work Full Time Selling Oils From Your Garage?
Well Santa isn't the worst thing you can believe in. At least he did not write a book telling you to spread the words of him to someone who did not ask for it.
She Insisted Its Normal To Have Your Infant Fall Off A Bed A Few Times After People Started Getting On Her
Can falling off a bed, multiple times, as 5-8 mo cause autism? No. Downs syndrome? No. Cerebral palsy? No. Traumatic brain injury leading to paralysis, development delays, seizures, and/or death? YES!!
My nephew fell off a hotel bed onto a carpeted floorwhen he was 10 months or so; his mother rushed him to the ER.
your nephew's mother is a much better parent than this POS.
Load More Replies...A Little Tylenol Should Do The Trick
Oh, right. because you have to pay for ambulances in america, right. (I'm assuming america because of the 911)
Even though those in the US are charged for an ambulance ride and an ER visit, payment isn't demanded/mandatory prior to them taking you to a hospital or receiving treatment, at said hospital. She could have and should have brought her kids to be seen by medical professionals, this iust seems like laziness on the mom's part, imho. They likely have health insurance, which can help with the cost of medical expenses and if not, it doesn't mean one should forgoe much needed emergency care. I hope those poor kiddos were able to get the medical care they needed.
Load More Replies...Poor child... USA or not, is there really no one with a car? Neighbour, friend, relatives, taxi, whatever? Is the kid noth worth it?
One could walk if there is no other way. I worked in Africa, there I've seen kids who were brought by parents whonwalked three days!
Load More Replies...I assure you, if these were HER injuries she’d get help. I doubt transportation is solely the problem here.
How are they getting to the doctor the next day? If they have no car, I assume someone is coming to get them, can't they ask them to come take them to the ER?
... you know, they have those ... vans ... the ones usually referred to as "ambulance". They have a surprising feature that really is to come in handy here, they're, like, movable to your location, they're able to pick up damaged persons, and eventually offtorn parts thereof, and they even have a habit of reaching the nearest, best-matching hospital in the shortest time safely, and they're equipped to perform a lot of stuff on the way already, ... you know ... one might even assume that those vehicles are made for that purpose, and the people riding in it, they seem to have training and knowledge about many different medicalities, so ... you know those things often referred to as "telephone". They really exists, most likely you even have one yourself ... and now's the true hammer about this statement - everybody knows their number! Free to call! You could, now, act like you'd care,and while you play caring, you could also play calling, and follow through with the entire act!
Good question, but I also don't think the car ran her over. More like she was hit by a car. If she was run over, I doubt she'd have been walking anywhere. Picky, I know. But still...
Load More Replies...911 or an ambulance might be a bit to the extreme side for an infected wound. Where I am, there are hotlines you can call all times of day (and night) to talk with a doctor about something minor. But if the child hasn't seen a doctor since it was ran over by a car, depending on exactly what happened, the ER might be a good idea to look for unidentified injuries, like broken bones, concussions etc.
Common Core Is Definitely Part Of The Leftist Agenda
I pity the kid, probably won't even be able to count to 10 when others are already doing equations. All because of parents that shouldn't have been...
The world will always need hole diggers and s**t-shovellers.
Load More Replies...I've yet to meet a teacher or principal that thinks common core is a good thing. That says a lot.
In A Why Did Your Toddler Tantrum Thread Mom Admits To Sending Her Son To School With No Shoes Or Clothes And Posts Them Completely Unrestrained In The Car
If I was a teacher I’d be making a quick call to social services. This is disgusting
At least they make acquiring evidence for child abuse easy to get a hold of.
This hurts my heart. :( I just want to hold that poor little man.
Congratulation on creating content for a side for pedophile men.... Seriously, just think about where your pictures of naked/half naked children may end up, when you post them to public pages on the internet.
She Has An Online Dictionary! Doctors Beware!
Nothing wrong with wanting to be informed, I did too, I just wasn't an idiot and had my child vaccinated is all..
What do these people think doctors did during their training? Watch Grey's Anatomy all day?
It is good to read the literature though. That way you know what side effects are normal and which are not.
This reminds me of something I saw a long time ago. Someone posted a list of chemical properties and asked if they would feed that to their children. Responses were all, "Absolutely not!" Then the poster said they were the chemical properties of an apple. Just because you can read the words doesn't mean you understand the words lol.
I applaud their industry. Good for them. Informed parents are a good thing. The truth is not damaged by more information! Vaccines are risk/benefit like anything else. The vast majority of the time the benefits outweigh the risks. But to deny the risks is uninformed. When studying vaccines make sure you understand the pathogen they protect against. You can’t assess benefit without understanding the other side of the equation. And talk to your doctor. They can answer many questions you have.
Didn't that previous post say Dr's read, that doesn't make them smart?
Where did they get that many vaccine inserts? It's not like they're sold OTC.
Totally Normal To Want To Record Your Underage Child In Their Bedroom And Bathroom
Surefire way to make sure her son wants nothing to do with her after he moves out.
Translation: "I'm paranoid about my son. Should I become a pervert as well?"
Translation of the translation : "I'm not that paranoid, I just want to see my son wank ".
Load More Replies...Yes, a camera in his room would be far less inappropiate then whatever he is doing 🙄
Not just a camera even, a hidden one he doesn’t know about…
Load More Replies...Look... if you want to watch the boy have a wank then ask him, not us,
Kids Don't Need Doctors! Also Doctors Won't Exist Soon?
Oh honey. Maybe walk through a graveyard that’s older than your grandparents. There were no pediatricians then either. I’m not saying anything will happen to your baby because we live in such privileged times but the idea it can’t….is so wrong. Maybe a visit to another country would help.
When my daughter fell off a horse, hit her head and couldn't remember anything and was screaming about her head and back hurting and how she couldn't move I just put some essential oils on her. Just kidding. I immediately called 9-1-1 and she was life flighted to the Children's hospital. 2 week stay and she's back up and riding again.
well before "the system" was implemented a lot of children died in preventable ways. That is the alternative to seeing a doctor in the worst cases, but at least you got the bye bye soon part right.
When Will My Child Magically Learn To Read?
There are children who really do teach themselves to read, friends of mine had one of them who picked it up from picture books that his parents read to him -- they didn't even point out the words as they read, absolutely no pushing on their part! But those kids are rare exceptions!!!
lots of us could already read and write when we started school,, because our parents read to us, and included us in the process.
Some children teach themselves to read, but in that case it happens despite the harsh conditions they grew up under, not because of them. Learning on your own means that you have to make all the mistakes yourself. Learning from someone with experience, who has already been down all the wrong roads and can steer you away from them is a lot easier and a lot faster. That means that you can get farther with the limited time you got.
Leave A 17 Month Old Alone By Himself Because She Wants A Date Night And Doesn’t Want To Pay For A Sitter. Time To Call Cps…
My parents left us while we were sleeping in a cabin in a camping site. They went walking around the lake, found a party and stayed there. My then 4yo sister had a nightmare, woke 2yo and I (6yo) because she coudn't find pour parents, maybe the had abandonned us ? I had to calm my sisters down and keep saying "don't worry, everything is alright" while being terrified and fightint to hide it. My sister (then 4yo now 39) had bring this story up countless time but my parents always claimed they were "really close" (so close they coudn't hear their 3 daughters crying 🙄). Even after Maddie McCann was kidnapped my mother still thinks they did nothing wrong.
Load More Replies...In this story I was about 4 years old. My Mam had put me to sleep. Once I was asleep I was ASLEEP. A while later, she realised she'd left washing drying in the back garden. She went out of the house for less than 5 minutes, and at no time was more than 10m from the back door. But during this time, I had woken, come down stairs, and she found me in the middle of the sitting room, sobbing uncontrollably. I felt terrible, she felt terrible. She never again left the house when there were young children asleep.
"Our baby is out entire life and I'll do/spend any amount for him to be safe"...except pay a babysitter. 🙄
this cant be real people need to have an IQ test before having kids to see if they have the intelligence to actually raise them
15 And Pregnant.....again
That's a negative test. But if a 13 yo gives birth, don't social workers get involved, if not law enforcement. Ask your social worker.
Get rid of those fingernails, they are poking holes in you condom.
Popped Up On My Newsfeed
Wow, some people really are too stupid to take care and raise children.
Ok. I’m going to say it. Stop shaming for skin color. The skin you were born is beautiful. Embrace it. No such thing as too dark or too white. Stay healthy, my friends.
But there certainly is such a things as too red (not shaming natives, it is the result of us white idiots not respecting the sun and having to pay the price for it, I am reffering to).
Load More Replies...oh no, my baby has perfect, undamaged skin and I want them to have a base level of sun damage because I think they're not attractive enough without sun damage
It can be a bit hard to decide... but definitely not at 1 year. How tanned your child is shouldn't really be something to worry about, but you should be concerned with whether the get scolded by the Sun whenever they are outside.
“I’m Just Curious”
Generational Trauma Personified. It’s Now Too Intimate For Your Daughter To Cut Your Husbands Hair
If you don't trust your daughter, or you don't trust your husband, there is some kind of issue you need to deal with, because this, sure as hell, isn't healthy. Either there is something wrong with him, or there is something wrong with you, but something is definitely wrong somewhere, and if you cannot figure out what that is, go seek profesional help.
My Kid's Dentist Told Me Skipping Antibiotics Will Be Really Painful For Her, So I'd Like To Go Ahead And Do That
Pretty sure your kid would love nothing more than to rip a chunk out of you with her chompers after making her go through that kind of pain. SMH!
The antibiotics are to stop any infection from spreading. A cavity will be harbouring bacteria and the tooth will leave behind a ragged hole in the gum and possibly the jaw bone. It is stupidly easy to get blood poisoning (Sepsis) from mouth surgery including extractions. Your child could lose limbs, face tissue, or organs can shut down and they die.
Additionally, most numbing agents used in dentistry are actually less effective when there is infection in the area. The infection is the more dangerous issue, but there is a very high possibility that she will not be fully numb when they pull it.
Load More Replies...The more I read the more I am amused that people actually judge me for not reproducing when child abusers like this exist.
(I am thinking of the current Republican VP candidate.)
Load More Replies...And, a ten year old with an infected tooth means the parent is neglecting to supervise any brushing at all.
as an ex dental nurse, they don't exactly reduce pain, but they definitely help reduce how long the pain is likely to last.
Do you not know how close the teeth are to the brain. The longer an infection goes untreated the closer it gets to the brain. Did anyone ever tell you to not pick at pimples near the nose and upper lip. They call that area the triangle of death. Because it has a very rich blood supply and a lot of avenues to the brain. This applies to the mouth as well. You think natural is the way to go, I hope the natural sentence for neglect and child abuse are death as well.
No Fatties Allowed!
Smoking and drinking is a sure fire way to keep that baby real small...and probably dead.
Do as with the bonzi trees, prune it every once in a while when it grows too big. #sarcasm
I'm not sure what she expects the answers to be? Malnutrition is the only answer, is that what she wants? Btw your subsequent babies are likely to be a bit bigger than the first. I had three and each one slightly bigger than the last. I would not have noticed if they hadn't been weighed. Just eat healthy and let the body do what it needs to do!
What In The Even F**k?? Poor Baby Was Born In Salty Dirty Water
Ocean water is not clean. Looks like sand in uncomfortable places; I wonder if she had an infection afterwards. Did the baby inhale any of the water? Were sharks circling nearby?
Yes, ocean water + swirling sand is a terrible combination.
Load More Replies...The white dreads say all I need to know. Baby will be called Mermaid Moonchild.
That would be the least of the poor mite's problems
Load More Replies...You Don’t Need Either
Depends on where in the world she lives. Here the spiders aren't really seriously venomous and generally rather harmless to humans. Going to the ER over a spider bite would be to overreact in some locations, but should be done as quickly as possible at other places, where everything is trying to kill you.
Load More Replies...Yes - take the spider to urgent care - taking it's fluid may have weakened it and put it in danger.
Nothing draws out poison. What an idiot. I wonder how they'd feel if their advice resulted in death because the other person elected to listen to that garbage instead of seeking medical assistance? My son got bitten, most likely by a wolf spider (most common in our area). Dermatologist had to cut his arm open and insert a wick to draw out the infection. Think it took 3 in total before closing the incision with surgical glue. It just so happens it was in the middle of a tattoo and once it healed it wasn't even visible.
Please Don’t Judge Xx
I had a stranger ask me something similar at a grocery store. After complementing my kids, she asked if I knew any kids she could have. Uh, what? Apparently, she got her daughter taken away, and she really wants another kid. Have you checked the kid store? Like, what the actual..
she is depressed and struggling with cancer.... not exactly the best condtions to make great moms. Babies are a joy (for some people) but they are also a burden, and takes a lot or resources for a good outcome, and it doesn't sound like your friend has a lot of resources right now to share. Cancer is a serious illness, which often results in people dying. Tossing a helpless baby into the mix, doesn't sound like a good idea, when there is a serious risk that its mother could soon be dead and gone, so it doesn't sound like you can be sure it will be a lifelong home, and even if things turns out for the better for your friend, it doesn't sound like the best home such a child could get. Not to mention how selling children is illegal, and for a good reason.
Do Babies Give Hickies?
OMG same! He also got Chlamydia from a public toilet seat and herpes from the chapstick he found on the bus! /s
This could be legit. Baby is on dads shoulder and is hungry. Gnaw gnaw. Baby is in moms arm and baby start to gnaw and " oh you are hungry, let me feed you". The phrase " top shoulder area". Not exactly errogenous zone. Dad could be cluekess at recognising when baby needs fed.
Hehe my youngest niece started nomming on my collarbone, I told her she wasn't going to get anything out of it but it kept her quiet till her mum came out of the loo. Didn't get a hickey though
Load More Replies...I Wonder Why My Toddler Isn't Sleeping?
Well.... p.e. get her to bed at 6.30, brush her teeth, wash or shower if you think it's necessarry, put on pyjama's, dim the lights, read a bedtimestory, sing a lullaby and leave the room. Defenitelly no screens.
My daughter had a 7-730 bedtime at that age but everything else is a hell yes.
Load More Replies...Maybe Don’t Leave The House If Perfectly Normal Human Behavior Bothers You?
Just scream at the top of your voice and throw your feces at them. Duh!
I always smile and/or wave at babies, never had a dusty look from the parent yet. I don't maul them though.
Bet She Put Nuggets In The Oven After Posting This
Sounds like these kids need to visit a slaughterhouse - then we'll see how they like their steaks, little sh@ts!
Just Keep Your Baby Underwater Forever. They’ll Never Die
That's how the leader of MLM (multi-level marketing) cult Young Living killed hia baby. He liked to practice medicine without a license and did a pool with with his wife. He held the baby under water for an hour and she drowned.
W. T. A. F. An HOUR? Please tell me they were charged?? WTF?!? Why wouldn’t the wife grab the baby?!?? That has set off my anxiety and made me furious!!
Load More Replies...There are a number of bodily mechanisms in place to prevent a baby drowning whilst being born. A baby will continue to receive oxygen through the umbilical cord. Have a read about it all, it's rather fascinating. https://thewomens.r.worldssl.net/images/uploads/fact-sheets/Water-birth.pdf
yes, but not forever though. The umbilical cord is connected to the placenta that is connected to the tissue of the womb, until birth. The oxygen supply comes from the mother's body while they are still connected, but as the placenta comes out after the baby, that link is broken, and after a short period of time the baby needs to breath in order to get an alternative source of oxygen.
Load More Replies...well this sounds like one of the rare cases where you should let your anxiety determine the outcome. You can't rely on your logic as your logic isn't logical, as you are clearly lackiing some very important information.
Say What?
"I would have never seen this comming..." well that is because you did not educate yourself. There is a reason why homebirths are not more common than they are. Giving birth is dangerous, it has killed several women throughout history, and that is why it is good idea to do it at a location where all the experts and equipment is already at standby. Modern medicin has done a lot to lower the mortality associated with giving birth, be grateful for that, or at least don't whine when things go haywire when you decline the assistence you were offered.
I Feel Bad For Her Daughters
And you should not play favourites among your children. They will know and they will resent you for it. Shady Pines ma! Shady Pines!
This is much worse and far more revolting than "playing favourites". If this pos were a man we would have no doubts, she feels sexually attracted to the baby boys. She's revolting.
Load More Replies...She Can’t Afford To Feed The Current Kid So Let’s Get Pregnant Again!
Yeah, nothing frustrates me more than people not having enough food in the US.
Load More Replies..."Disappointing And Frustrating" Yikes
yes you are doing something wrong, and that something is not setting your expectations at an appropriate level. It is a common phenomenom in this day and age where we are constantly presented with the exceptions and the perfect ideals, while the flipside and all the fakeries stay hidden.
I Didn’t See This Here Yet. I Didn’t Get To See The Original Post Comments Before It Got Deleted
Used to be relatively common, the thought being that once they've had the disease they'll develop immunity and therefore you won't need to Worry about it any more. If only there was another way to get the same or better immunity without making them seriously ill in the first place...
And in the future be able to avoid shingles as well! If only medicine could find a way...!
Load More Replies...This happened to me in like 1992, right when the cpox vaccine was coming out. Me and half my 2nd grade class went down at the same time. Idr which kid or parent but it was a bday party and most parents had to have known. Mine did, I specifically remember my mom saying we were going to get it out of the way, then when I had it she deliberately exposed my baby sister.
I got chicken pox from other kids at daycare before my parents could take me to get my shot and I would rather have gotten the shot. Before the vaccine a pox party made sense because kids would usually not get as sick as adults but now you can just get the shot. Anyway had a bad time and I've still got some weird scars on my hands from it.
My mother tried that when I was little, but I didn't get it until I was thirteen. I've never forgotten spending a miserable week in bed, too itchy and irritated to read a book or do anything else but listen to a radio. There are songs I learned to hate that week and hope to never hear again.
Same here, except my case was so mild - I only had many 4-5 spots. I gave it to one of my father's employees who spent two weeks in the hospital and almost died.
Load More Replies...While my parents didn't intentionally expose me to it (that I know of), this was somewhat common 'back in the day'. Maybe not in a public place, but it was done occasionally.
They used to have rubella parties, but that was only because of the risk during pregnancy was worse
Load More Replies...Those kids are going to hate their mom for not vaccinating them if they ever get shingles.
Maybe not this extreme, but this was pretty normal when I was a kid. My mother left me at a friend's house for the weekend because the friend's kids all had chickenpox and she wanted me to get it over with when I was young. She did that multiple times, but I never actually caught chickenpox. :/
My parents thought along the same lines. I had chicken pox at like 8 or 9. I really don't want to get shingles when I'm older but from what I understand, thank to my exposure as a a young lad, there is a good chance I will.
I sent my son out to catch chicken pox and he came back with mumps, which he then shared with me.
Essential Oils Do It All!
Cover the child in mud like a pig. Sterilized mud though. Not the common stuff, that's for assh@les
It is called shade, and alternatively a longsleaved T-shirt and a hat.
I Honestly Can't Even Fully Comprehend What They're Trying To Say. I Just Know It Belongs Here
Oh, I assumed it meant circumcised, until I read the bit about the mum.
Cupcaked? Are kids being raised as food now or is grumpy old SheamusFan missing something? -_-"
Lol I think it's a way for people to get around possible censors/filters? A Bloomberg article is the *only* thing I could find even closely relevant to the topic. Anti-vaxxers have had limited platforms (according to the site), so they use emojis or generic terms to evade moderators. Source~ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-10-19/emoji-help-anti-vaccine-posts-avoid-moderation-on-facebook
Load More Replies...If you use cupcake instead of vaccine, You are a half brained moron.
Why Bother Sending Them?
Piggy back. Back. As in a piggy back ride. To jump onto something already going. That irritates me more than it should.
Imagine Being So Out Of Touch
And they've got another one on the way. And people wonder why our society is falling apart...BECAUSE WE LET THE CLEVONS BREED!!!
Go to the park and watch the ducks, go to the zoo, go to the aquarium. Just go for a walk. For fox sake.
Gotta Keep Those Toddlers Looking Sharp
Gay Satanic Clowns
I would have run out of there too. I am fine with gay and Satanic but clowns are just terrifying!
Yeah same 🤣 I have a few lqbt+ friends, and know an atheist (not Satanist but anyway on with the subject) but clowns f*****g freak me out lol
Load More Replies...I'm sure her Lord and "savoir" is hanging his head in shame at this bigoted excuse of a so-called "christian"
It’s Hot Topic. Wtf were you expecting? Have you been living under a rock your whole life?
Clearly mom is one of those "unschooled" people. Doesn't understand basic sentence structure, punctuation, or capitalization. There needs to be mandatory testing before people should be allowed to breed.
This Felt Like It Fit Here
Was that even a sentence? Looks like some ancient cryptic manuscript to me.
Load More Replies...No one. That seems pretty apparent from the post.
Load More Replies...Good job that was typed. I’d have run out of breathe after the first 15 or 20 words
I'm Sure Pure Goats Milk Is The Answer To A Baby With Stomach Problems
funnily enough, i was on goat's milk as a baby (mixed with formula). when we moved to the US, i wasn't able to process cow's milk because i'd never had it before. my mum was able to find one store that sold goat's milk, and titrated cow's milk with it until i was used to it. this was all done at a doctor's direction.
Breastfeed or buy formula for humans, yes I know it is expensive but you are starving your child and retarding its development otherwise.
Comments On A Post About Using The Owlet/Snuza
Everything electrical generates EMF (Electromagnetic fields). Radio stations, refrigerators, cars, lights, anything with batteries, even cell phones in airplane mode. Even your brain, unless you are dead. If you stay outside too long, electromagnetic radiation will kill your skin cells, because sunlight is electromagnetic radiation.
But if you don't go outside you don't get enough Vitamin D! IT'S RIGGED!
Load More Replies...You Get What You Pay For
They're horrible because they're incredibly cheap. $100 per MONTH? I guarantee they shouldn't be caring for children.
In what world are you paying $100 a month for daycare unless it’s subsidized. And if it is, why the hell are you pulling your child out?
Some Girl Posted A Question Asking Pregnant Moms If They Thought They Have Or Have Had Covid-19
Finally Found One In The Wild. Almost 450 Comments Flaming Her
True, but Leather Face was based on a real person. Can't remember his name, maybe it's Ed Gein.
Load More Replies...Why the hell did you let your daughter watch a documentary about a serial killer? Are you a sociopath too?
My daughter and I watched autopsy shows (Dr G.) together from the time she was around 6. She was more fascinated than repulsed. Although she’s always been a bit odd
Load More Replies...Leave her in a small room with a small kitten for a long time. If the kitten survives she can be what she wants. If it doesn't.... well, run.
Hell no. The kitten deserves better, deserves to live. Leave the little goblinchild alone with another kid, that's the test.
Load More Replies..."I disagreed because other people are leatherface." Adults. Those people were adults.
Put her in a clown outfit and tell her she's John Wayne Gacy.
Detoxing Baby??
As Seen In A Chicken Raising Group Of All Places 🐓
Baby Is About 3 Months Old… (From A Due Date Group). Suffocate Or Strangle Or Burn? What’s Going To Happen First?
At 3 months baby should be going longer stretches without feeding. But my middle daughter started solid food at 3 months because I couldn’t keep her full
No, 4 hours feeds are pretty standard for a 3 month old. I know it's annoying, but it's just life and there's nothing you can do to make them go longer between feeds without health and safety risks.
Load More Replies...Apparently Tylenol Is Full Of Glitter 😂
What’s Worse? Raw Goat Milk Or Homemade Vitamin Drops…
I'm an adult and I drink goat milk bc I just don't like cow milk.
Load More Replies...Yes, There’s Live Fish In There. Confirmed In Her Comments. I Presume Her “Work From Home With 25% Travel” Is Her Essential Oils Conferences
Totally random but I think my parents still have that Mack toy from when I was younger.
Homemade Formula
Homemade formula used to be very common. When companies started making safe, nutritious formula milk it was very gladly received by parents who were unable to breastfeed their babies. There's rafts of dietitians ensuring babies needs are met, and the product is safe.
Plus - it was kind of a death sentence if a baby needed "formula" - that was the reason for the wet nurse in those times (except for rich people who didn't want to do it) So formula, which was strictly for sick babies or babies with no other options, were a life saver at the start.
Load More Replies...Lactose is already in whole milk and cream, and these muppets are adding more??
Ummmmm
I'm sure people will be lining up to have an unknown child attend their wedding.
Good For You?
Note: you can always put the cleaners and all those on the higher shelves, and just leave paper towels, big pots, and other harmless items under the sink.
She clearly doesn't know about the dangerous dihydrogen monoxide chemical, it's ubiquitous in most homes.
That is dangerous. Toddlers have no developed frontal lobe, meaning they cannot control their impulses. So, you were lucky your child wasn't interested. I have four children, and "only" one was interested in the "forbidden fruits" - but they were locked up for everyone, regardless ...
Load More Replies...Where Can I Get My Kid Tattooed?
this is one isn't TOO crazy. I mean yeah 15 is kind of young for tattoos, but at the same time, my sister let her daughter get one when she was 16. The kid was going to try and get it anyway, so my sis just figured she'd rather have her go to a legit tattoo artist rather than whatever my niece would have been able to find by herself (her friends were talking about buying a tattoo kit online T.T). Sis said she can always get it removed later if she really regrets it, but now niece is 19 and has five more tats, so she doesn't regret it yet.....
Interesting Definition Of “Need”
It's best not to expose your baby to the chemicals used in a nail salon. Why do you think the workers have been wearing masks since long before Covid?
Y.....yes???
Why is it here ? Cinnamon rolls are pretty harmless, but it is better to ask than to eat something dangerous. Would you also think it strange if she asked about sushi ?
Oh no, the baby will come out too spicy! Quick, hand them to me! I'll get rid of them! XP
It’s okay to eat cinnamon rolls at any time, ever. Because cinnamon rolls
The further down the list I read, the more I hoped that these were all some kind of elaborate spoof. Toxic just isn't the word for what some of them are doing, they should be locked up.
Calm down. Have a cookie. No, not that cookie, that moron put poop in it and sold it to her kids' friends at a discount because it's his birthday. ;) I think most of them should be locked up. Some in jail, some in a nut farm
Load More Replies...I have less than no faith in humanity but half of these cant be real.
I would have doubted this level of ignorance could be real if I hadn't seen the people testifying about why they wouldn't wear a mask during covid, get vaccinated, or why they are supporting trump.
Remember the nutjobs claiming the Covid magnetized them??
Load More Replies...The Bible says in James 5:14 that if you're sick, you're to go to the elders of the church for prayer and be anointed with oil in the name of the Lord. So I can imagine that when you go to the doctor, he/she would be dumbfounded because they couldn't find anything wrong.
The further down the list I read, the more I hoped that these were all some kind of elaborate spoof. Toxic just isn't the word for what some of them are doing, they should be locked up.
Calm down. Have a cookie. No, not that cookie, that moron put poop in it and sold it to her kids' friends at a discount because it's his birthday. ;) I think most of them should be locked up. Some in jail, some in a nut farm
Load More Replies...I have less than no faith in humanity but half of these cant be real.
I would have doubted this level of ignorance could be real if I hadn't seen the people testifying about why they wouldn't wear a mask during covid, get vaccinated, or why they are supporting trump.
Remember the nutjobs claiming the Covid magnetized them??
Load More Replies...The Bible says in James 5:14 that if you're sick, you're to go to the elders of the church for prayer and be anointed with oil in the name of the Lord. So I can imagine that when you go to the doctor, he/she would be dumbfounded because they couldn't find anything wrong.
