People Share The Most Toxic Things Their Parents Have Told Them In This Horrifying Online Thread

Depending on age and circumstances email and social media passwords can absolutly be the right thing to do

My mum let my little sister have Instagram, not realising it had dm feature. She was groomed by an adult man who pressured her into sending indecent photographs to him. He sent indecent photos back to her. She was 10. It was only when he tried to get her to get her twin to send photos as well and the twin said 'ewww' and told my mum realising that what was happening wasn't right.

My mother used to go through my room with a fine tooth comb while I was at school. I learned to keep stuff in my school locker. There were loads of other issues too, so I moved out a couple months after turning 18, and never looked back.

My dad always knows all my passwords, but hes not strict about it.The only reason I actually tell them to him is because I know he will forget them immediately

I am an only child, and I was a pretty good kid. When I was 12 my mother decided to tell me that she never wanted me, but that abortions were illegal at the time.

I'm sorry for that my dear

Smart, you are lucky. Hope you find lovingness

So you went through all that, yet still believe in a fairy sky daddy???

There are some nasty people out there, so much closer on the internet. Look after your children.

This is exactly what it is.

what is gaslighting?

soooo othe definition of gaslighting is to manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity. why not just ask someone else ??

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"...make ME do that...."

Hold your horses. Having a sibling is a way to have someone by your side. If everything works out of course. I doubt her reasoning was only to have a kid so the older one had someone as a playmate, but that the fact that being potentially lonely as an only child in family matters (you don't know her situation) might be something that she considered in deciding to have another kid. Not too long ago we just forked and had kids without any reasoning whatsoever. That's different from telling a kid that their only reason for existing was for their older sibling not to feel lonely.

no doubt.

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only children end up being spoiled, children with siblings tend to be more competitive and driven. my ex son in law was an only child and only child in the family, right now he's under house arrest and should be in prison because he was caught with 3 controlled substances and an unregistered fire arm.he got house arrest because of covid any time he got into trouble it was always someone else fault and his family enforced this attitude always saying "he's an angel, it must be someone else's fault, and he lost his grandfather when he was 12, he was like the father he never had" i grew up with 4 siblings and we all grew up being very independent because we competed against each other and and gave each other s**t when we needed it.i told my ex son in las mom "he needed a good beating a long time ago not coddling like you people have been doing" so now he's a meth head under house arrest and is petrified of going to prison because he became a snitch for the DEA and everyone knows it

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Red flags never come in single istances.

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WWW HHH AAAA TTTT!!

yes

I always longed for siblings. I didn't like playing with my parents.

yeah my dad told me the exact same thing. I hope things get better for you

I know that it caused you so much pain, that you were too young to handle, and should never have been faced with, but I hope you can be proud of yourself for your incredible empathy and insight at such a young age. I think that is amazing xxx

Yess, except vise versa

My mother called it 'tough love'. Sure. She would never call it abuse. I think she even complained that we kids abused her.

It's more common than people realise sadly.

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A lot more than you think. I grew up hearing this all the time and that's the real reason why I didn't have any kids of my own.

lots and lots and lots of parents say things like this to their children. One of the reasons sex ed should be taught everywhere, birth control should be free and easily accessible, and abortion legal.

Someone who is not in their right mind and mentally ill. Someone who is drunk or all of the above. Someone who is just out right nasty. Take your pick.

mine tells me that daily and im only 13

her: what kind of parent would say this to their child? me: who thought it was normal for all parents to say it once a day

Not really, you would have to be a frustrated, angry human being who lets stupid words fall out of your mouth without thinking.

My mom started saying this kind of stuff the exact day my dad died. In the waiting room of the hospital right after the doctor telling us he had passed she looked dead at me and said "I have nothing to live for anymore". At first I wrote it off to shock but there was more through the years. I was less than 3 weeks from my 13th birthday when he died. She later told me she wished I had dies instead of him, he'd be so disappointed in you and on and on. The worst was probably her threatening to kill herself to keep me in line.