30 Of The Best ‘Evil’ Parenting Hacks That Are Helpful But Not Really Ethical

... unless you have a kid who LOVES cleaning!

My father used to ask me to lay down with him to make sure he didn't fall off the bed. He would pretend to fall for good measure. I would be so pissed when I woke from my nap.

Pretending to be asleep?? Why would you want to tamper with a gods given gift like that? Let them pretend and enjoy the piece and quite for as much as you can!

I swear my parents told me this because i sleep so silently my roomates often think im dead!! tho to be honest I didnt fake snore when i was fake sleepign i just shut my eyes and breathed slowly

It ain’t stupid if it works

We do this game with cows. I don't really know if there's a point to this game. Once my father almost drove of the road when I yelled cow as loud as possible because I had to beat my brother from getting the point. Silly, I know but fun when you are seven.

If you have your kids in the car, don't be on the lookout for cops, just drive properly!

That's why there are undercover cops

I'm from the US I've never felt safe anywhere near a cop.

Ok, as someone who knows many people who were or are on medically restricted diets and who have to fight at times to get their calories safely - not cool. Find a different excuse

Restricted diet = eating at restricted areas.

HAHAHHAHA that is so smart though!

Doesn't work everywhere. I have been places that wouldn't allow food in despite several people with allergies and even showing the epi pen so they know we aren't lying. Some places care and others would prefer the people who don't fit in not come.

Great tip, what else do you teach your kids to lie and cheat in/about? NEW CONCEPT teach your kids to be honest! and do not treat cheating as a life "hack".

This type of parenting is extremely harmful. Sure it's convenient but it's a lie, you might excuse it with your kids not noticing, great now you lie to your kids and raise them to be fooled by lies instead of teaching them how to detect lies so they don't fall for them as grown ups. Of course it's hard to have the conflict of teaching them to balance joy versus empathy while you also grant them joy for getting silence times later. But I'd chose short term conflict for decades of peace anytime over short term peace and a lifetime of troubles. But everybody is free to handle this the way they want, just don't complain about your kids choosing bad partners, making bad educational choices and having a bad job and friendship experience later in life because that is the price you paid for your convenience. And when you praise that "hack" also praise how much you are looking forward to the fallout of it.

Those types of toys just "disappear". I don't know honey, where did you last see it? Hmm. Well, it'll turn up eventually.

I have had a few toys go in time out for being too annoying. I tell the kids the toy will come back when it learns to behave. I'm reality, they go in the garage and come back when the kid is old enough not to want it.

My dad just put the batteries in backwards and I didn't know what way was right. Then next time grandpa called i said i needed a new toy and the cycle continued

Never let any noisy toy into your house that doesn't have an off switch!

Uncle bought my brother a huge bin of those green plastic soldiers. Mom mailed a polaroid to uncle. The picture was her middle finger

It's all fun and games...until your siblings save those toys and give them to your kids 10 years later.....

I do this to my son because he has kids, lol

Hate yes, want more

Or glitter

My son only says papa (evil laugh)

>:D *evil scheming music plays*

First parent word is typically “dada” regardless of what you teach them purely because an infant’s mouth can utter “dada” much easier than it can utter a “momma.” But even then the complaints will always be to “a-a-a-a-a” as loud as humanly possible.

this is just stupid

That seems kinda sweet, but also ingenious.

Well my parents tried this and it worked really well ten out of ten!

Is it a new cognitive disorder? A complete lack of humor? Of course this is a sarcastic post. Jesus. Christ.

This just sets kids up for trauma.

I learned to lie to my foster parent by not lying. It's an art, but you learn to steer clear of everything that can put you into their bad books. If you got into trouble or something bad happened at school, when asked how was school, you get really excited about some boring game and go into great detail until they get bored and leave you alone, without actually answering the question correctly. It actually goes a lot deeper than this quick mention here, but that about the gist of it. Remain small, don't do anything that draws attention to you, never deviate from the norm.

My parents lmao

I think they'd bust this one in no time with a quick mirror check.