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“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When I hear fathers telling boys to stop crying like a girl. F**k you - men are allowed emotions too you know. I don't think a lot of people realise how damaging that kind of attitude is for the mental health of men in general.

belmakar , Nico Nelson Report

Final score:

173points

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Benita Valdez 1 year ago

Oh no. Men aren't allowed to show emotions of any kind. They're only allowed to look stoic and grunt; maybe grumble but that may humanize them a little too much.

51points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When you see their kids in beauty pageants.

Paperjackwriter , UrbanPromise Report

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memyselfandI 1 year ago

Is this referring to kids or teenagers? I have a couple of teenager friends who genuinely enjoy being in pageants, and (most likely) weren’t really pushed by their parents into it. Young kids doing it is just weird, but I’d say teens doing it isn’t always bad parenting.

10points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Parents who don't believe that their children are bullies.

Pilmenji , Ibai Report

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171points

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LouWolf They/Them 1 year ago

Honestly this disgusts me, not much does- but if they arent willing to give consequences for their kids actions it can get so much worse ):

63points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Parents who won't let their sons do anything remotely feminine.

Dingbrain1 , Lars Plougmann Report

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159points

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KiT 1 year ago

Yep. My son one day insisted on getting a pedi and having his toenails painted, he was 10 at the time. He rocked blue toenails for a week and then had enough of them. My friends loved it, his gran not so much. Nobody in our household paid her any attention. His body, his choice.

94points

Lianna Bolt 1 year ago

You’re awesome 😎

19points

Na Schi 1 year ago (edited)

You are a great mom @KiT! Unfortunately this goes vice versa... I, a girl, had always a great favour towards monsters, ghosts and others creatures. Unfortunately this was not appropriate (according to my mother)! She even guilt-trip me to return a kind of He-Man monster I've proudly purchased with my own earned pocket money on a primary school flee market. Watching Ghostbusters cartoons were also out of scope... So I had to take my Barbies on outdoor adventures, sewing them more practical clothes on my pink little sewing machine I was gifted 🤗 Don't know what my mother wanted to accomplish with that (not that she was hard-core religious or so). Anyway, she earned a deep, all black wearing Gothic daughter when I became a teenager... I might have become mellow, but my intrest in monsters/creep stuff never had faded. If my mother would have been more open minded she would both of us spared some ridiculous fights and me a severe depression.

7points

The Deez 1 year ago

My son dressed as a "goth" for Halloween when he was 14 or 15 and painted his nails black for the costume. That kid has painted his nails ever since, and he's almost 20! They're usually black, sometimes dark red, and now it looks strange to me when it's mostly chipped off and I can see his regular nail color!

6points

Baali Venomax 1 year ago

Painting nails or toenails is also a good way to stop them looking bruised or discoloured. When I did chemo, my toenails all fell out(not my regular nails though) so in order that I didn't creep people out by you know having no toenails on my foot, I'd paint the shape of a nail in. From a distance no one could tell the difference.

4points

MimSorensson 1 year ago (edited)

What? Nothing wrong with blue. A nice, cool colour.

2points

Viper Dogfish 1 year ago

Hell yeah!

2points

Judy Meade 1 year ago

I love your attitude!!

1point

Annabelle Derowitsch 1 year ago

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Tamra 1 year ago

Yep. Parents, let your sons play with dolls if they want to. It won't "turn them gay". It doesn't work like that.

18points

Lisa H 1 year ago

It may actually help them learn how to be a decent father (oh, gasp, the horror /s)

20points

Benita Valdez 1 year ago

My nephew is 4 and has 4 female cousins age 5-8. Needless to say he has his own sparkly pink and purple mermaid tail (he chose which colot) and loves wearing the yellow "shirt" when they want to play dress up (he didn't know the word for dress). I'd say about 1/3 of his toys are "girl" toys while the rest are "boy" and neutral. As long as he's not destructive he can play with anything he wants and with whatever he wants. On occasion he even likes his nails painted or have the polish strips put on because they're "cool", "pretty" and "I want like you and momma too". We try to teach him just to be a kid and have fun.

11points

MouseyMouse 1 year ago

My cousin has 3 boys, no girls. One of her boys wanted his TOES painted with black polish when he was like 3 or 4 so she did it. Her husband went through the effing roof and started screaming and throwing things that his son wasn't going to be gay. Hate that ahole with a passion!

9points

Gin 1 year ago

People really do have a screwed-up sense of what makes a person gay - as well as a screwed-up fear of someone being gay a) this won't cause it and b) shouldn't matter if it did. Hope the dad hasn't squashed the character out of both mum and the children.

8points

lenka 1 year ago (edited)

Yep. And vice versa - parents who wont let their daughters play sport or play with trucks. My daughter has a boy in her class who comes to play sometimes. 9 years old. He has an ear pierced, loves pink, often has nail polish. He rocks it all. I don't know his parents well but I love that they support him to be himself.

7points

Mark Fuller 1 year ago

Yeah, can't say my parents were over the moon when I started sleeping with men. Is that considered feminine, lol?!

6points

Baali Venomax 1 year ago

Not all activities need to be gendered. We need to stop this pointless attitude of making items a certain colour for each gender. Knock it off. A bike is a bike. It doesn't need to be pink for girls and blue for boys, its just a bike. Pick the colour you want and go home.

3points

Meeliasi 1 year ago

Gender stereotypes are so 1960ies.

2points

Ren <3 1 year ago

Thats my mom towards me. I asked if I could wear a tie to my concert and she said no because it's a "Masculine thing". Hate my mom :)

2points

chrissy goodman 1 year ago

its honestly necessary boys will not learn proper emotions as the grow. they will turn into bullies bc showing emotions is a girl thing. they will then b adult jerks. i kno bc my friends sisters son is like this hes a teen now and probably the biggest bully in his school. hes well on his way to jerkdom

1point

B-b-bird 1 year ago

Kids are fantasising while playing, in a way we cannot even imagine. They are not seeing toys as gender-assigned, for them they are toys and no message beyond that. My friends kid has different toys no matter the colour and features, he is using dolls as customers of his petrol station, uno cards for laying roads, building houses from lego, and hot wheels as taxis… and here you go it becomes all city. Let children fantasise with any toys they want. My cousin loved dolls, poor guy he had to hide it, when all he wanted is to experiment with their hair and be a barber when he will grow up. Needless to say - his dream never came true.

1point

Patsy 1 year ago

My brother (2.5 yo at the time) refused to leave a toy shop one day, because he wasn't allowed to take the pink disney princess buggy with him. So my mum had to buy it for him, but DEAR LORD don't EVER put a doll, or anything remotely humanoid in it. No. It was a car transporter, nothing else. It was a pink, Disney princess car transporter. As for those of you thinking "transformers can be humanoid", yes they can, but if they want to be transported, they had to transform!

1point

The sea pancake 1 year ago

as a kid i loved playing with nerf guns

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Ana white 1 year ago

My neighbors when I was 8 started scolding my brother and there son because I had played dress up with them and put them in skirts and they liked wearing skirts

0points

Maggie Dinzler Shaw 1 year ago

and the other way around.

0points

Rob Williams 1 year ago

I had a guy sneer when my 3yo grandson was getting excited about a toy kitchen I was buying him.

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 1 year ago

Like what, painting nails, growing hair, wearing "feminine" clothes? Normal. Let them. It's their choice, not yours, so stfu!

0points

Perfumista Perfumista 1 year ago

And the other way around. My brothers were allowed to take Karate, I was not.

0points

Brian 1 year ago

Grow up and accept the real world.

0points

Damitria 1 year ago (edited)

Had a friend one time tell my very young son to stop playing with dolls. Boys dont play with dolls. Lit into her big time. Dolls are made to teach caring and empathy. Why wouldnt I want him to learn those things? He is now in his 30s and has those qualities in spades.

0points

Tunk 1 year ago

And then we clapped. I should of saved the words.

0points

Blaine's the Middle Name 1 year ago

And vice versa

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Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago

My son wanted a doll when he was younger, so I got him one. Now he (9) loves me painting his nails and will wear them to school.

0points

LeeAnne B 1 year ago

Define "feminine" please.

0points

MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago

When my daughter was little, a boy next door asked if he could come over and play. He would play dolls with her. His dad didn't allow him to play with 'girl' toys

0points

Tunk 1 year ago

More.....the comments on this thread are doing my head in! No one is disagreeing with the sentiments but there is so much effin self awareness here. Or too much of it. Can't decide. I have a feeling a LOT of comments are coming from people who were growing up in peak commercialisation. Yeah hello America yet again.

-3points

Tunk 1 year ago (edited)

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“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group I stopped working retail at clothing stores because I couldn’t stand the way parents talk to, especially, young teenage girls. As someone who struggled with mental illness/eating disorders for a long time, there were so many times I wanted to intervene when a parent said their kid looked horrible in something they were really excited to try on.

I got my revenge this summer tho. There was a teenage girl showing her mom these cute overall shorts and begging the mom to let her get them (they were one of the more expensive items in the store) and her mom just kept saying no, you look ridiculous, you look like a toddler, you look like a train conductor, etc. I approached the girl and said they looked good as hell and if it makes her feel good she should get them and wear them always.

I hate when parents don’t realize how severely their negativity can impact their kids.

sensitivity001 , Mike Mozart Report

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147points

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1 year ago

My stepmom says I look dumb in plenty of outfits. :P

40points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When they don't realize that their kid (no matter how small) is a full person with their own feelings and instincts and journeys in life and just dismiss anything about their kids that they don't understand or want to be true

morebunniespls , Rishabh Mathur Report

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139points

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FABULOUS1 1 year ago

I hate the children should be seen and not heard c**p.

37points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Infanilising children. Kids are not stupid. They know what's up. Also parents who rule by fear, you can see it when the kids flinch too easy

anon , ~Pawsitive~Candie_N Report

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133points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I was raised by a mother who abused both my dad and me - physically, mentally, emotionally, and verbally. I'm adopted and she basically only adopted me to be a sibling to my parents' bio child. When I didn't turn out to be a "perfect little girl" (around age 5), the beatings started. She even used knives on my dad and I occasionally. She even threatened me with a gun once when I was 7. I'm 40 now and I still go into "shutdown" mode whenever anyone yells at me (or around me). My mom is 79 and my sister tells me I'll "regret" not spending time with her once she's dead. Yeah, nope. My sister never even got hit or screamed at. She's the golden (biological) child.

87points

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group I was having lunch in McDonald's one time and heard a mother scold her very obese 4 year old to "finish his mayonnaise".

All judgement aside, I was eating there to. But maybe don't force a kid to eat mayonnaise.

rcowie , Mike Mozart Report

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127points

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Tams21 1 year ago

Forcing a child to eat *anything* is not good and in the worst case risks them developing an eating disorder.

94points

#10

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Parents who dismiss their child's emotions

Aphrodite70 , Pixabay Report

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RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 1 year ago

My parents just get mad when I try to talk about my problems then when I cried they tell me to stop.

43points

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#11

If your kid is dirty. And I don't just mean juice on their face or some grass stains on their clothes. I mean when the child has obviously not been bathed in days/weeks.

Also, if a child has bad manners and the parents do nothing to correct them. You are raising rude and inconsiderate people.

Final score:

111points

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Tams21 1 year ago

The first one is obviously not okay on any level but the second one is subjective and really depends on the values someone was brought up with. In my family, good manners at dinner meant simply not burping or farting too often. My husbands family expected good posture, no elbows on tables etc.

24points

#12

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Your child's school has a costume day with the theme "dress as your favourite character from your favourite book". The other kids come as Winne the Pooh and Harry Potter and Anne of Green Gables.

Not your kid.

Your kid comes as Mr Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey.

You ARE a s****y parent.

SuzyJTH , Mike Mozart Report

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103points

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Miz Chelle 1 year ago

My daughter's stepmother took her to see 50 Shades of Gray 2... at 13!!!!!!! WTF

15points

#13

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group child is sweet smart and extremely hard working but has ADHD. The child does her best in school but does not do well because she just does not learn the way they teach. She is constantly grounded while siblings who get similar grades but have no learning disability are not. This girl is reading constantly and is great in English and history, basically rewrites her siblings english papers. But because she struggles in Maths and sciences she is seen as good as her siblings. This child is constantly put down and her dreams discouraged because she's not "good" enough in school to succeed.

_Beachbum_life , Allison Meier Report

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100points

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RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 1 year ago

…. Stop stalking meeeeee

33points

#14

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group I used to work in a discount variety store. This unwashed, often barefoot woman would often come in with her kids. I thought she was nice enough, until one day her daughter innocently asks if she can buy a lolly, and the mum went OFF. Screamed at this 7 year old kid about how they can't afford it, and I'm not lying, she called her child a c**t. Screamed the word. In public. Her kids were always so well mannered, but they were usually dirty. I felt so bad for them.

mftittysprinkles , AdmlCrunch Report

Final score:

95points

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Alison Hell 1 year ago

I'd be calling social services to do a welfare check. If she's fine with that behaviour in public imagine what goes on behind closed doors. So often no one does or says anything and kids are being abused, right this very second that you are reading this. Please speak up if you see anything amiss. ❤

10points

#15

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Went to a farm/corn maze last week and got to witness a man yelling at his ~5 or so year old child for crying. He made him sit in the corner of this barn and kept screaming "JUST STOP CRYING" every 2 minutes. He eventually got up with him, dragged him by his arm and screamed and sweared in his face less than an inch away. I don't know what this kid did or why he was so mad but f**k dude, yelling in their face like that especially in public is just disgusting

heimdaall , samer daboul Report

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91points

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Tamra 1 year ago

That's not just disgusting, it's abuse.

103points

#16

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When I hear them talk to elementary age kids like adults...

“Oh you have it tough!? Well f**k. I worked a s****y day and had to come home to you!”

My neighbors

dedredcopper , SmartSign Report

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87points

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Ren <3 1 year ago

I hate when adults say that kids dont have it rough. Of course they could be acting dramatic, but if something is really happening and you dont pay attention, when you finally do it may be a bit too late.

40points

#17

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group About eight years ago I worked at a summer camp and had a nine year old girl in my group, she was tall for her age and skinny like a lot of 9 year old girls, really pretty girl. But she would stop herself from doing normal things like eating s'mores and say things alluding to the fact that at home her mother calls her fat (she's no where near it) and restricts her diet.

It broke my heart. She hadn't even hit puberty and was a charming girl and she was being bullied by her own mother. I spent my week coming up with an outline of things to report to CPS. Not that they could really take her away, but a paper trail is worth it if things ever got worse for the girl.

I really hope that girl has turned out alright. She didn't deserve that.

squiderror , woodleywonderworks Report

Final score:

87points

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Lianna Bolt 1 year ago

My mom had eating disorders growing up, & it trickled from her, to me. She would sit across from me at the dinner table & watch every bit I took. Then the, “don’t you think you’ve had enough?” comes out. To this day I struggle to eat in front of people.

42points

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#18

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When they passively tell their kids "no" but don't actually do anything to stop it when the kid misbehaves. One of my neighbor's kids is like this, and I hate having her over because her mother just lets her wreak havoc.

Final score:

80points

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Tams21 1 year ago

Yeah this not only doesn't help but probably even does harm. If a child hears "no" but there's no further action or consequence if it's ignored, the child literally gets the message that no doesn't mean no. This is confusing for the kid when later at home no suddenly does mean no and difficult in school when other kids are trying to set boundaries.

41points

#19

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Parents who bring little kids to R rated or inappropriate movies. It's s****y on multiple levels.

creepysnowflake , Amy Ross Report

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80points

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RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 1 year ago

There isn’t an age limit?? like I feel anyone can come into pg13 even if they’re like nine, but if it’s M or R there definitly needs to be a 15+ rule or sm

26points

#20

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Seeing fizzy drinks in baby's or toddler's bottles makes my teeth itch. They don't need the sugar or the caffeine, or simply that much non milk fluid

Edit: there's a few comments asking what kind of drinks I mean. The incident that inspired this was an 8 monthish old with a cola type drink, ie high acid and high sugar, plus caffeine. Carbonated water is different but may have a weird pH so it's worth checking the label imho. Plus heavily gassed liquids are not ideal on anyone's stomach.

wotsname123 , Ivan Radic Report

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77points

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Benita Valdez 1 year ago

In the lovely US there are idiots who put Mountain Dew in baby bottles! I really hate my country

44points

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#21

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Your little badass kids acting up isn't cute, don't encourage the s**t.

radpandaparty , Nicola Barts Report

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71points

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Bec 1 year ago

I knew someone who thought their elementary school was being ridiculous because her little boy was in trouble for looking up girls skirts and trying to kiss girls. No, this is not cute and not ok. Teach your kids that the body is inviolable - no one should be able to touch you or force you to do something without your consent

56points

#22

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Today I took my son out to The Science Cube. A little 2 year old fell over right in front of me. His mom said, “that’s what happens to bad kids”. I wanted to strangle her, but I just glared at her as she walked away.

CatchingRays , Barney Moss Report

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70points

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BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

Just gross. Kids that age fall down all the time when running. 2 is still a toddler!

43points

#23

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Yesterday in the grocery store I was standing in the checkout line behind a man with 2 kids — looked like a 5 and 7 year old.

The kids were being goofballs, but not being wild by any means. The dad wasn’t giving them any instructions, except for over and over again leaning down in their faces and yelling, “Shut! Up!”

Every time he did, his little girl looked up at him with these sad puppy dog eyes. Broke my heart.

beardmeblazer , Battle Creek CVB Report

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66points

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Ren <3 1 year ago

If i was him I would've said sorry and bought them candy

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#24

Kids that don't respect service workers.

I work in a pub with a play area, the amount of times I've had to discipline children who are climbing on-top of the play equipment or children being voilent. The kids that talk back to me challenging the instructions I give them s**t me up the wall because you can just tell they are the kids that are spoilt to hell and they can do no wrong.

One time I had 3 different complaints about this pack of 13 year old boys in the play area, (breaking the 10 year old limit) because they where being voilent. I went in and gave them a warning, then later received a 4th complaint from a different table. I went in and tried to kick all the voilent children out but the mother came in and gave me the whole "You dare raise your voice at my children" and "you can't tell me how to raise my children". I informed her of the complaints I had received and her responce was "they are only making their cousins cry so it doesn't matter." I was flawed by her logic.

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63points

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RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 1 year ago

There’s was a kid at my middle school who genuinely made a few teachers cry. Everybody hated him but his friend group. He was a homophobic transphobic ableist racist peice of s**t.

39points

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#25

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When the kid smells like cigs. I understand you smoke but have enough decency to make sure your kids clothes don’t reek

JoLabs , Joe Haupt Report

Final score:

55points

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Benita Valdez 1 year ago

I am a smoker. Yes I know it's bad but we all have vices. My nephew is 4 and since he was born every time I go see him I bring clothes to change into so that I'm not exposing him to my shītty habit. His mom told me I didn't have to do that anymore and I said " I know. He's out of danger of SIDs but still doesn't need to be exposed. Plus now you have asthma from covid so yeah. Still gonna change". I also usually don't smoke during my visit but if I do, I change back into the smokey clothes and when I'm done, change into the clean clothes again. Also wash and sanitize my hands before interacting

19points

#26

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Kids running around wild in public.

My friends and I actually act as spotters for each other during cardio workouts now, in the sense of “spot and stop the m**on kid who thinks it’d be fun to try and run between your friend’s legs in mid-workout while their parents watch and do nothing”.

The dumbass apple doesn’t fall far from the dumbass tree.

PoochyEXE , Jonathan Brodsky Report

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52points

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Lisa H 1 year ago

Did BP censor "moron"?

41points

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#27

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group I rented the a basement bedroom from a woman who would scream at her kids “stop touching me!” When they would try to be affectionate with her. Good times.

Final score:

48points

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Lianna Bolt 1 year ago

While the mother could have definitely handled that better, I wonder if she was claustrophobic or had issues with personal space. But at the same time, do you really think you’d get any personal space after having kids?? What did she expect?

27points

#28

I was driving yesterday and this guy had a big car full of kids without seatbelts, this was on a motorway also not just some backroad

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46points

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Ren <3 1 year ago

Gross.

14points

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#29

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When they sound like a child or preteen themselves telling their kids what to do. Example: "Oh my God, shut uppppppuhhhh"

anon , Taryn Elliott Report

Final score:

44points

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1 year ago

This morning I just dealt with my stepmom covering her ears and going LA LA LA LA LA because I called her my dad's girlfriend. (Which she technically is, she's not even a stepmom at all)

28points

the_badgers_of_death , storebukkebruse Report

#30

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Parents getting their road rage on while their kids are in the car

Final score:

42points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

Mind you, my sister and I had a lot of fun repeating something our mother had said in the car and giggling. We even turned it into a game. Mum had memorably growled "get out of the way, ya bomby old Datsun!" We thought it was hilarious and from then on would often ask if the latest person to cut her off was also a bomby old Datsun. (But yeah, that wasn't road rage; more like just road grumbling).

4points

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#31

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Yelling at their kids when they misbehave/cry, usually to switch back to their smartphone immediately after

softblackstar , Waterford_Man Report

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20points

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Ren <3 1 year ago

gross.

6points

#32

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group When the kids treat the parents like s**t. That's usually a sign that the parents suck at the whole parenting part

Rubychest , Nathan Report

Final score:

15points

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Benita Valdez 1 year ago

I think its a little harsh to say they suck at parenting because kids can have behavioral issues for many reasons. Please know that it's ok if your kid has behavioral issues; It's really ok and not a sign that your a terrible parent. Parenting is tough and things don't always work out. Maybe your kid has ADD and frustrated and takes it out negatively; anything can happen and you are not a failure. Just do right by them and get them help, take them to a therapist, because you're not the only one with a jerk of a kid. And there are numerous programs, atleast in the US, that can help you get help for your child without bankrupting you or rven costing you anything. And no, I don't have kids and never had behavioral issues myself

17points

#33

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Obese children

stiltzkin_the_moogle , Magnus D Report

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13points

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Luke Branwen 1 year ago

Untrue. I've been fat since I was a child and it turned out that the problem was my thyroid, not my mother. We have to destroy the stigma that every fat person is a glutton with no self-control who does nothing but eat all day.

10points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#34

I've seen parents give their five to seven year olds beer. Wtf

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Kate Haslam 1 year ago

Oh, I can explain -- I was that five year old. Loved root beer. Decided to take a drink of dad's can of Coors. Cured me of wanting beer til I was in my 20s.

18points

#35

“Yep, Those Are Bad Parents”: 30 Signs Of Bad Parenting, According To Members Of This Online Group Not paying attention to your kids and telling them their feelings and emotions are irrelevant because they're children. If you wanted somebody to boss around, hire a maid. F**k off

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MiriPanda 1 year ago

You should not "boss around" a maid either.

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

To cheer us up, here's an account of something I saw at the supermarket the other day: a young mother was heading up the aisle with her little boy in a pram, cheerfully singing "chip chip chip chip chip chip chippy!" because they were on their way to buy a bag of chips. The kid was bouncing up and down and laughing, clearly having a great time, and when he dropped his toy she quickly scooped it up and said "here you are! Now then, where were we?" in a cheerful voice. It was so adorable. Instantly put a smile on my face.

17points

Alicia Davidson 1 year ago

I worked at a grocery store for 6 years. The cutest thing I saw was this huge, muscular, tattooed, looked like he was in a gang-type guy skipping through the store with his toddler daughter.

2points

Tams21 1 year ago (edited)

I mostly agree with these. But I also wonder how many of these parents know they're struggling and getting things wrong but can't get any help, either because there's non available or because of the stigma attached to getting some.

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BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

I was wondering the same thing! I feel bad for a lot of the parents too because it is SO hard to change your habits or break cycles of abuse. It doesn't excuse anything and the kids are the true victims but just sad all around

8points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Dangling your kid off a balcony because she (7 year old) spoke rudely to her mother. Using any form of physical and mental abuse.

9points

crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

Oh my god that's horrible, like far past CPS level

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Chabruce 1 year ago

Also adding my opinion here: if your kid is misbehaving in public and you tell them "if you don't behave, that mean, ugly old man will come take you away", you're a s****y parent. Sincerely, that mean, ugly old man who doesn't want your kid.

5points

Kathryn Smith 1 year ago

"I'm only mean to nasty adults who deserve it, Karen."

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Bella Sennei 1 year ago

Parents who want to be "friends" to their kids. Be a parent ffs.

2points

Jasam Nitko 1 year ago

One I think is missing from the list is when parents have the older kids parent the younger ones. I'm not talking about having older siblings helping out now and then, it's about when the sibling has to take the role of the parent. I've seen far too many kids who have lost their innocent childhood days covering what their parents should have done.

2points

‍️‍️‍️Random Dark Person‍️ (She/her) 1 year ago

to all those toxic parents: it was your choice to have kids so don't treat them like cr@p

2points

Agnes Jekyll 1 year ago

There's a Neko Case song called Nearly Midnight, Honolulu about this very thing that will just break your heart.

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Erik Ivan 1 year ago

I would like to point out that most parents are awesome and love their kids to death.

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Lianna Bolt 1 year ago

My husband lived in Grenada for 5 years while growing up. He told me that if a child was acting out, anyone was able to discipline that child. You know what they say, it takes a village…. Really wish that was legal here.

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Mari 1 year ago

In Morocco it was like that and in villages it still is.

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Rens 1 year ago

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Rens 1 year ago

kids should not be using baby bottles and pacifiers after 1 year old; this leads to delay in speech, higher risk of tooth decay and proper development of the mouth, teeth, tongue etc all involved with talking. Also not toilet training your kids; by 2 they should be pretty much done with nappies/diapers.

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Tabby 1 year ago

God I hope you don’t actually believe what you’ve posted - none of the points you’ve made are correct. Though I suspect your intent was more to wind people up.

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chrissy goodman 1 year ago

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

17points

Alicia Davidson 1 year ago

I worked at a grocery store for 6 years. The cutest thing I saw was this huge, muscular, tattooed, looked like he was in a gang-type guy skipping through the store with his toddler daughter.

2points

Tams21 1 year ago (edited)

12points

BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

8points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Dangling your kid off a balcony because she (7 year old) spoke rudely to her mother. Using any form of physical and mental abuse.

9points

crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

Oh my god that's horrible, like far past CPS level

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Chabruce 1 year ago

5points

Kathryn Smith 1 year ago

"I'm only mean to nasty adults who deserve it, Karen."

-2points

Bella Sennei 1 year ago

Parents who want to be "friends" to their kids. Be a parent ffs.

2points

Jasam Nitko 1 year ago

2points

‍️‍️‍️Random Dark Person‍️ (She/her) 1 year ago

to all those toxic parents: it was your choice to have kids so don't treat them like cr@p

2points

Agnes Jekyll 1 year ago

There's a Neko Case song called Nearly Midnight, Honolulu about this very thing that will just break your heart.

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Erik Ivan 1 year ago

I would like to point out that most parents are awesome and love their kids to death.

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Lianna Bolt 1 year ago

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Mari 1 year ago

In Morocco it was like that and in villages it still is.

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Rens 1 year ago

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Rens 1 year ago

-3points