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Though people have plenty of things in common, you definitely won’t see eye-to-eye with everyone. It’s inevitable to a certain extent, really. Not only are there different backgrounds and personal goals to consider, but you also have to look at the cultural and educational context they grew up with. Especially if you’re comparing members of different generations. And you’re sure to know that if you and your parents ever disagreed over anything.
Inspired by redditor u/Bigbumoffhappy, the r/AskReddit online community opened up about the attitudes their parents still consider to be ‘normal’ but they completely disagree with. We’ve collected some of their insights about outdated parental norms and beliefs. Keep scrolling to read all about the myths that some folks still refuse to take with a grain of salt.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Saying “Blood is thicker than water” expecting us to allow a toxic relative back into our lives and putting up with it. Not setting healthy boundaries in other words. It stopped with me.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Family is like an appendix. You do have only one, but if it becomes toxic and threatens your well--being, you cut it off.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Keeping your house tidy in case someone stops by.

If someone stops by without texting first, they get what they get. They're lucky if I answer the door.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Thinking your very shy kid will get less shy if you keep shaming it for being „too quiet“.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't punish the behavior you wish to see. If your shy kid does come out to be a part of things, don't do the "well look who decided show up" routine.

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Breaking news: there’s no such thing as a perfectly informed generation of people. Not us, not you, not anyone else. We all make mistakes. To err is human, after all. The boundaries of scientific knowledge are being pushed every single day. Thanks to that, we have made technological progress and learned more about the world we live in. But the price is having to update our collective understanding of how things work in physics, biology, economics, psychology, parenting, etc.

Not everyone gets the memo. Staying up-to-date with leaps in science takes a lot of time and energy. For example, these days, it seems obvious to many of you that smoking is harmful or that consuming too much sugar is a surefire way to wreck your health. That wasn’t always the case.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Be nice to everyone, even when they’re cruel to you. That will make them feel bad for being mean to you.

No. No, now people just mistake my kindness for stupidity and try to walk all over me.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Downplaying mental health. I was told to ignore my bullies, which got me nowhere but wanting to stay home "sick" all the time in junior high. When I asked for counseling I was told I didn't need it.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a teenager, I attempted s*cide and very nearly succeeded. I was put in therapy, but my parents complained about how troublesome it was to take me back and forth to therapy, and every time I'd come home from therapy, they'd ask "Are you better yet? You know this is costing us a lot of money!" So after a couple months, I just said "I'm fine. I don't need to go back!" to which they replied "Good!" I wasn't better. I never got better. Wishing your child wouldn't be mentally ill doesn't magically cure them.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Sticking it out in a marriage with someone who doesn’t respect you and betrays you

So many older women and men look down on divorcing over cheating or emotional abuse and blame them for ‘breaking up’ their families completely glossing over the fact that the abuser is the one who broke up the family.

You shouldn’t have to make a marriage work with someone who makes you unhappy just because you have kids.

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In the 1930s and 1940s, US cigarette companies once used doctors to promote smoking. Meanwhile, back in the 1960s, Big Sugar paid scientists to blame fat for health problems to keep the sugar industry profitable.

It’s easy to believe something that gets repeated often (hello, illusory truth effect) and appeals to experts’ authority. The reality is that where huge profits are involved, the science involved can frequently get murky. That’s why it’s so important to weigh the reliability of any source and consider any agendas researchers might have. Double-check any info that seems too good or bad to be true.
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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With My siblings and I literally were not allowed to have an opinion that differed from my parents. I remember one day my mom told me, “if I tell you the sky is black, you look at me and tell me yes ma’am” essentially saying we aren’t allowed to disagree with her!

My siblings and I ALL suffer from decision paralysis and anxiety and I really believe it’s linked to how we literally were never allowed to think for ourselves without it being diSrESpEcTfuL.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of a quote I've heard somewhere: "Parents encourage you to stand for your beliefs and values, as long as your beliefs and values are the same as theirs."

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Putting up with abuse from family because family.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call it the " but family" guilt trip card or the " just keep the peace" card.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Going to work sick, basically putting work first at all times.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't judge people who can't afford to miss work. But at least put a mask on.

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The same inquisitive skepticism should hold true whether you’re talking about hard scientific knowledge or more social things like parenting trends. Relying on gossip, social pressure, and potential misinformation to inform your decisions isn’t the best idea.

Out of the four main parenting styles, an authoritative approach trumps authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved ones.

Authoritative parenting is all about clear communication and rules, taking your kids’ feelings into account, unconditional love, and creating a nurturing environment with firm boundaries. The result? Kids who grow up to have strong self-esteem, resilience, lots of confidence, good mental and emotional health, and who excel at school.
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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Just “getting a job” by walking in anywhere. All my adult life whenever I’ve needed work my dad continues suggesting just showing up to an office and “don’t leave until they let you talk to a manager and hand them your resume yourself”. Poor younger me actually tried this and I wandered around to every business trying to find my first job, hearing back from exactly 0.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I specifically couldn't hire a girl who kept doing this. She didn't want to. Her grandmother kept making her. We gave her instructions for what she actually needed to do. But her grandmother kept making her hassle us in person. We finally told her she's incapable of following instructions and refused to hire her. I felt terrible, she was a lovely girl and I would've loved to hire her but she needed to follow a process and she just couldn't because her grandmother was a hit the pavement person that wouldn't let her do what she needed to do. Insanity.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Forced physical affection. I could not tell yall how many times I was dragged by my hair because I didn't want people kissing me(on the mouth) or just because I was overstimulated and didn't want to hug.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Thinking you're supposed to raise your kids the same way that you despised your parents raising you like. I don't get the reasoning behind that.

"Well that's the way I was raised."

Yeah, so you should get it. It sucked and is a terrible idea.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"My parents beat me as a child, and I turned out fine! That's why I can't wait to commit physical violence on my own kids upon any slight disagreement!"

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What do your parents think is completely normal that you don’t agree with, Pandas? What do you personally think the younger generations believe now that will be completely outdated in the near future?

Tell us what you think in the comments! And remember, don’t keep your batteries in the fridge, no matter what your relatives tell you.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With I don't spank/smack/hit my kids.

My four year old SCREECHED she hated me for a what felt like a solid hour. In reality it was five minutes. My solution? I picked her up and hugged her. Took deep steadying breaths to regulate hers and calm her down and told her no matter what that I loved her. After a minute she settled in my arms, apologized for yelling and saying she hates me and we continued on with our day.

My first instinct was just smack her mouth/butt like what would have happened to me if I said that to my parents. So I did the exact opposite. I was not treated with respect regarding my emotions as a child and it has taken A LOT of self searching and therapy to help me cope and understand that as an adult.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad they're breaking the cycle. I wish many, many more people had therapy before having kids

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With I go first.

Blind obedience towards elders and authorities. Example my dad told me not to take time off work to visit him when he's in the hospital because it will leave a bad impression on my boss. I don't want a boss who judges me for visiting my father in a hospital.

Of course, I'm not saying we shouldn't be respectful, but we should be respectful of everyone, regardless of age, position, or any other variable.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't for a minute believe that age commands respect. Behavior/ conduct EARNS respect. Too many older ppl act like AHs and demand respect while they walk all over everyone and scream at them. Then throw the age card in the air like air like a badge or medal. " Respect your elders"; Sorry Karen, not gonna happen . If you act like an AH you get treated like an AH . I am not your doormat

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Going through my things without asking, like looking through my drawers or checking my phone. They say it's just because they care, but to me, it feels like a lack of trust and privacy. Nowadays, I can't imagine doing that to anyone, even if it's out of concern.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We never did this to any of our children and think it's lunatic behavior. My husband never wants to look in my purse for anything even when I tell him to. We would never go through each other's phones because, Respect! If you have no trust deal with why that is.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Racism. My parents are in their 70's and definitely from "a different time". (God, I hate that excuse).

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Getting better, but also still has a long way to go. Only today people don't say "I don't want to share my space with (N-words)", but "I don't want the woke agenda being pushed on me".

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Being compelled to answer the phone if it rings.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm the same - my phone is for my convenience, not the caller's or texter's convenience

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Openly mocking your spouse, the "Wife bad" mentality. 


My father and his friend got together and were talking about how their partners were stupid for liking a YouTube smoothie guy and how stupid women were and it was just really sad to see. 


 Like if I thought someone was a moron and I didn't agree with their views and we fought all the time and I was miserable with them, I would just.... Not date or marry them. I can't imagine openly mocking my partner to my friends. I love and cherish him. I've been in relationships that made me miserable and I have no desire to do that again, i'd rather be single. 


I just do not get it .

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People settle too easily for a marriage where they just kinda tolerate each other: no genuine affection, no things in common, no connection on a deeper level. I personally can't imagine dating someone who isn't also my best friend.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Alternative medicine. No mom, you can't call a guy who can remotely heal your burn wound.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are the idiots who don't vaccinate their kids, so now we have Old World diseases like smallpox, measles, and mumps coming back in droves and even more deadly than the were originally. Of course the most virulent strains survived and are freely allowed to multiply because mom and dad can't read a valid scientific study.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Treating your daughters different than your sons, and playing favoritism with certain kids.

Example 1: My mom couldn’t even drive me to school to complete my high school diploma after we moved in the middle of my sophomore year to another side of town, yet my grown a*s almost 25 year old brother (who isn’t even in college) lives and works with her and enjoys daily rides to work as well as the gym these days.

Example 2: My Dad bought all 5 of his kids cars when they came of age except me. I was one of 6 at the time on his side, and he went on to have 3 more. He also bought his d**g addict girlfriend at the time a new SUV. I caught the bus until I joined the military and saved up for a lemon, and then a slightly better lemon to get me to graduation.

The sheer resentment that I have for both my parents till this day is sad. I hope this goes away soon with age. Not everyone deserves kids, but no kid deserves to feel less than or not good enough. That s**t 100% effects you in adulthood until you learn how to silence it.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister is still the favorite. I have absolutely NO relationship with her and resent her till the end of time because she thinks she's better than me. I was treated like c**p. The double standard was so unfair it still eats at me to this day

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Not talking about any negative emotions. They could handle me being happy but anytime I was sad, upset, depressed? Nope, they didn’t want to see it/deal with it. My mom would even say, “What the hell do you have to be so upset about?”


Also, not showing affection or saying I love you. Years ago, my brother was admitted to the hospital. We didn’t know what was wrong with him and it was scary. I had been crying and my dad was very upset, too. As we were walking out of the hospital together, I went to reach for his hand. I thought it would be comforting, a sign that I would be there for him. He ripped his hand away from mine so fast. I was stunned and never tried to do that ever again.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With A college degree is everything. Sure, it's important. But degrees are generally extremely specific nowadays. Years ago I got a side job to pay off debts in the dining hall of a retirement home. When I told my parents this in passing conversation, my dad scoffed and said I should have applied to RUN the entire facility. Um, the current director has a MASTERS in management with an emphasis in geriatric care. My degree in X would never even get me an interview.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've got multiple degrees in a very important and useful field and I STILL can't get a goddamn job.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Stopping by someone’s house to visit, unannounced.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Being 4 hours early to the airport, i think everyone can relate here.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could get away with arriving half an hour before 30 years ago. After 9-11 need at least two and three or four for international flights

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Company loyalty. My boomer dad can’t fathom a world where we better our livelihood by taking better paying jobs at a different company every few years. For his generation, staying at one company your entire career was a huge flex.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our son has worked for the U.S. military, the government, and at a rocket/satellite company as an IT (actually much more, but that's what I can post). He told me, "Dad, if I stay at the same job for over 5 years, then I'm considered "out of date", and will never get hired at another place."

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Drinking and Driving, my friends' parents would pick me up with a scotch on the rocks! Ashtrays full of smokes!

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think technology has given us a lot more awareness of how impaired someone can be without seeming too drunk. Computerized driving simulators have allowed them to test/measure reflexes of people with no alcohol vs small amounts. They have shown pretty clearly that someone doesn't have to be "sloshed" to have reduced reaction times / make poor driving decisions.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With They don't accept a person getting married before their elder siblings. My dad said that he wouldn't look at my face ever again if I do that, and that I would only be a shame for them. Well, guess we'll have a problem there. Cause my elder brother is against marriage. Not that I care about my dad threatening to never show respect to me ever again, he never did, anyways :D.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was considered old fashioned in Jane Austen's time, I've never heard of this in my lifetime.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Spanking.

I am actually estranged from my parents and relatives over this issue as my mother wanted me to spank my son with a paddle when his ADHD was diagnosed and we did not spank him at all. I was spanked religiously as a child, to the point where a family therapist we went to when I was 13 or 14 told my mother to try spanking me MORE. (this would have been in 1988 or 89) but my mother does not consider it abuse, which I do, and as a result she thinks I believe I was abused and refuses to talk to me.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even for late 80’s this was unusual. Sounds like religious cult

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Keeping batteries in the fridge.

My parents still do this. Apparently this was a belief from a long time ago that batteries would last longer if they are kept in the fridge. But I can't get it out of their mind that the batteries shouldn't be in the fridge.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was not a "belief". It was scientific fact. Except it is no longer true because battery chemistry has changed a lot over the decades. But it hasn't been true for ages. It was true for zinc-carbon batteries, but those started being replaced by alkaline batteries in the 50s. So for most of you reading this, this was never true in your life times.

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Finishing everything on your plate before you're allowed to get up from the table. Causes overeating, and promotes an unhealthy relationship with food. If we had chosen to have kids, I would *never* ask this of my kids, and if they hated a side option or main option, I would simply make something else for them. I say this as a person with bad food sensory issues and a very unhealthy relationship with food (and fear of new foods). I was dx with autism recently, and it makes me irate I was forced to shove food in my pockets to hide it or feed it to the dog so I could get up from the table.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad you can afford to simply make something else for them. There was a time when my parents were so poor that you either ate what was in front of you or you didn't eat. I don't disagree that forcing a child to finish their entire plate is unhealthy.

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#31

30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Waiting until marriage for sex.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My parents were children of the 60s, I don't think this was an issue.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Fat shaming.

YES MOTHER I KNOW I’VE PUT ON A FEW POUNDS YOU DON’T HAVE TO POINT IT OUT.

Making comments about someone’s physical appearance is not as acceptable these days as it once was.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not as acceptable as it was, but still has a looooong way to go. People, including a lot of progressives, still consider fat people fair game because we allegedly can just decide not to be fat, right?

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Making kids hug family members just because they are family.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hug your grandparents goodbye. I hated that because of where his hands would go. I mentioned it to my mom years later, I didn't even completely saying the end of the sentence. My mom said he did it to her, and others, it just never occurred to her that he would be doing it to the children also.

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Not my parents but a lot of friend’s parents: being rude to service workers. Yeah, they’re there to help you but they don’t work *for* you nor are they your servants.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn't happen then or now but I'd say this is more of a now problem then a 'back when norm".

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Calling me out of the blue and being upset when I don't answer. I don't get this one because they grew up in a time where it was perfectly normal to not have caller ID and not have an answering machine (I myself did, in fact) - if you called and I wasn't home and within earshot of someone calling for me, you didn't speak to me until I call you back (assuming you also are available) at that time. But we didn't get upset over it, unless it was the 3rd or 4th time in a row. Phone tag.

Now I get the worst of both worlds: unexpected calls and frustration when I don't pick up. Just text me to ask if I can chat. Otherwise, I assume it's an emergency; no one calls out of the blue unless it is.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sounds like reverse “not anymore “. 😄

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Considering yelling, screaming and violent acts of anger normal.

So many older couples joke about their wives hitting them if they are home late from the bar, joking about how their husband threw their phone at the wall when he was pissed off like it’s funny.

I had an older lady at work I tell me how she picked up a bbq chicken for a quick dinner and her husband threw it at the wall because he was sick of eating chicken, she laughed and said he’s just a character.

Honey, he’s not a character he’s an a*****e.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Duuuuude (or dudette), this was NEVER the "norm". If it was for you then it says more about your circles of people than it does about change in society. At least in the USA.

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Treating children as if they are an extension of themselves instead of as fully functioning entities with their own wants, needs, desires and dreams.

I will NEVER invalidate my son's feelings and experiences the way mine were and continue to be.

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My personal favorite is hearing as a kid from relatives when I did something my mom didn't like " Do you know what you are doing to you Mother?!" Lol. No I'm not doing anything to her. I'm being myself. I just wasn't anything like her or anyone else in that family. Pound sand all of you. That's why I don't attend events with anyone. I can do things fine in my room.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Just overall living standards. The house is breaking down. Parts of the ceiling missing, mold growing, ants all over. Nothing I do or say convinces them it shouldn’t be like this. They like to give me the “when you have kids we’ll watch em” and in my mind I’m like yeah, definitely not here.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do they have the money for repairs? Are they physically able to fix those things? Having that info would be important before passing judgement

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Being so utterly afraid and paranoid of basically everyone in public that you assume everyone who has a interaction with you secretly want something from you or wants to hurt you or abuse you or something like that

Yeah that one programmed in a lot of social anxiety that I'm really having to fight hard as an adult

Turns out most people in public aren't out to get you or scam you or kill you or rob you or murder you Most of them are just other average people going about their equally average lives. And most of the people that are doing more in nefarious stuff usually have some others signs that they are less than favorable people

It's weird cuz like my mom wasn't like agoraphobic or locked herself in her room all day she seemed to have a fine enough time going out in public and like shopping and going to work and whatever else but at the same time she basically frequently preached and seemed to truly believe the idea that basically everyone out there is out to get ahead of you maliciously, or was looking to scam you or trick you or c**p like that.

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Being able to retire early on your savings.

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We never said I love you. Which is really strange because my parents were wonderful loving people, and I always felt very loved, but we just never said the words.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My parents said I love you all the time. Unfortunately they didn't act like they loved me. I would rather feel loved, then hear the words.

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Screaming at each other over literally any conflict, no matter how minor.
Getting out of the car and walking home like an idiot.

Sharing all the bad s**t your spouse does with your kid instead of, I don't know, keeping a lid on it like an adult! And just talking directly to your spouse.

Jesus, the stress.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All the time! Taking it out on your kids too. Treating your kids like your shrink/ bartender wasn't fun.

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Growing up we had a sock basket and after every load came out of the dryer the socks were just thrown into the basket. It was up to you to find two matching socks when you needed. It wasn't until I moved and started doing my own laundry that I started pairing socks and putting them in a drawer.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just have large quantities of two types of sock (summer and winter) and still never bother pairing them. They live in two separate homogeneous communities. 🙂

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Keeping the TV on ALL DAY LONG, even during dinner. It seemed normal growing up with it, but now it’s so jarring whenever I visit them.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Growing up, I didn't understand why my mom did this (or if the TV wasn't on, the radio was). As an adult who spent the last four years as basically a hermit (thanks, CO‍VID!) I get it. It can get disturbingly quiet & lonely being in a house by yourself all day long.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With My mother has this unbelievably crazy system for sorting colors for laundry. It's not just whites, lights, and darks. It seems like every color of the rainbow gets a pile. Also, everything goes in the dryer.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everything goes in regardless of color. I'm not spending all day doing laundry.

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With Gossiping about everyone.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, they didn't have social media, where the vague equivalent is done, just across a wider community.

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Waiting an absurdly long amount of time before seeking medical treatment.

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My dad pays his bills by mailing a check. I haven't used a check in ages.

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Steaming my vegetables only. That's the only way my mother cooked vegetables until I showed her that I saute. Now she sautes vegetables.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom boiled every vegetable that could be boiled and used zero seasoning. Just a mushy mess.

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Driving really short distances. Its not that strange that I'd rather walk 20 minutes than drive for 5. Parking and fuel are expensive.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want to walk the mile to the market, but the heat and air quality in the summer causes me breathing problems, and it's not the safest neighborhood in town. Sometimes there are circumstances that make walking even a short distance impossible.

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My mum obsesses over her weight every summer and only eats lettuce for a few weeks until she gives up. She's barely even 5 kg overweight, if at all.


oh and she smokes in the bathroom and during parties all the smokers gather in the kitchen under an open window. always was disgusted by that.

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Going to church.

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Corporal punishment for children. I actually thought it was “normal” for the majority of my childhood, but yeah, no.

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Alcoholism.

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Constantly complaining about people from the "rich" part of town.

I grew up poor and my parents were always talking s**t about the "snobs". I was raised to dislike the "rich" kids (they weren't rich, they were just middle class) and I was a b***h about it. (Especially "ew preppies" was a think with my friend group).

The thing was, those kids were not the ones that bullied me. Some were really nice, one was even surprised and argued she wasn't preppy when she got called one by my friend.

My assumption was my parents were disliked by these kids parents back when they were in school for valid reasons. And instead of asking how they could better themselves, they blamed their lack of financial planning on those people instead of taking accountability.

It really wasn't until I was an adult that I realized how messed up it was and I probably would have had a wider social circle if I hadn't had a chip on my shoulder.

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In rural Midwest, we had “farm dogs”. Dogs that basically lived outside 90% of the time, and then came in during extreme weather.

Of course, they had free rein of the barns and yard and stuff, but were only partially house broken.

As a dog owner now, that seems so crazy to me.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Farm dog life can be very good for big dog breeds tho. Better than locking them I'm small cages inside tiny apartments all day long

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30 Things Parents Think Are Normal That Their Kids No Longer Agree With My parents will go swimming anywhere that remotely resembles a beach.

What if it is made of slippery rocks covered in smelly seaweed? Yup.

What if the beach has sharp rocks, likely to cut your foot? Doesn't matter.

What if the beach is made of mud or clay? Believe it or not, straight to swimming.

What if you need to walk through 30 yards of itchy grass? Of course, swimming will help make it less itchy.

I think they've changed their standards after I pointed out that some family friends agreed to come swimming with us, then decided not to swim when they saw the location.

To be clear, I respect their "who cares?" Attitude. However I also think that most people would agree not to swim near the town's gross storm drainage.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mr Auntriarch recalls a swimming style called "canal stroke" . You didn't put your face under water.

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Coffee pot in the bedroom.

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Empathy. My parents are both very objective and I thought everyone was like that. The first time I learned about a death in someone else' family, I shrugged and said "Okay. What else is new?" because I didn't realize the correct response was "I'm sorry to hear that". My family would just "so and so is dead" "...cool"

Or when I was invited to an elementary school birthday party, I thought money was an appropriate gift because who doesn't like money? Turns out it's weird to do that...

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Politics. Everywhere. The news is always on. Whatever the rage bait headline is for the day is at the dinner table. I got yelled at for saying something (very surface-level and unrelated to any policy) positive about a president my parents didn't like when I was little. I wrote a poem in elementary school about a complex political policy that my parents didn't like and always complained about at home, having no idea what it really was and just using the buzzword title. I have to watch what I say because it can easily be misconstrued as a verbal political attack on their beliefs.

I didn't realize anyone grew up in an environment where they didn't know their parents' political views or where having a talk about politics was a serious and eventful conversation. I didn't have the self-awareness to realize that most kids do not (or at least did not in those less politically-charged years) in fact go around elementary school giving opinions (or more like their parents' opinions that they parrot) about buzzwords from the news. I didn't realize that most people do not put political campaign signs in their yards. I now realize that none of this is normal, but it took until high school, when it was far too late to go back on the damage I'd done to my image in elementary and middle school.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! My parents never had any of these screwed up attitudes and ideas. I guess I was lucky and raised well.

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