Ya what the hell is that?? Like I didn't ask to be born.

Children should never be used as weapons against the other parent. No matter what happened. Be a grown up.Just don't do that, it made my siblings and I have issues.

If your child perceives that they can do no wrong, they will proceed to do very little right.

I’m genuinely curious about this. I live in the US and there are strict child labor laws regarding child actors. If parents are monetizing their children on video on the reg, are they/shouldn’t they be held to the same standards?

My mom constantly makes fun of me for being interested in science (more specifically astronomy) as she believes that almost everything astronomers say is false. She says that the universe is 5000 years old and the big bang is not real, aliens are not possible, evolution is false etc.

My dad “attacks” me from the behind with a hug and that makes me panic a lot. He says he does this because I’m “not a loving person” because I hate being hugged.

This is child abuse! Poor kid

My dad loves to yell at my family in public. There was one time where I started talking loudly without realising so my mom told me to be quiet but my dad started shouting and mimicking me loudly so I started crying and more people started to look at us. Why is he like that?

I’m adopted. My mom spent my entire life, since early childhood, telling me that my biological mom is a “druggie” and a “junkie” and an “alcoholic” and that I’d end up just like her. (And that I should be “grateful” that she’d adopted me.) After my dad’s death two years ago, amidst a really bad period of time with my boyfriend, I found out some of my co-workers had access to drugs and I started using. I also got blackout drunk a few times. I figured since my mom always said I was “definitely” to become a junkie after all, I might as well use drugs. Good work, Mom, looks like I became a “druggie” and “junkie” after all, just like you told me I would! (The good news: I’m 7 months clean and sober! I’m more than my adoptive mom’s prophecies.)

We are all human. We make mistakes. Own your mistakes. Grow as a person. Your child will learn to be stronger. You will be stronger.

My dad thought that if we feared him that meant we respected him. Wrong. Fear is not respect. We feared and hated him.

This kind of b******t also happens to the kids after they’re all grown up. I have had too many a*****e authoritarian bosses who pulled stunts like this—-and heaven forbid you ask them to clarify what they want. They get pissed off because they either don’t have the vocabulary to clarify what they want, or think you asking them to do it is disrespectful, as if turning in work that’s not what they wanted isn’t disrespectful—-unless it’s in the context of you robbing them of an opportunity to rant and rave at you. I am not psychic, and even if I was I couldn’t see through all the s**t inside their craniums. When I was young, I didn’t ask because I didn’t want to get yelled at, but got yelled at anyway because it wasn’t what the boss wanted. Then I got older and bolder, and would ask clarifying questions. If they yelled, I then asked them if they want it done correctly or not; I’m glad to give it to them either way, but really think they’d prefer it to be right. Believe it or not, that got me a bit of respect from some of the a******s. But it also put me on the others’ s**t lists. I preferred to take that risk, tbh.

My parents just think it’s a waste of time and money getting diagnosis for their 2 kids. My brother has always struggled in school and the teachers told them to consider getting a diagnosis but they didn’t listen and instead tried to beat him and yell. It didn’t work as you’d expect and he’s struggling socially as everyone thinks he’s weird

This is touchy. My daughter got diagnosed with Global Developmental Delay at 18 months cos the Public Health Nurse and my Baby First Home Visitor (a requirement solely because I was under 18 when I had her) noticed she was struggling with her motor skills, such as not able to catch a ball by a year and half, and she was running into walls as if she didn't see them, and other odd things. If I there wasn't anyone to witness and help monitor her development progress, she would've had a very late and terrible time getting an assessment and diagnosis, or none at all. For all I know I may have the same thing or something similar, but my mom insists there's "nothing wrong" with me and I've never been assessed for a learning disability. Since my province's healthcare is a shell of what it used to be, it's been very tough and expensive for adults to get mental and developmental assessments.

My parents did this. They suspected something was going on, whilst growing up and chose to ignore it.

My parents couldn't deal with the notion they'd birthed anything less than a perfect child, so they figured they could belittle/scold the autism/ADHD out of me.

My dad is a teacher for special needs kids, and many parents absolutely ignore reality. They are still fantasising about how smart their kid is, while 8yo Kevin can't talk in full sentences. Especially development issues and Autism are completely ignored by some parents. Interestingly enough parents are always glad when their kid gets diagnosed with ADHD. Parents often have problems to keep them under control.

I have family that have done both. One the parents fought like beasts to get their kids the help they needed and the other who didn't wanna label their kid. Guess whose doing reallllly great and whose not doing so well?

Yea I'm not even gonna tell my parents I think I *might* be autistic because idk if they'd believe me lol

At age 32 I have gotten the diagnosis of having OCD and ADD. But in order for that to happen I first had to go through a giant burnout in my last job. I'm still recovering from it two years later. I have recently realized that I have been masking and adapting myself all my life to meet expectations from others. It just f***s with your brain. My parents don't understand. They regularly ask me whether I can get off my prescribed medication already while I may have to take this medication for the rest of my life just to be a barely functioning adult in this f*cked up modern society which wasn't built for people like me.

I fear this is me. I always pay attention to any concerns he has and take him in but the last time he was at the dentist they wanted me to take him to the orthodontist. I can't possibly afford braces for him, I can barely afford to feed the both of us with grocery prices so high right now

Sometimes it's that they cannot afford the docs/therapies/meds. It's not always deliberate sabotage if you don't have insurance and live in the US. Just saying

"Back in my day they just beat our a**, we didn't need no medicine."

I have no qualms grilling someone else's kid. Someone's gotta teach them. Meet the village. I'm part of that village.

love this movie!

Did you? Really?! But ,that doesn't explain why your children don't like you.

In my childhood, it was TV.

This happened to me, twice, and actually I think my parents did the right thing at the time. I would just stand in my room and slam my door over and over and over again when I was upset, so they took it away, for like a week each time. It helped me to realize that I needed to talk thru what was bothering me.

Well I’m the kid and I don’t know me either

The excuse I was given was , that's how her mother was. I wouldn't want to do that to any child.

We are the other way. Our son can go into a meltdown if he makes a mistake so we have to calm him down and tell him it’s ok. Mistakes are how we learn. Just try again when you want to.

My mom is a jehovah witness and a bigot. Two of her kids are being shunned. It's sad my nephew can't meet his aunt or uncle and he's being brainwashed by the jw culture. I know a lot of kids have been molested and the watchtower society refuses to reveal abusers to the police.

Sometimes it’s better to come from a broken home than to live in one, especially if you’re a child. My parents did this too. Taught me absolutely nothing about what a good relationship looks like. As a result, my young adulthood was full of dead end or bad relationships. Took me until my later thirties to realize I needed to look for someone I really clicked with and be in a good working relationship, instead of ending up constantly being the only one trying to salvage bad relationships.

Yes and no. As long as you really want kids and want to give them a good life, sure. But if it's just to fill a void and have someone to live the life you wanted, no.

That expression must mean something entirely different in those parts of the world. Here, it would be incestuous and illegal.

cry. The family believed she was just a cold hearted woman.

Even more points if they then proceed to b***h about how hard it is to put the baby to sleep, and a few years later b***h about the dental bills.

it just makes kids deathly afraid of any stranger ever, and makes it impossible to talk to people. trust me, i know 😔

For the love of life!! Please!!! Never do that!! So sad when that happens! I'm begging you to please be aware of the danger!!