and waterparks too. Lifeguards are not your f*****g babysitters (lifeguard heree)

Those who film and then post punishing their kids are the worst. What on earth are they trying to convey? Poor kids

I´ll never understand that.

Don't forget those trying for a specific gender. My parents had five boys. I am pretty sure for the last three of us they were trying for a girl. Also, if the first born is a girl she ends up being the second mom completely robbing her of her childhood.

It's traditional in many cultures. More kids ==> more chance some will survive to their reproductive years. Small families result from prosperity and medical care.

Exactly... Cannot manage yourself? How will you manage even one kid? And then such people judge others who either cannot have kids or don't want them for obvious reasons.

My uncle has eleven kids. This is exactly what happened. The older kids end up resenting their parents cause they can't be kids. They have to be parents.

Duggers

This is a social artifact that needs to go away. You used to have 8 kids because it took way too many people to work a farm to keep everyone from starving to death. 5 of those kids would never reach adulthood. 12 year old Nancy is taking care of 3 year old John because mom is bedridden with a child to replace 14 year old Gertrude who died from dysentery.

For so many that number is 1.

Come on. That guy in the picture has three children, that's common and absolutely fine. He also takes care of all three of them. Really bad choice of Illustration. Having many children is not per se trashy - it's how you take care of them. My mother in law had five children and they were always very well taken care of, as my wife can attest.

See it all the time in fundamentalist /Evangelical families.

Duggers come to mind!

Sooo true! Not fair!

Now that Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court have made it possible to outlaw abortion (by overturning the Roe v Wade decision) their next target will be Griswold v Connecticut, which got rid of laws prohibiting birth control. If these maniacs get their way, you may not have a choice about the size of your family.

that has been happening for generations --- but before vaccines and penicillin you had to have lots of kids because a few would probably die of diseases

My Aunt (whom I haven’t spoken to in years), bred Persian cats. The cats got fed good food, her daughters lived off noodles as teenagers. The cats had the best medication while the daughters had worms/lice. The daughters would accidentally step in cat sh!t while going to the bathroom and then using wadded toilet paper for sanitary products because my aunt couldn’t afford what every teen girl needs.

My daughter has a friend whose parents are like this, they have 8 kids and most of the time the oldest sister and brother are caring for the little ones

My parents had the right idea and had me and my brother 18 months apart so I was in an established routine and I wasn’t demanding attention 24/7. I had a neighbour at one point with 7 kids one of the youngest has Down syndrome and others had mental health issues and the mum had to rely on the eldest daughter to make sure everyone was looked after, she had no childhood and it got worse for her when mental health issues were diagnosed as she was expected to know how to care for them just as much as the mother

Children have ZERO ability to control what their parents are sharing. Let’s not forget little Timmy most likely doesn’t want his weenie and bootie all over the internet for people to see

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Trashy parent !

This should be #1.

i work in a pub restaurant and ppl just do it there and leave the nappy, i never see them do it just the nappy, i wouldnt mind but its a small pub and the toilets arent miles away

Or as mini-them whom they try to force to lead the life they couldn't

Some people don't deserve children.

I have never seen or had a teacher behave so rudely. On the contrary, it’s usually the parents who behave badly.

South?

Exactly how my father treats my brother, acting as if he did no wrong all the time

lol yeah thats why i dont talk to my parents, took me a long time to break the cycle,

Should be forbidden everywhere.

Or play games

Don’t you have a telephone? Call CPS. You will be anonymous.

What about those who pull pranks on their children putting it online. Nothing like breaking your child's trust in you then humiliating them by putting it on the internet. That's some good parenting right there.

I don’t agree with piercing babies ears either - why does a baby need earrings?? When the kid gets older and asks it’s fine but to me it’s just another thing you need to look after.

If you knowingly give s**t like that to a minor, you belong in jail.

YES!!! REMEMBER 15 or more cats or 15 or more dogs or a combination of dogs and cats that add up to 15 or more IS A Hoarding Case! Call animal control or 911!

...or of their parent.

Same here. I must have stunk to high hell to others ... It was different times.

Twerking is f*****g weird by itself.

And years later they are surprised that the kids do exactly the same.

my parents were opposite, they didnt thnk and still dont think i can do anything good

When my son first started school, we kept him home any time he had a slightly raised temperature. The school actually called us in for a meeting to see what was going on. Turns out we were being over cautious. The school said to only keep him home if his temperature is over 38C and the thermometer goes amber.

This might mean they come from an under-privileged family. It isn't very fair to jump to conclusions, you never know what they may be going through Edit: I do concur that basic hygiene is affordable, thank you everyone who pointed this out. :) I was suggesting that some of these scenarios aren't necessarily a sign of bad parenting

Except maybe poverty and the only food they can afford is fast food and snacks? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/09/poverty-causes-obesity-low-income-families-need-to-be-better-off-to-eat-well

If I went to a babysitting job and saw a five year old with a diaper and a pacifier, my first thought would be that need to have a gentle conversation with the parents to find out why, as it's important to know so I can provide adequate care. I worked as a kindergarten teacher for a decade and the only five year olds I saw in diapers all had some form of disability.

Having one isn't a problem, treating them like one is. My just a little bit favourite will never know.

Most especially while threatening bodily harm to them. I remember being in my car, ready to leave a store, and seeing a young father with his small children. When I heard him angrily threaten to “F**k you up” to one of his kids, I stuck around to be sure he didn’t lash out. If he had, I would’ve called 911, while calling him out (damn right I get involved when I see s**t like that—-I’m old, I look like everybody’s Mom, and I have no more f***s to give). Couple minutes later, he apologized to the child, and said he shouldn’t have said that. Granted, it was already said, but at least he apologized. I felt OK to leave then.