I swear this was initially an embarrassment tactic for the boys to stop pestering girls and it originally stopped being said to the boys at "courting" age. (I put quotes because it's so cheesy and old-fashioned to say "courting", and not something I say normally.)

I didn't have a safe place to talk about anything, so I made sure I am the safe place for my kid, too. Nothing will shock me. I will not judge, just listen. However, some things do need to be talked about no matter if anyone wants to hear it or not.

This hits hard. It was the teachers and daycare staff that were saying this trash to me, though. My mom sorta ignored it and thought I was doing something to cause other kids to bully me. No support. Nothing. This carries into adulthood. Eventually you stop caring what other people think but there is a stronger need to be heard the loudest, so you end up repeating the injustices you experience in life to friends and family until they acknowledge your plight, which never happens because you're being a downer, an attention-seeker, and a boring repeater. But you're not really trying to be any of that. You just want to understand why people are shitty towards you of all people.

I don't know this guy's story or where he comes from, if he's homeless or has a home and struggling with something. I was at Subway and saw him chatting with the staff. He left with nothing. As soon as I started asking what he wanted they said he wanted food, and that he comes in frequently and they used to give him free food but can't continue doing that. I was going to buy him something if that was the case. I was a bit hesitant hearing that it's been a regular occurrence but then I thought I've been homeless and hungry before. Why the hell not. I bought a $10 gift card for them to use it towards him the next time he shows up. If he doesn't show up, someone's got a free gift card regardless and that is just fine.

Same here. Mine barely uses basic manners with me. She does with everyone else. Just not me.

I wish I had more access to electronics and the computer and internet.

My grandad taught me that respect is earned, there is no situation where respect is to be given just because. You don't just get respect from being old. He was a man I respected, and he earned it multiple times over.

Mmm, nothing says good parenting like force-feeding :)

I had a tendency of crying to easily when i was younger so now nobody takes me seriously when i am in visible distress

I'm quite skilful when it comes to wasting time ... continues opening a few more boredpanda articles

What the actual f**k

Cowards? They are anything but cowards, they feel all powerful because they literally massacre children who have done nothing to them, well hidden behind the school garbage cans. And if by some miracle this child manages to talk about it, to a teacher or a supervisor, these assholes are smart enough to make everyone believe that it was you who started it and WORST that you deserved it. A "big" (12) girl from daycare (I was 6/7 years old) spent three years telling me every night "your mother is dead, she won't come to get you, she will never come back". It created anxieties in me that I still feel today... But Go die Sarah!!!!

Or any "negative" thoughts and topics.

Aaaaaaaaand that's how you get to be punished (in the best case) for something as trivial as having forgotten to start the washing machine for the mother-in-law...

My "best friend" when I was a teenager (15), told me that in love or in friendship, if we didn't suffer, it wasn't real... Yeah, of course...

This basically tells children that their opinions, experiences and feelings are invalid and their parents don't care about them. Good strategy if you want your adult children never to talk to you again.

Wholesome ending :)

such a cold blooded hard hearted person, no offence.

Not always.

bullshite. so what if they're gay? if ya got a problem don't look. just live under a freaking rock your entire life

And some elderly folks wonder why their family dumped them in a care home and don't want to contact them again.

Indeed

Let me guess? Religious parents? Why are they SO obsessed with sex & punishment?

yeah im always called ungrateful or selfish or the "dont you know what we have done for you" when i stand up to their abuse

Just like I said last time, NOT ALWAYS!

Any discrimination based on skin color is racism. There are no exceptions.

Hear it often how "smart" I am. Compared to whom? Dk.

I'm a janitor at a very very nice college just so my daughter can have a free education.

Hahahahahaha! 😏🤮

That's because it used to be that way. My cost for state college in the 70's was about $1,000 a year. Granted, wages were lower, but $4k debt is not overwhelming.

To be fair, people saying that are usually basing this on how things were when they were on college, when this often was the case. That advice is less wrong and more outdated.

Yeah, get a degree in gender studies or art history. That'll get you far. Those loans will be paid off in no time

HA

‘You’re so smart!’ As if it’s a character trait! Once I had kids I realized that being smart is less important than being compassionate, creative, and willing to learn. Growing up, being smart was all important and when I couldn’t do something I felt like a failure as an adult. It took me years to realize that learning always trumps knowing. Being willing to learn and possibly fail is always smarter than quitting because you don’t already know how to do something.

My parents told me this. I'm 69 and I'm still paying student loans.

Yeah but by now I may have kids a house a family bills a car and have to maybe take care of my family. Where do you expect me to get the money to pay of thousands if not millions (depending on the college) of dollars.

What are the interest rates on these loans??? Pay off a 400,000 dollar house in 30 years but can't pay 28,500 for college. It just proves people who hang their degrees in cubicle walls are dumber than the paper it's written on

Not true! It took me forever to pay off my loans.

Yeh, how may people do you know who actually went into the field they went to school for? Or walked into a non entry-level position?

Hahaha hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah sure ok

AHAHAHAHA

Define few

It's the LAW!!!

Every parent should aspire for their kids to be better than them not the same