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Discussion What Did Your Parents Do That You've Sworn You'll Never Do To Your Own Kids? (3 Viewers)

Discussion What Did Your Parents Do That You've Sworn You'll Never Do To Your Own Kids?
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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
 
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Brutal dnr'd

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
not making their kids do sports. i wish i started playing sports earlier
 
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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Locking me up when I was 9 in the bathroom and turning off the lights because five minutes earlier I started screaming when the lights went off (I had fear of darkness. Whatever the fancy scientific nams of that is)
 
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Locking me up when I was 9 in the bathroom and turning off the lights because five minutes earlier I started screaming when the lights went off (I had fear of darkness. Whatever the fancy scientific nams of that is)
bro wtf that's insane
 

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bro wtf that's insane
Ik was there for hours I'm not even kidding. They were already mad about something earlier in the day if I recall correctly.
 
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Ik was there for hours I'm not even kidding. They were already mad about something earlier in the day if I recall correctly.
Damn

once when I was like 5-6 yo my mom put a spoon full of red chilli powder in my mouth cuz I was crying too much cuz she scolded me jfl
 

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Break up, manipulatively talk bad about the other, shout slurs and say they hate their children, also denying pharmaceutical care
 

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Damn

once when I was like 5-6 yo my mom put a spoon full of red chilli powder in my mouth cuz I was crying too much cuz she scolded me jfl
That's arguably worse the spiciest shit I can take Is salt
 
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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Give them hgh at 10 and roids with ai at 16.
 
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Damn

once when I was like 5-6 yo my mom put a spoon full of red chilli powder in my mouth cuz I was crying too much cuz she scolded me jfl
yeah my mom put a very hot spoon with ice in my mouth, then she let it melt, i think i was like 10-11 yrs old.
 
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Just loudly arguing with each other each night and that typa shit
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
there was a solid 2 years were my mother would yell at me every night about how i needed to tested for autism so i could be "fixed" she would also yell at me for wanting get a job she said "i wasn't mentally capable for doing simple tasks so she'd never let me work" she'd yell at me for shit i did years ago or bring up things i did many years ago while yelling at me. if i made any form of counter argument, she'd loss her shit and go on a spew on how she actually loved and that i hated her.
 
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there was a solid 2 years were my mother would yell at me every night about how i needed to tested for autism so i could be "fixed" she would also yell at me for wanting get a job she said "i wasn't mentally capable for doing simple tasks so she'd never let me work" she'd yell at me for shit i did years ago or bring up things i did many years ago while yelling at me. if i made any form of counter argument, she'd loss her shit and go on a spew on how she actually loved and that i hated her.
Damn that's rough
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Beating me up everyday for "discipline"
 

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reproduce
 

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i wish i didn't tweak my lat i really want to hit a lift
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Blame me for everything they do
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
I got punched
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
My mom used to ⭐️ve me when i was like 7, no wonder I'm lean 🗿👌🏻
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
not making them only eat natural food, get braces, wearing unnatural sunscreen...
 
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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
let me buy an audi
 
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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Make them learn a instrument
 

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Make them learn a instrument
I agree
I grew up playing sports but I wasn’t super talented
My parents gave me the choice to learn a instrument (my dad played the guitar piano and violin)
Or learn a sport
I picked a sport and I regret it so much
In the music field you don’t have to be the best of the best to really enjoy it or show your talent
Now I’m struggling to learn instruments now
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
Im noticing it more recently, but especially during covid. Parents need to spend more time bonding with their children, they work for like the entire day and come home late and during covid me personally I had some incredible bonding time with my dad which really changed my future outcome
 

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feeding them junk food + getting really drunk and shouting at them
 
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I agree
I grew up playing sports but I wasn’t super talented
My parents gave me the choice to learn a instrument (my dad played the guitar piano and violin)
Or learn a sport
I picked a sport and I regret it so much
In the music field you don’t have to be the best of the best to really enjoy it or show your talent
Now I’m struggling to learn instruments now
My bad… I meant to say “not teaching your kid how to play a insturnment.”-It helps with pattern recogniton and neuroplasticity..
 
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feeding them junk food + getting really drunk and shouting at them
Very common in impoverished households
It’s either you’re on a farm with a healthy diet
Or in the slums getting yelled at
 

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What parenting habits did you witness growing up that you knew, even as a child, were completely wrong?

Things that made you think, no parent should ever do this, and that you've promised yourself you'll never repeat with your own kids (if you have them).
not giving me meat because i didnt like it i drinked titty milk till i was 5 or 6 i dont remember wasnt so bad tho cuz it wasnt milk formula +they made me obese but i fixed that
 

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