Parenting is one of those topics that it seems like everyone has strong opinions on. A Reddit thread that asks, “What screams ‘I’m a bad parent?’” has gone viral. With more than 22-thousand responses, it seems a lot of people have feelings on this subject. These are some of the biggest parenting red flags, according to Reddit:
- “Using your kid as therapy and then getting upset when they have issues regulating their emotions.”
- “Not believing in telling your children ‘no’”
- “Your adult children don’t talk to you”
- “Parents who can’t apologize to a child. It’s ok to have human emotions and moments to be triggered or struggling and lash out or be wrong but for the love of all things good APOLOGIZE AND CHANGE.”
- “Invalidating your child's feelings, struggles, and/or mental illness in favor of ‘you don't know what struggling really is’ or some form of ‘back in my day’ or ‘you kids are so weak’”
- “I absolutely hate when adults tell other adults their children’s shameful secrets for no reason. even strangers! “
- “Treating your son as the man of the house because you’re single”
- “Not giving the kids rights/privacy”
- “Treating your kid as your therapist”
- “Blaming your own mistakes and regrets on your kids”
- “Recording your child while they're having a meltdown/tantrum and posting it on social media (for likes, clout, assurance or whatnots, no idea what they're thinking)”
- “Smoking in the car with the kids inside”
- “Picking favorites”
- “Living vicariously through them”
- “Saying yes to everything instead of teaching them how to handle being told ‘no’”
- “Making your kid think being rude or crass is cute and funny”
- “Dropping your kid at a skatepark with a scooter and saying ‘go play’”
- “Ironically, never thinking you're a bad parent.”
Source: Reddit