Kids are overhated, amirite?

I first read this as overrated and was confused by the story haha.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not gonna lie, same. I had to go back and read it like 3 times

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Same and I'm guessing 90% of people read it that way.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I read like five times "overheated"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No wonder kids love water parks..

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I did to and I was reading it like "WDYM OVERHEATED-ohh over hated yea ok this makes sense" I hate my brain sometimes 🧍‍♀️

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Samee here xD

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I also read it as overrated and was like "damn right they are". Disappointment set in quickly soon after

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I read this as overheated at first and did not understand what's all about.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Clearly written by an inexperienced kid. HATE THEM!!! /s

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I read overrated as well and was confused until I reread a couple of times

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Me too

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Haha me too but then I got confused about if OP is referring to ALL kids or about having your own kids. I like kids if they are not mine.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When I say "I hate kids." What I mean is "I hate being around kids." I wish no ill will on children. I just do not like being around them in the slightest

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Same. I wish them well. I hope they all have food and somewhere safe to live….away from me. They're boring.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You're a parent of two, aren't you?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who I love and adore and spend basically every minute of my life with besides when I'm working or sleeping. That said, I don't really enjoy being around other people's kids haha really dreading the kids' party scene when she starts school

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I love my kids, I do not love other people kids. Same can be said of adults to be fair.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I remember that. And other kids who hit my kid, or later, excluded my kid from the in group, oh boy, I did not like those kids. Now I have grandchildren. They are double extra special.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

2 cats.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Me too!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As a preschool teacher and someone who loves kids, 90% of the time when I hear people say "I hate kids" they're of your mindset and I completely understand that. It's the other 10% that makes me want to ask "who hurt you so badly that makes you go out of your way to be a dick to kids??"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

THANK YOU! Every person says I'm an asshole bc I don't like being around kids. They're chaotic and just a hassle to be around, which causes me so much stress. THAT'S THE WORD! They're stressful to be around.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

word. not to mention that as soon as you admit to getting stressed out by them people try to downplay it, replying with "well they stress me out too but i endure it" and "but they're just kids; they're small and learning" when that is NOT the point that one is trying to get accross 🙄

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This guy gets it

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Same. I do not like being around children. Also my sisters children totally changed my view on having children in general. All they do is cry over every little thing, they're sticky, make a constant mess and just.... unruly... yeah I don't like children. I don't wish bad on children I just don't want them around me which is why I chose not to have any.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Totally understand that. It's not everyone's cup of tea. I adore children in general. My day gets instantly a bit better if I see a child in the grocerie store. I love the way they are learning, inquisitive, honest, curious, hopeful etc. Too bad a lot of societies don't nurture a healthy growth in them, be it either spoiling, undermining or lack of support. But even I did not survive in a daycare job. Exhausting. But "hate" is a very strong word. Just say "I don't deal well with children"?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

See I can deal with them fine. I can smile and play with my brothers or friends kids but inside I truly just hate it and want them to go to bed so we can have adult time. It feels like I can't be myself when a kid is around and that stresses me out bad

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah, you just "endure". I do this with most adults actually heh

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I love my kids but I want to give them back sometimes too 🤣🤣

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If someone is passing moral judgments about children there's something wrong with them. That being said, I don't think anyone's dislike for children is personal. It's similar to literally anything that's a disruptive hassle.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This. While in college I did some volunteer work with kids ages 5-15. The boys around preteen ages (think 11-13 YO) we're an absolute nightmare to be around. I have nothing personal against them, I'm sure a lot of them are good kids. They're just the loudest, most obnoxious, and smelly group of people IMO.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Have you ever met football fans? Give me a train full of kids over a train full of football fans after match any day lol

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Exactly. I don't like children, I don't know how to act when a child is around and they've never really liked being around me. I have no interest in interacting with them, absolutely zero need or want to birth one, but that's it. I don't wish harm on them or think they're all dumb brats or something.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I started hating kids when I was a kid

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I was just sitting next to a family with 5 kids while at an airport. Reminded me why I don't want any.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They're "pverhated" because of stupid irresponsible parents. Used to work at a popular bakery and amount of parents who let their kids run/scream/mess around with products are insane.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah I can never understand people hating children I can understand being annoyed by a kid in a specific situation but I don't even want to understand someone who hates a child for being a child.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah, pretty much agree.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When people say it it's meant in the same way as ''I hate seagulls" or something. It's not about whether it's anybody's fault or anything, just that some people find seagulls screaming and tossing trash around annoying and that's it. There's not really much more to it. On the other hand some people love seagulls sometimes for those same exact reasons.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Noisy walking germ bags.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't hate children at all, I just really don't see myself working or being around them for too long mostly because I'm not an "adequate" person for it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't hate kids. I hate parents who can't control their children.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Children are meant to be taught, not controlled. Controlling parents make damaged adults. Keep that in mind.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Children are just little people. And people can be a variety of things including complete arseholes.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Fun story: little kid in front of me on the flight "had an accident". So I woke up to a kid's pee on my feet 🤢 I don't hate kids but that was disgusting

by Anonymous 1 year ago

just cuz "they're just kids and don't know better" doesn't make them less annoying you guys. i don't hate kids. i just dislike being around them a lot. it's overwhelming to me

by Anonymous 1 year ago

In general I like kids. Otherwise I would have an education in childhood development (pedagogy.) I'd say for the most part, kids in Denmark and southern Sweden (Malmø) are very well behaved. Obviously I can't talk for the rest of Sweden or Norway, but I doubt they're going to be any different. I've found that american parents tend to wrap their kids in bubblewrap and cotton, which ends up biting the kid in the ass and reinforcing bad behaviour.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As a parent, I can see why people don't like kids. Kids are a lot of work, and you're always scrutinized for your choices regarding your kids, so it's a lose-lose situation, no matter how you look at it. Parents also shoot themselves in the foot because they advocate for all places to be child friendly, and some get extremely rude about it. Kids aren't meant to be everywhere.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Also a lot of parents will tell child free people, who aren't comfortable around kids, that they'll understand as soon as they have kids on their own, and that everyone should have kids, especially women, because it's their duty... I have a toddler daughter myself and am currently pregnant (due in 4w) and I love my children. But I would never force my children on someone who doesn't like being around them. I don't always want to be around every dog, because I was bitten as a child (it was an untrained Saint Bernard, who wasn't on a leash and came running towards 6yo me, who was already scared of dogs). I don't want to be forced around them and I would grow to hate all of them, if all dog owners would act as entitled as some parents do.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Just like certain dog breeds...it's the parents that create the problem

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's not the kids, it's the awful parenting

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't like the noise they make, they're too loud, needy and messy.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

To be fair I hate kids as much I hate other people

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't hate children. I just very much dislike being around them for more than 10 minutes. It's little things that add up. I don't like having to explain simple things. I dislike how much noise they make. A good chunk of them have voices that give me a headache just from taking. And I dislike that if you don't watch them enough they either break something or almost kill themselves. I also dislike touching. Children that are comfortable with you are always trying to touch you. I don't blame children for existing or hate parents for creating them. I just know how I enjoy spending my time and it doesn't include children

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I find it hilarious how people distrust someone who doesn't like animals but are okay with someone who doesn't like kids, even going as far as hating kids themselves.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Can we just not like kids, please? They're not for everyone. Just because someone doesn't like kids doesn't mean they're inherently bad.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not saying you can't not like kids, just saying how it's stupid how people think one is okay but not the other

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's usually in reference to dogs, and it makes sense because dogs generally display unconditional affection. Kids generally display the most annoying behaviors on earth

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The eagerness and clingy-ness that some dogs display is annoying to some people too so it's kind of similar.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I absolutely love kids. I worked at a children's hospital for awhile and it was one of the best jobs I ever had. And yes, I'm including the screaming 4 year olds with a fever at 3AM

by Anonymous 1 year ago

After watching certain shows, like Spy x Family, it makes me want to have a kid. Then I meet one in real life and realize it's all just a fantasy and that they're annoying

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kids are horrible plus they make that awful noise

by Anonymous 1 year ago

people hold grudges and also make generalizations. therefore kids are very dislikable to most people.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kids are not the problem. Parents not disciplining their children is the problem.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I love kids but I don't want my own. I think people find them awkward / hard to understand and relate to, therefore they reject them. They also have a lot of needs, self-centered and are unaware, just by virtue of being a kid. That's off putting to lots of people who can't put it in perspective.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

no. i'll do what i want

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Tbh, I don't really hate kids. I genuinely wish the best for them, but I really don't like being around them.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I am a parent. I used to work with children. I now extremely dislike most kids. But it's mostly because their parents suck at being parents.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't hate kids. I hate bad parents. Bad kids are just an annoying side effect of the people I actually hate.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Bingo

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I know it's not their fault, but that doesn't mean that they can't be annoying

by Anonymous 1 year ago

i dislike kids cause theyre gross. i'm never around kids so it works out, and if i am i'm not going to mistreat them, but i don't want them to touch me because i know their parents aren't always able to/willing to make them wash their hands every time they get sticky or put their hands in their mouth/nose or touch their butt. i understand that's normal for them, and i understand a lot of the time it's the parents' fault or out of anyone's control.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Especially younger ones, I touch my 7 year old siblings hand and it feels super greasy and dirty

by Anonymous 1 year ago

fr 😭 like stay away from me and my belongings.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Occasionally I have to go in his room to get an item, every cabinet feels dirty to the touch

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People aren't obligated to like kids. Even kids who aren't spoiled and who are behaving in an age-appropriate way can be absolutely annoying. People are allowed to be annoyed and not like kids.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You have the right to feel however you feel about them, but you can't expect them to stay inside 24/7 so they don't inconvenience you.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They're just disruptive, take time and money, annoying etc. it's like anything else that fits those criteria. Don't really want it around

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Never got the whole "it's wrong to hate kids cause they act like kids," argument. With that logic it's wrong to hate drug addicts, criminals, terrorists, etc because they act like whatever they are. You just listed a few of the things I hate about kids and said "that's how kids are so you shouldn't hate them."

by Anonymous 1 year ago

i dont think its kids that are overhated its more the annoying parents. you are not special because you have kids, you dont deserve special treatment.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

kids are just annoying

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I am not a parent and tbh have not been around children very much as an adult. I genuinely feel like people who strongly dislike children have something going on with them personally that would benefit from professional help. Are kids weird and loud a lot? Yeah. Is it difficult to understand them or their motivations? Sure. But to genuinely HATE children? That speaks volumes about a person in my eyes. I think a lot of people who "hate" children are usually the grown up version of kids who had extremely difficult childhoods/were forced to grow up really fast. They view littles with a lot of resentment.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People hate kids because parents don't know how to edducate them properly.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not so much the kids it's the parenting.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

well when i was a kid there were some kids that were like psychos. reading about it more i realized that some kids dont have empathy and must be taught it.be that as it may, i dont like psychos whatever their age. I dont dislike all kids, some are adorable tho

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Like I don't hate kids. I just don't want to be around them. That's kinda how it works for me, but I don't actually hate children, especially as individuals. It's not like they've done anything to me, it's just, you have to set a good example while around them, and also if you're the only adult, be somewhat responsible for them, which to me is an extra burden I'd rather not have.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I like kids. Just not when they're on social media.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Agreed. So many people go straight into "I hate kids". Ok… do you LOVE adult or do you actually just hate everyone? Usually it's because they actually hate everyone that isn't themselves. "They're annoying" I've met my fair share of annoying everyones, still don't hate everyone. Kids are still learning. They're innocent in whatever hatred you have, though.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

HEY, I USED TO BE A KID!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What? They're children. Hating them is absurd. Yeah some people don't want to have kids, but hating them is an immature projection of your actual issues. I'm not sure if you're misreading what people mean or there are actually a lot of people who genuinely hate kids.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kids were kept inside due to covid and now I see people constantly saying kids don't belong in about any location u can think of. It'll be interesting to see what a generation of kids kept inside looks like

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't think it has anything to do with the children themselves. You can hate kids because you can't stand being around noisy, running little things that are a responsibility.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If I am at a place ordering a 50$ steak, children should banned, or parents informed that unruly and loud kids will get them all escorted out quickly and fully charged for their meal. If you can afford to take your kids to a place like that, *you can afford a babysitter*

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kids are just annoying, I don't hate them or want any harm to come to them I just don't like being around them for long periods of time. Especially kids now in days, They're so entitled and rude.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Like I have said before, I love MY kids, but I can't stand other people's children. Everybody loves their own brand

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not all people who dislike kids treat them like garbage. I'm an introvert, and I generally don't like being around people, especially if they're loud, ask a lot of questions, and don't respect my personal space. Kids often do those things, and I prefer not to be around them very much cuz they drive me crazy. That doesn't mean I'm mean to them. I make an effort to treat them like regular people when I encounter them in public. I say hello, and just talk to them like I would an adult stranger.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I worked at a Dr. office for two years and saw more whining and crying from adult males in their 40s than I ever did from children. So maybe make a male free space so we can have some peace. But in all seriousness kids are just tiny humans that need guidance and deserve to be treated with respect like the rest of us.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Sounds like a child who's having a bad day wrote this.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I used to hate kids when i was kid

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think you misspelled overrated

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kids are over~~h~~**r**ated FTFY

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Meh. The pendulum swings. At different points in history kids have been seen as inevitable, useful, precious, annoying, necessary and unnecessary. Currently, child-hating is trendy, possibly as a backlash to child-rearing being treated as such a big deal for so long. Give it another fifty years, and maybe we'll have gone back to seeing children as useful.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I hate kids cause they're loud and messy, we're not the same

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They're annoying and not self aware enough- or not in a useful way.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

1. No one's children are entitled to be liked by anyone. 2. Others have the right to dislike children. 3. Feelings about someone disliking children, is not the responsibility of the person disliking children. 4. Teaching a child not to be spoiled, is not anyone's responsibility but the parents. 5. It's not just spoiled behavior. It's also loud, obnoxious behavior. It's messy hands touching stuff. It's not respecting anything else. It's disregard for things around them. It's a wide variety of things. And for some, it's nothing at all, except disliking children. 6. Just as you have the right to dislike something, so does everything else.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People just have no patience with kids. All kids take need time and attention, and they all learn at different paces.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The true sign of a downfall of our society is that children aren't valued.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If the neighbor kids are screaming in their backyard, I don't hate them. I hate the parents.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If kids can't scream and play outside in their yards then where can they, are the kids supposed to sit still and quietly at all times?

by Anonymous 1 year ago