+73 Not every child who does something stupid or has a lapse of bad behavior is due to bad parenting, amirite?

by FewRepair3194 10 hours ago

Every kid has a bad day. There are clear cut examples of bad parenting in the world, but a single public tantrum isn't necessarily one.

by Fidelrodriguez 10 hours ago

Of course it's not true for every instance. But bad parenting does result in a lot of stupid kids.

by abshireandy 10 hours ago

Welcome to earth. These are humans. Is this your first day here?

by Andreannehilper 10 hours ago

Equally infuriating when you become a better person than your parents and are told they must have raised you right

by Parisianhaven 9 hours ago

I've met a lot of horrible little gremlins with wonderful parents.

by efrain79 9 hours ago

Kids are absolutely allowed to throw tantrums. They have a lot of feelings and don't have the mental capacity to properly express those feelings. The bad parenting comes in when parents just shrug and say "he's 2" and let the tantrum continue without any intervention at all. That's how you get grown adults that throw tantrums.

by Safe_Cartoonist_8910 9 hours ago

let the tantrum continue without any intervention at all. Tell me you are not parent without telling me! That is HOW you should deal with most tantrums. Or do you want the parents to just give in every time?

by Dorcaslabadie 9 hours ago

I'm a 55 year old father of two grown kids. I agree.

by jaylan07 9 hours ago

Yep, i agree. The kid acting out is not a sign of bad parenting but how the parent responses to the kid acting out is a better way to determine if the parenting is bad or not. But just like kids have bad days, parents have them too and outside of legit abuse/neglect i wont judge any parent on one interaction.

by Minute_Acadia 8 hours ago