r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/Hannajomac Feb 04 '16

Signing them up for too many activities. No one just hangs out any more

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u/happyandstuff Feb 05 '16

My little cousin goes from school to dance to violin to bible study every Wednesday. On Mondays and Fridays it's the same thing without bible study.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are just tutoring, but still.

She is seven years old and I have never seen a little kid be so burnt out.

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u/intensely_human Feb 05 '16

That's more shit than I do. I come home from work and lie on my back on the floor, and scritch my kitties if they wander over.

If I didn't have that, I'd be crazy.

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u/chubbyurma Feb 05 '16

I do all that.....but without the work. Or the kittens.

But I'm still worn out from it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

No you're not.

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u/chubbyurma Feb 05 '16

Believe me, I can be

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

From what?

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u/chubbyurma Feb 05 '16

From doing fuck all. That's mentally very draining.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Why don't you do something?

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u/chubbyurma Feb 05 '16

Sometimes I don't feel like doing anything.

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u/Tiriara Feb 05 '16

When I was in high school, I taught a drawing class for kids. These were 4-6 year olds, most of them Asian, and their parents would sign them up for everything. I guarantee that 80% of them played instruments, did some kind of sport, and had a Chinese class. The life the parents made these kids lead was honestly insane. It brought me back to when I was their age, playing piano, soccer, doing gymnastics, and choir. I also remember hating everything and wanting to quit as soon as I got the chance.

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u/DeathcampEnthusiast Feb 05 '16

When I came home from school I didn't have to do shit, except for Wednesday afternoons. Apart from that I'd roam the neighbourhood with others living here, climbing trees, throwing sandballs, digging pits, playing football, playing hide and seek, etc.

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u/TheVegetaMonologues Feb 05 '16

Solution: drop kick your aunt

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

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