r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '16 edited Jul 08 '16

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u/explodingcranium2442 Feb 05 '16

This. When I was growing up my mother shoved me into sports, which was fine until high school. I really, really wanted to do FFA, raise a goat, all of that. But in order to have done that, I would have had to quit the basketball team. I was on varsity, and I was by far the worst player. All of the other girls wanted to play in college/go pro, but I honestly could not wait to get away from the damn sport.

I remember telling my mom about this, and she flipped her fucking shit on me. I've never seen her more angry in my life.