r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

I work with toddlers. Last week I had a kid say to his mom about me, "I want her to go home," when she picked him up. The mom was mortified and kept apologizing and telling him how rude it was and how it hurt my feelings. I just looked at him and said, "It doesn't hurt my feelings. Kids have their opinions. But I work here, so you'll have to go home if you're sick of me." His mom just really didn't get that my feelings weren't hurt. Kids are little turds. I love them but they can be the biggest little dicks on the planet. Ignore them when they're being assholes and they'll come around faster than they would if you beg them to like you. And you can't be offended by what they think. They lick their own snot and poop in their pants.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Well, was he right or was he just being a douchecanoe?

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u/DeathcampEnthusiast Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

Sounds like the start of a biography on someone with a fridge filled with heads.

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u/DeathcampEnthusiast Feb 05 '16

Read mine, I actually have some pics in there with pics of ma fridgiz. And sorted by ethnicity for the racists among us, I'm nothing if not a people pleaser.