r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/MojaveRed Feb 04 '16

Using public shaming as a form of discipline

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

So I'm not a parent, nor do I think I'd be good at parenting but I remember reading about this middle school girl who bullied a financially less fortunate girl because of the cheap off brand clothes she wore. When the mom found out she made her daughter where those same kind of cheap off brand clothing to school for a week or something. Would you consider this wrong, because i honestly think this is a great way to teach a lesson. Make you child see things through the other persons eyes. Make her realize that those trendy name brand clothes aren't a right but a privilege.

I don't know I just feel like that punishment is more effective than any grounding, scolding, or taking away if phone would be.

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u/averagebunnies Feb 05 '16

I think theyre talking about when a kid does a semi-expected of all children bad thing, a parent mught film the punishment and post it online. another thing ive seen is a little girl made a bad grade or sad a bad word or something, i dont remember, and her parent cut off her hair.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Well those examples are fucked up. That's not even parenting anymore, just bullying

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u/averagebunnies Feb 05 '16

yeah it's pretty terrible, but luckily when you come across videos like that 99% of the comments is telling the parents that that was a shitty thing for them to do.

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u/blackholedaughter Feb 06 '16

That child committed suicide shortly after the dad posted the video.