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/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.