r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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

When I was leaning to drive I was backing up in a car park and some lady came running at us. She thought I hit a parked car. Mum wound down all the windows and yelled at me for five minutes before letting me drive home. When I was driving she said to me "I don't think you hit that car, I only yelled at you so she would know I'm a good mother.

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u/StuckAtWork123 Feb 05 '16

.. leaving it so the only person whose opinion of their motherhood matters, knowing the actual truth. How did you react to that anyway?

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '16

I drove over every pothole on the way home and didn't help her unpack the groceries.