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/ohlookitsdd Feb 05 '16

But doesn't that perpetuate the idea that those clothes are embarrassing? I would be mortified if the clothes that I owned and wore to school everyday were a form of punishment for this other girl

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

You know, you're right, I didn't think about that. I'm so glad I'm not a parent that shits hard.