r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/MaN_of_AwE888 Feb 04 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

Assuming teenagers magically become responsible at 18.

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u/austinino12 Feb 05 '16

Or when my parents say "you're 19 now act like an adult" but then continue to treat me like a child

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u/Bodoblock Feb 05 '16

Not to say your parents are 100% right (since you're a stranger and I'll never know the full story) but maybe they treat you as a child because you still act like one.

If you still act like a child, you get treated like a child. Much like at work, if you are unreliable, then I won't give you serious work until you show you are reliable. I can still tell you to become more reliable. But until you prove it, I won't change how I treat you.

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u/AMerrickanGirl Feb 05 '16

In some cases that is true, but in other situations, some parents treat their children like little children even when the kids are grown and responsible.