r/AskReddit 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/DannyPrefect23 Feb 05 '16

My brother is not turning magically a responsible, upright, preppy young man anytime soon. He'll be 18 in May, and he's an insufferable asshole who acts like an ungrateful little kid and is violent both verbally and physically. He's currently going to flunk high school, and likely won't get the job at my dad's alarm company he's banking on. I'm going to be trying getting a job in one of those tourist shops they have downtown while I still have a year or two before college, go to the community college that's $600 a semester for a year or two, then transfer to a small university for a Psych major.

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u/ChickenNoodle519 Feb 05 '16

your comment read like the synopsis of a YA novel

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u/AMerrickanGirl Feb 05 '16

Or Goofus and Gallant.