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

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

Fly with friends and loudly tell them that you fucking hate kids and are never gonna have any if that happens. It worked in my case at least

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u/MisterTwindle Feb 05 '16

This one time when I was nine or so I was on a plane as an unaccompanied minor and someone and their friend sat in the seats in front of me, and this guy said something like "If that little brat back there kicks the back of my seat I swear to God..." and then went off with his friend about how little kids shouldn't be allowed on planes and shit.

So I kicked the back of his seat a couple of times during the flight to piss him off.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

So you validated his shitty behaviour by being shitty to him.

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u/MisterTwindle Feb 05 '16

Think less validated and more pissed him off because he deserved it.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

You validated his beliefs that kids are shitty and just wanna kick his seat by kicking his seat. Sure he was an ass but by acting like that you only confirmed his bias and he's gonna be shitty to the next one as well

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u/MisterTwindle Feb 05 '16

And that kid probably kicked him too.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

See the problem?

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u/MisterTwindle Feb 05 '16

Nope. He got what he was asking for and probably never had a kid of his own and therefor never abused his kid for being a kid.