Raising kids is a tough job. In fact, 41% of American parentssayit is tiring, and 29% say it is stressful all or most of the time.Unfortunately, the many misconceptions surrounding this challenging endeavor add even more confusion. For first-time moms and dads, listening to all the contradictory philosophies telling them what to say and what to do can be especially frustrating.So when Reddit userBITE_AU_CHOCOLATmade aposton the platform, asking people to share the parenting myths that they would like to see disappear, the replies came rushing in.Image credits:BITE_AU_CHOCOLATThis post may includeaffiliate links.
Raising kids is a tough job. In fact, 41% of American parentssayit is tiring, and 29% say it is stressful all or most of the time.
Unfortunately, the many misconceptions surrounding this challenging endeavor add even more confusion. For first-time moms and dads, listening to all the contradictory philosophies telling them what to say and what to do can be especially frustrating.
So when Reddit userBITE_AU_CHOCOLATmade aposton the platform, asking people to share the parenting myths that they would like to see disappear, the replies came rushing in.
Image credits:BITE_AU_CHOCOLAT
This post may includeaffiliate links.
You should finish your plate because “kids in Africa are starving.“No. If I’m not hungry don’t force me to eat.
Kids are resilient and will get over stuff without it correctly being addressed.No, we remember everything In our tiny and impressionable brains.
To prevent allergies, avoid giving your child these foods until they are much older…It has been proven over and over again that exposing your child to traditionally allergy prone foods in very small amounts when they are younger drastically reduces allergy potential. Even to the point of doing so in utero ….
I’m sure it’s in here somewhere, but there’s a lot of evidence that corporal punishment is contraindicated in disciplining a child for a multitude of reasons. One of my friends is a PhD psychologist who researched this and even when she presents people evidence about this they just say “well I got spanked and I turned out fine” and it’s like well did you really though?
That nonverbal kids don’t understand what you say. This one is common in the autism community.
Having a kid will cause someone to step up/straighten out/grow up/mature/etc
That you only have to put up with them for 18 years, and can kick them out as an adult. Maybe millennial parents forgot how traumatic that was. Kids today can’t survive without financial support at least.Parents, listen up: KIDS ARE A LIFETIME COMMITMENT. YOU NEVER GET TO CUT OFF YOUR CHILD UNLESS YOUR ACTUAL LIFE DEPENDS UPON IT!!!!!
Daughters are nightmares and sons are so easy to raise.The really disturbing part is women seem to believe this more than men.
Forcing a child to share an item that they don’t want to when it belongs to them is somehow a good idea.
Throwing a cup of cold water in the face of a child who is having a tantrum will end it. My mother did it to us as children and it only ever escalated the situation. The kid is still screaming, now also scared, crying and soaked. Who TF thought this was a good idea?
That love, respect and fear are the same thing. They’re f*****g not.
That a child shouldn’t be exposed to a second (or third) language until having mastered their native language. I’ve heard this so many times from people who have no idea about multilingualism.
That children don’t understand and they are just exaggerating when they say they feel sick, depressed, etc. If your child feels sick, take them to the doctor, if your child is mentally unwell, try to get them help. And I say this as a child that everyone thought was just “weird”, “too energetic” etc..
“Nobody regrets the kids they have only the ones they don’t”.
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People who say “My parents whipped my a*s when I misbehaved and I turned out fine” typically didn’t turn out fine.
Keep peanut products away from them until older.Giving them smooth peanut butter when they are on solids not only adds a good source nutrition but reduces the chances peanut allergy.
Sugar does not make your child hyper before bedtime.
That there is anything even remotely approaching a consensus on best practices when it comes to raising a child. I’ve only been a parent for five months and the sheer volume of confident, authoritative, and completely contradictory advice I’ve received has been staggering. As best as I can tell, just work on keeping them healthy, secure, and loved, and try to muddle your way through as best you can on rest.ETA: Folks, if you think you’re the first to point out that everyone agrees that corporal punishment is, in fact, bad…you’re not. I’d been including “don’t beat your child” in the “keep them healthy, secure, and loved” directive, but thanks anyway.
That kids throw tantrums. Nope. Kids are overwhelmed and have never learned how to process their emotions. When an adult dismisses the child as trying to be manipulative, tired , or just punishing them/giving into them does not solve the problem. Kids need to learn how to regulate their feelings, deal with disappointment, recognize when they are overwhelmed, etc. Unfortunately, most adults don’t even know how to do that and the cycle continues.
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Making your children hold hands (after they’ve been fighting with each other) will bring them closer together.No, more often than not, the reality is that it will drive them further apart and precipitate resentment.
That you have to be one. So many unwanted kids because of peer pressure and fomo…
Giving drowsy medication will make sure they get a good nights sleep.Thankfully its legally considered child abuse now. My siblings and i grew up being dependent on benedryl putting us to sleep that we can’t produce as much melatonin as we should. Now we all need supplements or crash hard after staying up for 3 days straight.
That you “own” your child as if they’re property.Over the last five years or so, I’ve been sporadically asking people when given the opportunity if they “owned their kids”. A very surprisingly large majority of them said “Yes”.People think their kids are property.Edit: Wild Humans for sale, but the souls will cost you extra.
Spanking is fine.It’s not and research shows it has awful effects on children and leads to an increase in mental illness.
Children don’t have thoughts, feelings, or emotions of their own.Children never grow up. They’ll be 14 (or 8 or 6 or any other not-adult age) for the rest of their lives.Children exist to serve the parents hand and foot.Children are furniture, objects designed to make the parents look better.ETA: Sounds like I have more than a few metaphorical lost siblings out there. I know I’m just a stranger whinging on the internet, but remember that you matter. You matter to your friends, you matter to your pets, you matter to the people who have chosen to share their lives with you. You’re stronger than you think you are.
That it is ok to hit your child.
That being cold will result in you getting a cold. My partner is 50 years old and still thinks that if she gets cold in the winter, she’ll develop a cold.
Menstrual cycles synching up when there are multiple women living together.They don’t. There’s just a wide period of time between start and finish for them to eventually overlap, along with lack of proper observation and research which leads to too many personal anecdotes and not enough concrete evidence.There’s been a few scientific studies done with a wide array of women at different points in their cycles, with varied hormonal conditions and multiple intervals of time and there wasn’t a single “sync” observed.
A quite child is a happy child. My son’s class is filled with iPad children, and my god do they all have about as much happiness and charisma as a sack of dead puppies.
It’s not illegal to have the interior light on in your car while driving at night. My parents were liars!
That the kid “talking and behaving like an adult” is a sign of good parenting. Hell no, I’d get child services involved because 99 percent of the time he’s being abused mentally and physically.
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