The epic bad parenting thread

[nmmom95]

When my 6 year old was about 3 we were playing tag in the house. He lunged at me from around a corner and I sidestepped. He lost his balance and hit the wall with his face. He got a bloody nose and I started to cry. He had to comfort me. My husband said "You saw him coming and moved?!" But he was it!

 

[tink20]

My DD (who will be 16 in Feb. and can get her drivers license) asks to drive all the time. I let her drive every now and then, but my nerves can't handle it. I know I should be letting her drive every possible minute, but I wish someone else would do this one parent job for me. I HATE IT!

BTW, she thinks she knows everything about driving... typical teenager!

 

[raykay23]

I am guilty of chasing my 4.5yr old son around the house to try gain some control when he is having a patented temper fit. I have tried not to laugh when his beautiful little face is turning purple when he loses his temper and I have today started the confiscation of his Christmas gifts as punishment for his temper. There are two toys already taken out of his reach.
They are just the episodes that happened today!!

 

[clovergirl5]

When the kids were 3 and under, after christmas shopping and getting them a whole bunch of toys, I let them see them all and play a little while the older kids were at school and then I took them away, of course they cried Im baaaaaad

 

[Wall-E1]

I can't count the number of times I banged my child's head or my OWN head on the top of the door frame. Guess the car believes in equal opportunity.

My son and I both have a similar affliction with glass surfaces. I believe it is hereditary(he is adopted). We are both constantly banging our heads against glass surfaces(ex. - the sneeze guards at buffets). I think the problem is twofold with us - 1st, a lack of accurate depth perception and 2nd, the tricky see through property of glass that makes it appear as if it is not really there.

 

[rie'smom]

My DD (who will be 16 in Feb. and can get her drivers license) asks to drive all the time. I let her drive every now and then, but my nerves can't handle it. I know I should be letting her drive every possible minute, but I wish someone else would do this one parent job for me. I HATE IT!

BTW, she thinks she knows everything about driving... typical teenager!

I'm right there with you including the teen aged daughter turning 16 next month. I hate roller coasters and I feel as though I'm on one every time I let her drive. It's a white knuckle experience. The sad thing is she's a really good driver so this is something that I do to myself.

 

[Wall-E1]

At McD's playland, I was wrestling 2 year old tantruming dd into her coat while 3 year old ds wandered into the parking lot in 3 seconds, I tell you! A UPS man brought him in just as I realized he was missing!
More recently, I poked dd in the eye with my nail trying to give her some nasal spray (it is so dry here, she's been having bloody noses). She chicken out and I thought I could quickly get her before she turned!

UPS really is head and shoulders above Fed Ex. You would never get that kind of quick service from a Fed EX employee.

 

[Sgt Mickey]

i rolled the car (power) window up on dds head more than once. one time left a mark on her neck. this is why the other kids learned to listen to me when i told them not to stick their heads out of the car like dogs!!

I did this to my dd too. We got home and I was rolling up the windowns and lucky I noticed. My dh was deployed at the time and all I heard from her was how dad would never roll her up in the windown he would check. I said okay we were all getting out of the truck why did you decided to stick yor head in the window when you know I would be rolling it up

 

[disney_mommy]

I forgot to fill my son's stocking one year at Christmas!

He said, did Santa forget about me?

 

[luvmy3]

I am raising a family of foot flushers


Apparently there are those on another thread that frown upon such vile behavior

 

[disney_mommy]

I am raising a family of foot flushers


Apparently there are those on another thread that frown upon such vile behavior

I'm right there with you! (But afraid to mention it on that other thread...)

 

[Wall-E1]

I am raising a family of foot flushers


Apparently there are those on another thread that frown upon such vile behavior

My family too. The strange thing though is this. My son's personal bathroom at home looks worse than any public restroom I have seen. Yet he is perfectly content if it is his own filth that he is wallowing in. But, take him to a public restroom, and it's like shopping for a prom dress. He just can't find one to his satisfaction.

 

[wenrob]

When my 6 year old was about 3 we were playing tag in the house. He lunged at me from around a corner and I sidestepped. He lost his balance and hit the wall with his face. He got a bloody nose and I started to cry. He had to comfort me. My husband said "You saw him coming and moved?!" But he was it!

This had me rolling!

 

[ckay87]

So.... I made my newly-licensed teenager be the designated driver for me on our snowy New Years Eve so I could polish off my last bottle of Christmas wine.

That's bad, isn't it?

 

[ksumn1]

So.... I made my newly-licensed teenager be the designated driver for me on our snowy New Years Eve so I could polish off my last bottle of Christmas wine.

That's bad, isn't it?

I call that GREAT parenting. It's a win win for you both. You get to get hammered and they get to drive.

Can't wait until MY DD's 16!!

That remindsme of how bad my parents were at parenting. My dad taught me to drive at 13 on a automatic transmission, just so he and my Mom could send me to the store to get their cigarettes for them. The store owner knew me, so I'd go in, get 2 packs of Salem Ultra Lite 100's, 2 packs of Malboro Reds in the box. Take 1 each to folks, sell the other 2 to the boy up the road for double what I paid. My parents smoked so much they never figured it out!Then I started smoking..I had the smokes, why not try it?? So yes, my folks were BAD parents.

You learn by example, so I learned from the best!!

 

[Debbie7452]

My Mom left ME at Woolco and went home without me when I was about 8(in the 70's). I used to ask to go read books in the toy dept. while she shopped...she forgot I was with her and didn't realize I was missing until my Dad and sister asked where I was!! Meanwhile, back at the store...I had gone looking for her and when I couldn't find her I "turned myself in" at the service desk and had her paged several times and she didn't come claim me...

Eventually she came in the door and got me. I don't remember the store employees being too upset or anything. Nowadays my Mom would probably get a call from Social Services!

So, I have a good excuse why I am a bad parent, you see.

 

[jjarman]

Oh I have a bad parenting one from my mother. She loves raw cookie dough. Yeah, I know it is bad for you but I love it too. Once she made a batch just to each raw. My little brother about 5 wanted some and she said its got raw eggs in it, like isn't that yucky. He didn't want it then so she got to keep it all for herself which is what she wanted anyway.

 

[carone0318]

My contributions, my kids are dd (13) and ds (8):

Let both listen to music with curse words. Ds has said that when he hears the songs on the radio it throws off his singing because the curse words are not there.

Just let dd watch The Hangover with us.

Ds will tell me, of course it always seems to be strangers, that the reason mommy & daddy don't have anymore kids is because of me!

Crap has become part of the vocabulary.

These are few off the top of my head....

 

[Nee Nee and Biddy]

I've got a lot but this is my worst one. On my DD's second birthday we went to a play date and took my 3 y/o DS and 4 year old niece with us. I was driving my mom's car since I drive an Accord and I can't fit three car seats in it. When we pulled up to my house, I realized I didn't have the garage door opener (since I was in my mom's car), so I left the kids in the running car on the driveway while I went through the front door to open the garage door from the inside.

When I opened the garage door, the car started DRIVING into the garage by itself! I had forgotten to put it in park and now it was rolling into the garage. I (stupidly) thought if I shut the garage door really fast it would stop the car, but no, the car rolled into the garage and crashed into the wall. Mind you, three babies are strapped in the backseat!

I ran to open the door and my DS and niece are clutching hands (not unlike Britney Spears' kids in that one famous photo) and crying. They were shouting "The car keeps crashing into things!" " We thought we were going to DIE!" Very dramatic. My DD2 was singing and clapping because she thought she was on a fun ride. I was horrified, but everyone was fine and my mom's car didn't have any damage on it. I call this my "Mother of the Year" moment.

 

[CathrynRose]

I ran to open the door and my DS and niece are clutching hands (not unlike Britney Spears' kids in that one famous photo) and crying. They were shouting "The car keeps crashing into things!" " We thought we were going to DIE!" Very dramatic. My DD2 was singing and clapping because she thought she was on a fun ride. I was horrified, but everyone was fine and my mom's car didn't have any damage on it. I call this my "Mother of the Year" moment.

OMGosh!