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Hardcorish OP t1_jdhup7n wrote

Reply to comment by Sleep-system in Adults that act like children a majority of their life result in their children having to act like adults for a majority of theirs. by Hardcorish

Sorry you feel that way. Perhaps your experience isn't the same that others have had? Have you considered this? You're right there are plenty of examples where this cycle continues, but there are just as many where the children had to grow up fast to take care of their siblings etc.
This thread has comments providing examples of both.

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BigPZ t1_jdht7u1 wrote

Reply to comment by AnxiouslyTired247 in Adults that act like children a majority of their life result in their children having to act like adults for a majority of theirs. by Hardcorish

I don't see it that way at all.

I see it as when raising your own kids you have to be their parent and do the hard things to raise them properly. That way when they have kids, they will be the ones to raise the grand kids properly and you don't have to be in charge of the raising, just be a part of their lives

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UniqueUsername82D t1_jdht2pv wrote

Reply to Adults that act like children a majority of their life result in their children having to act like adults for a majority of theirs. by Hardcorish

Am a teacher. The problem kids tend to have problem parents. It's *rarely* a mature, well-behaved adult who shows up to a behavior or academic conference.

One notable mom wore a shirt that said "Bitch" on it and told me I "don't know shit about her kid." She was right on account of the kid had missed some 75% of the school year thus far.

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AnxiouslyTired247 t1_jdhsu3w wrote

Reply to comment by BigPZ in Adults that act like children a majority of their life result in their children having to act like adults for a majority of theirs. by Hardcorish

Nah, this just tries to give shitty people an excuse for why when they were raising kids they couldn't get it together, but if they are just around a (grand) kid they are so great they can spoil them.

Many people become good parents in spite of their own upbringing, not because of it.

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Leadfoot41 t1_jdhjlro wrote

Reply to Adults that act like children a majority of their life result in their children having to act like adults for a majority of theirs. by Hardcorish

Which then results in the children feeling like children forever, when you have to be the adult at 8 years old, you don’t notice as big of a difference when you actually become an adult so you spend your whole life feeling how you felt as a child not realizing you acted as an adult the whole time.

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Reply to Santa must have been really unreliable at deliveries prior to cartoons. Almost every cartoon character has had to help him at least once over the last 70 years. by formerlyanonymous_

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