Worst Parenting I Have Seen!

[Icequeen01]

I was just driving home and whilst stationary at a set of traffic lights I noticed in my rear view mirror a child in the front seat of the car behind. I noticed her because there was smoke coming from her window which was down. My first thought was that her mum was smoking in the car which would have been pretty shitty but no, the child who I swear was no older than 11 was vaping! Then another child appeared from the back who sort of lent forward between the two front seats and she was also vaping. The second child looked to be around the same age as the first. As I pulled away the mother and both girls were all vaping!

Dear God, what sort of parent would allow this? If this isn’t shit parenting I don’t know what is! .

@firstimpressionsofearth
"It just seems like something out of shameless. I did used to live in London but I never frequented play parks."
Well lah-di-dah

I live in a posh area. Today I saw a little bald baby whizzing along the pavement on a balance bike, her little head bobbing from side to side. No helmet. Right beside a busy road. The dad seemed to think this was a great way to look after her as he busied himself pushing an even smaller baby in a buggy. I just couldn't look.

@MySweetAudrina does it honestly matter? You knew what people meant and 'full fat' is a pretty commonly-used phrase. Of course both diet and 'full sugar' coke are bad, but giving a small child that amount of sugar just seemed even worse to me. I'm sure someone who felt sweeteners were the work of the devil would say the opposite. Either way, is there any need to be quite so pedantic?

Nah this thread just pissed me off a bit tbh. Worst parenting is where parents rape their children or destroy them emotionally, mentally or physically not by giving them a fizzy drink. That is just parenting that allows people who can only feel smug about their own parenting by looking down at someone else's. Giving a child a coke or calling them a shit is not bad parenting in that it will not damage the childs self esteem its typical mn looking down on parents of a different class.

I am working class and my parents never called me a shit, and if they did I’m sure it would’ve had a negative impact on my self esteem. It’s not a thread about the worst parenting that can possibly happen - it’s the worst parenting you personally have ever seen. It has nothing to do with looking down on a different class.

Can I win

@MysweetAudrina you’re the only one who brought class into it.

And just because some children get raped, doesn’t mean that calling your child name or giving them things so bad for them isn’t shit parenting.

Is it really smug not to behave the way of these examples?

It’s common sense and decency, IMO.

The majority of people posting on this thread that are over 40 will have either had a parent who smoked around them or drove them in a car with no safety belts and all are alive to tell the tale so if this is your idea of the worst of parenting then surely things you are doing now will be deemed awful parenting in a few years time. Where I live everyone calls their kids shits but usually done affectionately. Atm I prefer to tell them to stop being a dick. The story of the child who's parent didn't show up the hospital is sad because that will have a lasting effect on that childs view of themself and their worth. Drinking a fizzy drink won't at all.

Shocking.
Worst I seen was a woman driving down the express way (M6 toll) about 80mph, a toddler in the middle of the backseat leaning into the front, no car seat or belt.
Only realised she was smoking too once we got to the toll booth and she opened the window and the smoke just poured out of the car

Where I live everyone calls their kids shits but usually done affectionately. Atm I prefer to tell them to stop being a dick.

Oh. Well...there you go then.

You’re still the only one to mention class so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'd been invited to a "playdate" hate that term in the park. The woman who arranged it came over and asked me if I'd seen the rough sleepers drinking Special Brew as I came in. I had but didnt care. They were keeping themselves to themselves. She was saying it shouldn't be allowed as kids were about etc. I told her they weren't bothering anyone and she says with a sneer "Not yet." Then she turns to another woman and says (without missing a fucking beat) did you bring those cans of Pimm's? I called her out on it and my God she tried back peddling. I was shocked at myself as I'm usually quiet and just go with the flow but I couldn't let hypocrisy of that calibre go unchecked.

Worse parenting I've seen is my own parents. We would be regularly be left alone in my care as I was 7 and the oldest. We lived in a pub and they would lock up and piss off to a club that did lock ins and not return till 5 am at the earliest. They'd be so trashed that I'd have to feed my newborn baby sister as they just slept on while she cried. There was domestic violence, physical abuse and general neglect. I often went into school unkempt and hungry. I had bruises at times. My teacher used to make fun of me or encourage my classmates to. This was only in the 90s. I'm certain most teachers would ask questions these days and not make exaggerated sniffing noises as I walked past (yes I did smell).

How did you know they went shopping? Please don’t say they told their dd that!

They put photos on Facebook which their dd later saw. They were total shits.

Jesus Christ! Absolute scum.

@SharonBottsPoundOfGrapes ❤️
Do you no longer speak with your parents?!

I could tell a tale or 2 from a substance misuse clinic that would make your hair stand on end.

My example isn’t what I’ve seen but what I’ve read about how some parents refer to their kids eg little shit, arsehole etc. The parents in question were on a Facebook forum & they defended themselves by saying they didn’t actually say those things in front of the kids but it still really bothered me that they could even talk about their own flesh & blood in such a negative way.
Also, I was upset by my friend’s ex the other day as he was clearly treating the one child that wasn’t biologically his very differently to the others. In over an hour, I don’t think he had one positive thing to say to this poor kid & was picking him up on every little thing. He wasn’t even 5 & the stuff he was doing was normal in my opinion.

I call my kids little shits all the time

It’s a meant from the heart and never in front of them

Stop pearl clutching

Yesterday, after reading this thread, I saw a boy of about 4 pissing into a main road whist his mother walked past. Cars were driving past. I get that he might have been desperate but his mother was unperturbed. I found that quite shocking.

Probably the worst parenting is violence and/or neglect, both of which would take place behind closed doors