Parenting is a privilege – it’s a tough position but a highly rewarding one. Good parents are supposed to protect, nurture, love, and care for their children so they can grow up becoming happy and healthy individuals.
But sadly, not all parents are the same – a lot of horror parenting stories also happen in our world every day. We can relate to a lot of the stories below as many of our writers have also experienced similar things.
Emily Van Duyne, a Fullbright Scholar, shared a tweet asking about cruel things their parents told them. She tweeted:
Her tweet went viral instantly, receiving thousands of comments and responses of people sharing their own stories.
Here are 13 of the most eye-opening and heartbreaking replies from individuals who still remember those cruel things:
1. A heartbreaking story of a beautiful stitched pillow made out of love – discarded.
2. Parents are supposed to give confidence to their children, not the opposite.
3. One person had a tough childhood overall, and we feel for them.
4. Being called evil by your parents, truly heartbreaking.
5. A lot of parents also project their own problems to their children.
6. A father should teach, not bring his children down.
7. Watching your parents every step and still being called “selfish”
8. Being called a failure by your own mother – gutwrenching.
9. A mother calling her own child a disaster.
10. This one hit home because one of our writers suffers from stammering – we truly feel for you and you deserve better.
11. How can some mothers be so mean to their own children?
12. A father who wouldn’t support, but this person persevered and still achieved – kudos!
13. A father-daughter bond is supposed to be sacred. Good on this person for not listening!
This tweet has over 5k comments, you can read them all on Emily Van Duyne’s Twitter thread here.
Have you been through something similar during your childhood? We have, and you’re not alone. Share your stories in the comments below.
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I try to put all thoughts of my parents aside. I always took care of them in their later years. I do not remember a single I love you ever. Skating I broke my front teeth. I told my mom and she said I ruined the only good thing I had. My dad said I would never amount to anything. I got PG and married at 16 I think to escape. I am haunted by these things still. Try to forgive but still haunts me.
I’m sorry that you have been surrounded (mom, dad, ex husband) by such sub par humans. The fact that you can still feel anything (including pain and indignation) means you are capable of love and empathy which is a lot more than I can say for your ex family.
I’m so proud of you for overcoming the cycle of abuse. I will also share you making the effort to make it right (to repair it) is your moms job not yours. You’ve done your job and good on you for it.
I remember the person who I thought was my mom at the time said “you are not my child, you have to be the devils child and I don’t want anything to do with you! To find out she wasn’t my mom and lied to me for 17 yrs of my life and would’ve been more if I didn’t find out myself! My aunt was my mom!