Twitter Thread: Strict Parenting Sets Kids Up For Failure

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mattstaff
Jun 10, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

It's not completely outside the ordinary to see people end up acting like little rascals in response to the airtight confines of strict parenting. There's something hardwired into so many of us that creates a situation where we find ourselves rebelling just for the sake of being defiant. So, you put a kid in an environment where they're regularly being told what they can't do, with little room being left for them to let their wings fly, and you've pretty much got a situation ripe for rule breaking behavior. Naturally, this Twitter thread about how strict parenting can have the capacity for setting kids up for failure later in life, made some waves on Twitter. 

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    Font - YAO @theyaobansah I'm going to break down on why having strict parents sets you up for failure later in life. A Thread:
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    Font - YAO @theyaobansah Replying to @theyaobansah Relationships: you don't get to make friends outside of a school environment because you can't go anywhere and then when you finally do get to an age where you can go out, it's too late because everyone already has their clicks and friend groups
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    Font - YAO @theyaobansah Replying to @theyaobansah Career: What you want to do with your life is out of the question, you're going to school to do what they want you to do because "money is more important than happiness" which means your stress will 10OX worse because it wasn't even the path you wanted in the first place.
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    Rectangle - YAO @theyaobansah Replying to @theyaobansah Communication: everybody with strict parents stops trying to communicate at a young age because they don't want to be seen as a burden or hear the words "no" again
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    Font - YAO @theyaobansah Replying to @theyaobansah Discipline: when kids with strict parents finally get to go off on their own they have a harder time knowing when to rein the fun in. Since they aren't accustomed to going out or being able to do what they want they tend to overdo it which can lead to serious problems
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    Font - YAO @theyaobansah Replying to @theyaobansah Moral of the story is: Rebel. Your parents can either hate you now and get over it or you can be 60 hating yourself and blaming all your problems on people that are probably dead by then
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    Font - LeMoine M @JudeAntenor Replying to @theyaobansah That's not what strict parents look to me. PS: I'm a dad, I'm strict with my daughter but l'm none of what you listed above. What I consider strict is: 1- Go to bed on time. 2- eat vegetables and fruits even if you don't like it. 3- clean up your mess 4- please and thank you Etc
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    Rectangle - Eartha Kitt's Cigarette @NydiaByNature Replying to @uzoamaka_mary @theyaobansah and @AmariRii I respect your insight, but this may be a read the room situation. This feels a little diminishing. Gas lighty. Not full on, but yeah.
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    Font - ITS MAE2U @quoyamae Replying to @theyaobansah My mom was strict af. When I moved out,l didn't know a thing about the outside world, flaw ppl, relationships, how to cross the street, and I was a chicken with my head cut off when it came to clubbing. Ik what to do with my daughter, she won't be me
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