The Cringiest Parenting Posts of the Week (October 9, 2023)

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Oct 9, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

Parenting is one of those topics that we can always rely on to start an argument. Kids or no kids, it's something almost everybody has a strongly held opinion on. Perhaps the only thing that most of us can agree on is that it's a mighty difficult job. The decision is not something for anyone to take lightly. The good news is that many people don't — and the bad news is that some of them can get really, really weird with it. There are moms and dads who seem to use having children as a reason to indulge their most deranged impulses, and they love posting about it on the internet.

As a parent, the examples below might make you feel better about your own parenting-related guilt, and as a non-parent you will probably be baffled at why people are behaving like this. Raising kids isn't easy, but it feels like it should be simple enough to avoid a few of these faux pas.