The Cringiest Parenting Posts of the Week (November 20, 2023)

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Nov 20, 2023 12:00 PM EST

I am no stranger to gawking at mommy Facebook groups. I've been doing it ever since I was a teenager and was constantly hearing rumblings about the drama on my town's mommy Facebook group. There was more drama amongst the moms of the community than there was with the teenagers! When you join these groups, 90% of it was just people asking genuine questions or trying to sell Girl Scout cookies for their daughter, but every once in a while, you'd strike total gold. All of the best drama usually happens in the comments of controversial posts. One mom can post something seemingly innocuous, and over a hundred comments later, it has turned into a completely different argument. It was the Homer's Odyssey of entertaining niche internet communities, and I regret the day I left my hometown's mommy Facebook group for good.

If you have similar regrets, don't fret! These cringe parenting posts have all the drama and confusion with none of the genuine community-building! 

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  • 01
    Neolithique 2d She tried to treat her kid with urine pads. Woo-Woo
    via u/Neolithique
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    My six-year-old has had this on and off for about almost a week now and we thought maybe it was an allergy to something she's eating but now it's just not going away and even with allergy medication it won't go away. We tried doing urine on a cotton pad but she said it was stinging really bad so I wiped that off immediately. She doesn't have any other symptoms. What could this be?? Like • 1h Photo in comments below..... Most recent ✓ ● Author Comment D Send
    via u/Neolithique
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    golden-mint 4d a 6 year old for holes in their Humiliating clothing
    via u/golden-mint
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    When my daughter cut holes in a cute dress around that age, I washed it every night and made her wear it every day for a week, then it went in the rag bag. But she cut about a dozen little slices in it and I didn't have the skills then that I do now. She HATED wearing it every day for a week and never did anything like that again. I'd try fixing it. 1d Like 3
    via u/golden-mint
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    and never did anything like that again. I'd try fixing it. 1d Like 3 omg i am dying i wonder if he would hate it or refuse to wear any other shirt LOL 1d Like she's 27 now and still remembers it, so it stuck with her. Even if you fix it and it doesn't look great, wearing it will be a good reminder for him. I'm al big fan of letting kids live with the consequences of their actions (short of death or disfigurement). 1d Like 4 14 wowsers! "Short of death or disfigurement"...... she was six! Maybe s
    via u/golden-mint
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    Celestial Rose626 - 5d My mom is a transphobic narcissist Other D :
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    March 28 My 17 year old daughter told me she plans on taking testosterone at 18. I did tell her I think that's too young for such a decision and I don't support it, but I also know that I can't stop her and of course I'll love her no matter what she does. But I'm still just really sad for her that she feels the need to do this. She recently had a short stay at a mental health facility, and the interesting thing is that when she told them she identifies as male, they moved her to a male group for
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    *** June 20 I want to have a discussion with my daughter. I know it probably isn't going to be well accepted. I want to tell her, that I can accept the way she wants to dress, I can accept the way she does her hair, I can accept who she chooses as a partner, but that's where it stops for me. I will not call her he/him or her trans name. To me, she will always be my daughter. I feel like she's asking me to accept so much and to change my very thoughts and beliefs to validate her own, and that isn
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    June 7.0 I just had that talk with my daughter that I've been meaning to have for a while now. And as expected it did not go over well. About halfway through the conversation she turned away from me and refused to look at me or talk to me. But I continued on and I said everything I wanted to say. I started out by telling her that I had watched a few documentaries and I had done some research and then I had discovered that the suicide rate for transitioners is highest 7 to 10 years past medical t
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    She had told me I don't understand why when I post videos of me as a girl they get almost no likes or comments. But when I post videos and pictures of me as a boy that get hundreds or even thousands of reactions and comments and everyone loves it. I told her that she was constantly talking about wanting her account to go viral when she was younger and I felt that by transitioning she was able to achieve that and maybe that isn't why she's doing it now but that's definitely why she started in my
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    And I told her that is her choice and I won't beg her to be in my life and I won't chase after her: I told her in the end my wish for her is simply that she would wait. The human brain does not fully mature until age 25. I really wish that she would simply wait and be certain before she makes this decision because of the potential irreversible damage. I asked her, what kind of parent would I be if I said nothing but felt this way? What kind of parent would I be if I just sit back quietly and let
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    Author Thanks everyone, I took the advice of telling the friend to leave, and I believe that's going to work. My daughter isn't speaking to me right now, but her friend told me they are going to begin moving their things out tomorrow. I'm just so sick of being used and talked badly too, or ignored. I hope and pray that one day she will be mature enough that we can actually have a relationship. As of now, I just want to be away from her and all of the drama. We seem to make each other miserable.
    via u/CelestialRose626
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    o Caregiver Cautious704 15d It must be painful to be the middle child... found on Facebook Other ...
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    is with 17h Conrad definitely gets forgotten in some things but this past weekend we celebrated his 5TH birthday! (I know it's SUPER late, we had alot of things going on last week haha!) Thank you for those who were there on Saturday, he had a blast! Ever since he started school he says hes now a big boy and doesn't need naps anymore. He has his dad's obnoxious sense of humor but Conrad does it in a cute way He's an annoying brother but is thoughtful to his siblings. He's loving school, so smart
    via u/CaregiverCautious704
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    OCE sanjosii 22d Hitting a toddler teaches them not to hit Other ...
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    Me: don't smack me again My toddler: ↓ 28 ¯
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    Yea my daughter tried that when she was a toddler. Didn't really had to worry about her doing it again. Something about getting hit right back didn't it for her. I don't play those games, that is how these kids end up out of control
    via u/sanjosii
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    xe smacking a child back for hitting it not child abuse. Clearly she hasn't beaten the child. And it's sad that someone needs to explain that she's 99.99% smacked him/her just enough for the child to know not to do it again and not to mark the child 6
    via u/sanjosii
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    parrotsaregoated 42d An influencer parent holds his newborn baby, who's fresh out of the NICU, with one hand and posts it on TikTok Other
    via u/parrotsaregoated
  • 20
    Priced Right Daily S1 hen AD $89.99
    via u/parrotsaregoated
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    briaas 43d He apologized?! Other ...
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    ●●● Hello I need advice. I found out my 19 year old son was gay by looking thru an old phone... he apologized and said he didn't know how to tell me. I'm hurt and so broken. I had better expectations of him.. I really haven't spoken to him since that day, what am I to do? Am I wrong? This is very hard to deal with, he's my son I'm going to always love him, I just can't accept the fact. I don't think I ever will. Update: It's hard to explain... I had suspicions and I asked several times, he denie
    via u/briaas
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    pinupgamerxoxo 43d Found this on a facebook group... whole lotta yikes Other ...
    via u/pinupgamerxoxo
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    32m 8 Anyone have any advice? OBJOB here is the situation I found a razor in my shower and I know it's not mine. I know it come out of the closet for extra razors in case someone come over and needed some. The razor has been used. My 11-year-old says it is not hers says that she does have one of mine purple ones three bladed but the one in my shower is a two bladed so my question is is it my 11-year-old who does like to lie a lot about stupid stuff or is my husband cheating once again. I've aske
    via u/pinupgamerxoxo
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    shower is a two bladed so my question is is it my 11-year-old who does like to lie a lot about stupid stuff or is my husband cheating once again. I've asked my daughter about it multiple times last couple days and I told her today just to triple check to make sure it's not hers and I was very straight with her and I said either you were lying or your dad is lying you say it's not yours dad says he does not know who's it is so one of you are lying and when I get home in just a little bit one of y
    via u/pinupgamerxoxo
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    emusmaybite 49d another highlight from the fb group for narc parents ...
    via u/emusmaybite
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    03:54 < Like Christian Parents of LGBTQ Children 8h. I was cooking dinner in my kitchen today and all the sudden it hit me. It's very hard not to be angry with my kids. I feel like they have plunged us into a life we don't want to have anything to do with. Please hear me say, I love my kids- I love all people. I just never imagined in 1000 years that four out of my five kids would be living in an LGBTQ lifestyle. I was saved at 18 and I've tried really hard to live a godly life. I grew up in the
    via u/emusmaybite
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    goddless_angel 53d Pregnant and no contact Other : ...
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    4:44 AM Follow 8h Pretty sure I know how it is going to end for me...... 1 One of my kids will unplug my life support to charge their tablet or phone. Like -4:44am- X Comment 1 comment Share
    via u/goddless_angel
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    My sister and I are contact with my mother because she's a narcissist and just makes stupid decisions over and over again. Someone who knows us both sent me this photo She just posted this on Facebook
    via u/goddless_angel

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