People Are Sharing The Signs That Immediately Tell If Someone Isn't A Great Parent

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs one can ever have, and I don't think anything quite prepares you for it. As a parent, it's easy to be hard on yourself and think you're not doing a standup job. Well, leave it to Reddit to call out bad parenting behaviors that can affect children in the long run. Here's what people in this thread shared:

1. "Mothers who sees their daughter as competition."

—u/MassiveCourage3322

2. "Putting their children down in front of others to make others laugh."

—u/OnemoreSavBlanc

3. "Someone who treats the child from their old marriage like shit because they're no longer with that child's parent."

—u/hinnatata

4. "Parents who believe that their children 'owe' them for providing basic care — food, shelter, clothes, etc."

—u/cutezowie

5. "Your adult children don’t talk to you, and you 'don’t know' why.'"

—u/spermatoo

6. "Mothers who see their son's girlfriends as competition."

—u/NarrativeScorpion

7. "If they don’t teach their children proper hygiene."

—u/PenguinKilla3

8. "Exploiting their kids on public social media for attention and money. Their entire lives are in front of thousands/ millions of people. It's so wrong, and the future of therapy is lucrative with these poor kids who are going to have a hard time with it."

—u/Mukduk_30

9. "Their child is allowed to run wild in establishments and accost people physically and verbally, and the parents either ignore or make excuses instead of parenting them. And parents that make excuses for their child being a bully."

—u/TheorizedOne

10. "When they often invalidate their children with their emotional needs."

—u/RisskyRouge

11. "Anyone who insists they are a great parent and tells everyone how great they are. It’s like people who tell you they are classy or gentlemen. If you have to keep telling people, chances are the only person that believes it is you."

—u/Naughtyspider

12. "Continually bad-mouthing the other parent to the child."

—u/Financial-Tutor1167

13. "Using children as an emotional outlet or relying on them for emotional support."

—u/ramonapap1

14. "When they expect their older kids to parent their younger kids."

—u/DoubleMidnight802

15. "I once saw a father with his son in the kid's section at a bookstore, and the son was acting excited, trying to show something he saw in a book, but the dad was too busy standing there scrolling on his phone. He looked at the son for maybe one sec and returned to scrolling."

—u/plucky4pigeon

Are there any telltale signs someone needs to do better parenting? Share all your thoughts with me in the comments below!