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Parenting turns you into a morning person the same way being chased by a bear turns you into a runner.

Indian parenting is pressure cooker parenting. One of the worst models globally. Not because parents are evil. But because the system is broken and no one questions it. Most Indian parents didn’t raise children. They raised outcomes. Children are treated like owned assets - Not individuals, not independent humans. Parents decide what you study, what you become, how you live, how you think, whom you marry, etc… Mental health, interest, curiosity, aptitude, all are irrelevant. The logic is simple. You are my child, you will do what I say. Most parents transfer their unfinished dreams directly onto their child. The child becomes a project. A second chance. A retirement plan. Not because the child wants it, but because the parent couldn’t become it. Failure in India is treated like a crime! If a child fails an exam, the reaction is not concern - It is shame, and the child is scolded. Parents worry less about the child well being and more about how they will answer ‘society and relatives’ This creates an unwritten contract. The child never agrees to it. The parent doesn’t even realise it exists. Parents genuinely believe they are securing the child future. Psychologically, they are securing their own unresolved failure. Questioning is seen as disrespect - The child who questions becomes the ‘bad’ one. Silence is seen as ‘Sanskaar’ Parents themselves were raised this way, controlled, unquestioning, emotionally suppressed. So the cycle repeats. You could be more informed than your parents, more educated, more aware, still you are not allowed to challenge them. So children grow up emotionally trapped. Questioning feels like betrayal. Disagreement feels like guilt. Silence becomes safety. Now let’s zoom out little bit more - A society where questioning inside the home is punished will never produce questioning thinkers outside it. Indians are not trained to ask hard questions. We are trained to comply. Ask tough questions and you are labelled arrogant, rude, out of control So children grow up afraid to question. Afraid to disagree. Afraid to think independently. Then comes society - Neighbours, relatives, and this toxic comparison culture. Someone else’s kid achieved XYZ. Suddenly, your child must do the same! IQ doesn’t matter, interest doesn’t matter, and capability doesn’t matter. What matters is only IMAGE. Indian parents are terrified of society opinion. Too scared to answer relatives. Too scared to push back. So they dump that fear onto their kids. They can’t fight society, so they dominate their children. Indian parents are terrified of society opinion. Too afraid to respond to relatives. Too scared to push back. So they dump that fear onto their kids. They can’t fight society, so they dominate their children. And let’s be honest - This cowardice comes from generations of patriarchy and obedience. Parents themselves never learned to say NO. So they don’t teach their kids how to either. Parents think they are doing good - But subconsciously, they are doing damage. Not intentionally. But damage doesn’t care about intent. This is not parenting - This is outsourcing personal failure onto the next generation.

parenting tip kids can't really remember things until they're 3-4 so no point interacting with them until then

The unbeatable parenting hack is never to allow your kids to do the things that rich people don't let their kids do Applies to all areas of life

strict parenting really paid off.

Gentle parenting or Strict parenting?

This gentle parenting thing you people are doing will be the end of us all.

The parenting books don’t do enough to warn you about the fact that work ends at 5, the bus gets home at 4, and dance starts at 3:30.

a fun parenting reality is that my 3yo who fell asleep on the floor at 6 pm just came wandering into my room at midnight very confused and wanting breakfast.

My little parenting anecdote that I have experienced over my short 20 months of being a parent is they will literally do things when they are ready and no sooner. Independent sleep, weaning, etc. And we make ourselves miserable by trying to force them to meet specific timelines

The parenting blackpill is that it's mostly genetics, there's little you can do other than keeping them clothed and fed, and at most you can fuck things up by giving them a bad childhood. The rest is happenstance.

I imagine parenting a toddler is similar to trying to get Microsoft Word to number paragraphs properly.

LOL gentle parenting is for the kids. My parents get yelled at. idc anymore 😭

Parenting is buying 6 yogurts and watching them all get eaten In one day. Then buying 12 yogurts and watching them expire because, “Nobody likes yogurt.”

“Gentle parenting doesn’t work” lmfaoooo you’re confusing gentle parenting with dismissive parenting. Gentle parenting is literally just refusing to hit and manipulate your child into listening to you. It’s leading with love but does not mean consequences aren’t involved.

The great task of parenting boys: weeding out their directionless aggression The great task of parenting girls: weeding out their directionless empathy Badly raised boys fling force everywhere, badly raised girls fling love everywhere

Parenting hack: Apologize to your children.

parenting your parents as you get older is really crazy to me because they want you to have grace for them they never gave you as a child