People Are Sharing Things Their Parents Taught Them That Were Flat-Out Wrong (20 Posts)

Look, parents know a lot. But they don’t know everything. And sometimes, they are just so incredibly wrong — either about facts or about how kids should behave. On Reddit, people are sharing the things their parents told them that are just flat-out incorrect, from the aggressive behaviors of giraffes to how to process and display emotions. Guess what? It’s okay to cry and to show negative feelings. It’s okay to rest. And giraffes are not going to steal you from the zoo and eat you.

1. Jealousy

“They’re jealous of you.” — Special_Possible119

2. Picking On You

“‘They’re only picking on you/being mean because they LIKE you.’ No, no. They’re just being a*sholes.” — KnockMeYourLobes

3. Negative Emotions

“That it’s rude to express any negative emotions.” — smallroundbird

4. Pregnancy

“That I would get pregnant as soon as I had sex. Told me that as a teenager, so I was terrified I’d get pregnant every time I interacted with a penis. Now (a decade later), I’m married and have been actually trying and it turns it out it’s not as easy as they made it sound.” — emilyyy712

5. Bears Are Monsters

“When I was 11 years old, I was crying hysterically over my father’s treatment of me after being placed with him after my mother passed away. I won’t go into what was happening. I will, however, say that in my despair I made the comment that I wished I could be a wild animal instead of human, like a bear for example. My father told me that I was dumb for saying that, as mother bears correct their cubs by picking them up and bashing them into rocks until they stop making the mistake they did. I thought bears were essentially monsters for a very long time after.” — cigarettecarnival

6. Suffer For Love

“That you have to ‘suffer for love’ (I’m a chick). Thanks mom, you set me up for a lifetime of trying to change narcissistic losers.” — bailey052211

7. Giraffes Eat Children

“One of my friend’s grandfathers told him that giraffes have long necks to reach over the zoo wall to eat children.” — Sandpaper_Pants

8. Hustle

“That you need to hustle 100% of the time and be constantly busy with school/work, extra activities, side projects, cleaning etc. Spending time unwinding is a sign of laziness and boredom and intelligent people are never bored. This really messed me up and I’m still learning the art of wasting time.” GlossyCinnamon

9. Parents Shouldn’t Apologize

“That parents never have to apologize to their kids. I love my dad. He is a great dad and I know he loves me so much, but he has it in his head that even now, even when his youngest (me) is an adult, that he doesn’t need to apologize if he does something wrong. It’s baffling.” — shineevee

10. Don’t Cry

“That crying is shameful.” — kirby_-_main

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