Top Ten Worst Things to Hear from Your Parents
This kind of statement will lead to your kids disobeying you because they'll have no real reason not to. As a parent, you should always be ready to explain your reasoning, unless it's something personal, of course. Believe me, your kids will love you for it (I know I would).
I get this from my mom all the time. It seriously annoys me, and it is the most cliché saying a parent can ever say to a child!
I mean, what's the logic behind that? Just because you're older, that automatically makes you king of the world?
A few years ago, my parent said to my face, "You are a disgrace. I prefer your older sibling." That was horrible to hear.
When I finally stopped seeing that manipulative person, I felt much better. Having a favorite might be common, but treating other kids like trash is unacceptable. There's a line that shouldn't be crossed.
They claim they love me and my sister equally, yet they always answer my sister's questions first, even if I asked mine first. My questions are often important, while hers are like, "Who's evil in Underfell?" or "How much do you play Minecraft?" - silly questions!
That just proves my parents lied about loving us equally.
What's wrong with being adopted? I'm not, but still.
Honestly, there's nothing wrong with being adopted.
It happened to me one day when I was in eighth grade, in middle school. I was just jamming to some Bollywood songs on my mom's phone when she came to me and said, "Honey, get off the phone and do your homework. At your age, we used to stay in a hostel (boarding school where students sleep overnight), and there were no cellphones back then. Not even any computers or internet."
When I was your age, my life was so much harder and so much more successful. We are living in a different generation now, so stop whining about yours.
The one statement that makes you more nervous.
My dad does this a lot. I'll be in my room on my laptop, on YouTube, listening to music. I'll have the volume turned up high, which, for my laptop, is a good pitch at 20.
All of a sudden, my dad will be yelling for me, and I can't hear him. He will walk upstairs to my room and knock on my door. I shut everything down on the internet, and when he finally comes in, he says, "What are you doing?"
"Why do you care? You know I do the same things all the time!" (I wouldn't actually say that.) You get it? It's annoying. All parents try to do with this one is make you stop what you're doing and tell them what you are doing. Stupid.
Well, this has almost happened more than twice.
This is my worst fear. I cringe just thinking about it. Oh, all those things I've looked at, and she would find out about this site. If my mum ever says this to me, I would run out of the house at full speed.
I don't look at bad stuff, but I always delete my history because she takes everything the wrong way.
Me: Mom? What are you doing on my computer?
Mom: You want to talk about this? (Points at web history)
If I ever heard this from my parents, I would jump out of the window and sprint away so fast. It's the one time my sports teacher would say she was proud of me.
If they say the word "mental" before the word "problem," then that's not good at all...
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My parents say this to me all the time! They hurt my feelings, and I cry all day long. They tell me that I'm the worst, most useless child ever and that I shouldn't exist. They've ruined my life!
Worst child ever? For what, making tiny mistakes? How could I be worse than people like Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler, or Joseph Stalin? I've only made some small mistakes! By the way, the difference is that my mistakes can be forgiven, whereas Mao, Stalin, and Hitler killed millions of people, which can't be forgiven.
If only I could afford a trip to another country... But sadly, I can't! I can't afford it! If someone gave me money to live in another country (at least outside of Europe), I would happily say yes!
My parents blame me for EVERYTHING just because I am the oldest child in the family. I am sick and tired of it.
I have heard this from my parents and my sister.
I'm actually really happy when my parents tell me we're moving. I lived in NYC until I was 11, then we moved to Florida. In a few months, we're moving to Virginia! YAY!
My cousin, who is also sixteen, lives there with her mother, and we're moving into their house (it's a pretty big one)!
I actually want to move. Our house is very small compared to my relatives' houses, and it is so old that it's falling apart.
It is annoying when they say that because your siblings probably behave worse.
When I was in seventh grade, I was playing some Korean doll games on my computer when, all of a sudden, Dad said, "Why are you playing those childish games? Remember last night why you didn't get a gift at Ruth's show at the church? The gifts were only meant for elementary kids, and you are in middle school. Jude didn't get one either for the same reasons. You should be doing your history homework instead of playing these baby games!"
Remember, I was in seventh grade at the time, not third, and Ruth was in fourth grade while Jude was in seventh with me. If this had happened when I was in third grade, I could have gotten a gift, and Dad wouldn't have minded me playing those games. And yes, I'm Asian, particularly Indian.
Ever since I was in fifth grade, my dad frequently told me I was stupid, even if I tried to show nice behavior and got good grades at school. But honestly, I don't think I was that stupid in fifth grade, at least not compared to middle school.
In middle school, I developed a bad habit of looking up clothes and paper dolls instead of focusing on schoolwork. I didn't even want to show my poor grades to my parents. Then in ninth grade, Dad called me stupid again for not turning off the fan after Mom asked me to. He even told me to turn off the radio, saying that listening to music makes me stupid, while listening to them would make me intelligent.
My mom just cleaned my room for me and lost very important church stuff. I cry about it a lot because they were very important to me. This honestly makes me so mad.
This isn't the worst thing, but it is annoying.