Top Ten Stupidest Things Parents Let Their Kids Do at the Age of 10

The Top Ten
1 Let them have a cell phone

Got my first phone at 10. It was actually an alright phone, just that there were no games except for a Scrabble free trial, songs, youtube or internet. I used for texting. The phone did have a voice memos feature thing which I used to record "Firework" by Katy perry then got upset when people yelled so it was annoying. But still was a good phone mostly for texting.

And these days there are 7 year olds with the latest Iphone. Wow.

This is stupid. Especially how they carry it around everywhere they go! Like even if it's to the store or church they always bring there phone and act like little show offs. I can't have mine until I'm in 8th grade or in high school. Every time my friend comes over, she brings her phone. Predictable. I also hate how they always play on there stupid phone and when your talk to them, you don't get an answer.

2 Let them get whatever they want bye throwing temper tantrums

My parents were good parents and they didn't tolerate things like this and probably any of the dumb stuff on this list. Besides in my comment for #2 about the Facebook thing I really could care less about Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, et cetera. Besides even though I'll be allowed to start using social media when I turn 14, I'm probably going to wait an extra year before I start using social media. -Anonymousxcxc.

This pretty much covers the whole list. Kids get whatever they want, and don't appreciate it. The kids that are into electronics/computers are the worst, they lose touch with reality and can't communicate with anybody through talking! Help us all, in about ten or twenty years because they are going to be the ones running this country.

3 Let them do drugs

This is very harmful for children. I can't believe there are actually kids jealous of adults doing drugs, if there are actually children who think that. Anyway, never let your children do drugs, they will regret it sooner or later

There is a lot of stuff on this list that parents shouldn't let their kids do. You don't have to make a long list, you can make at least 10 things. I don't think parents that do drugs won't let their kids do them.

What parent in the right mind would let their kids do drugs? And we're not talking about some kid having a secret stash, we're talking about letting them do drugs. Something's fishy here.

4 Let them act like brats

When I was sixth grade, there was a bully who was mean, but also scrawny, whiny, and tries too hard to be tough. He is a stupid brat that is mean to everyone and brags about everything. Even though he has been punished multiple times for his awful actions, they are all not severe enough to make him taste his very own medicine...

My brother gets everything and gets away with stuff, yet my parents CLAIM he gets the wrong side of the stick. He played a 13+ game and I told him to get off and he ignored. So I switched it off. He scratched me and I got mad. He cried like a wimp and I got grounded. For doing the RIGHT thing!

5 Let them use Facebook

What?! This isn't fair, I'm not allowed on social media until my 14th birthday (I mean now it's only a few weeks away, but for a long time it felt like forever). Although I'm probably not going to go on social media much anyways. It was quite unreasonable back in elementary school because literally almost everyone in fourth and fifth grade already had Instagram accounts.

Why do parents do this to their kids! I'm glad my mom would never let me use Facebook til I was 16 or older. My cousin is 15 and her mom doesn't her have one. Parents can be see on stupid! Are they trying to rush there kid on growing up! Almost every kid at my school has an account. This is NOT for kids! This gets really gets me ticked off!

6 Let them have sex

Parents don't usually know if their kids are having sex so they don't exactly "let them" have sex. Of course it all depends on the situation. I read somewhere that a 13 year old was in a relationship with a 50 year old man and the mother knew and didn't care because apparently they we're poor and the guy helped them a lot or something.

If they're still younger than the age of consent depending on where they live, they shouldn't have sex, there's a reason we have an age of consent for such things. Kids shouldn't have sex, plain and simple

7 Let them get Rated M games

Ten year olds should not be playing this games because they contain violence or strong language. These games are for ages 17 and up, not for ages 10 and up! If your a parent and you have a child aged 12 or under, please don't let him play rated M games until he is 17! Even some students at my school under 17 play Call of Duty which is a rated M game and be careful with the people that yay that you must play Call of Duty to be cool! If you don't play Call of Duty, please don't make them bully you!

Yes. This is ridiculous. I'm 10 and all I hear at school is 'Oh I'm in FAZE you're a noob.'. I'm friends with most of these people because their really funny, but YOU just walk away when they talk about Call of Duty. Apparently I'm responsible (coming from my dad, who loves gaming), so my dad lets me play Grand Theft Auto. I'm a girl, by the way.

8 Let them smoke

Seriously, who in their right mind thinks it's a good idea to start smoking? No one should, you could die if you smoke!

You should never smoke anyway. It can cause lung cancer.

9 Let them play games online

That really depends on the game in question. If it's something like Splatoon, then I'm perfectly fine with that. But I definitely agree that kids at that age should not be playing M-rated games.

Some kids (some, ok? ) play Call of Duty online and develop bad habits from it. But other games, like Splatoon, are OK because you can only say two different things; 'Nice! ' and, 'To me! '

It's ok for ten year olds to be playing Minecraft but WHY do people let ten year olds play Call Of Duty and Grand Theft Auto?

10 Let them watch Gravity Falls porn

The first time I saw this was at New Year's Day when Grandma accidentally switched to one of these channels.

I know what porn is, and I'm 10. It's disgusting, and it's way too accessible.

I grew out of Gravity falls. I am trying to get that off my chest.

The Contenders
11 Let them have a YouTube channel

Ugh, my stepsister who's now 10 got a YouTube account when she was like 8 and some of the stuff she watches on there is too inappropriate for her age. I'll admit some of the videos she introduced me to I watched on my own time during my depression, but I don't anymore. I mean I went on YouTube as a visitor because I don't have an account and mainly saw old music videos or just random age appropriate videos, but now I don't even go on YouTube because my old computer (which was crap) couldn't play any videos so eventually I just lost interest in YouTube. Though seriously 10 year olds shouldn't be on YouTube because if they try to go to a video that's age appropriate, but instead click on an inappropriate one then their childhoods could be scarred. -Anonymousxcxc.

12 Let them have too much candy

I don't even like most candy and almost everyone in my school has too much candy. The teachers give them out as rewards, but I deny the candies all the time. Literally on Halloween I got a lot of candy while trick-or-treating and only ate two or three pieces of it, I think my dad donated the rest or threw it away. -Anonymousxcxc.

Main times of year for sweets: birthdays, Christmas, Easter and Halloween and even then I don't have much. My sister has more because she likes sweets that I don't like marshmallows, Haribo etc. So if you've got a younger sibling who likes sweets you don't like, it's fair.

13 Let them abuse animals

I saw it how this stupid snotty bastard was "playing" with a kitty, and throwing it, and squeezing it, and his jerk father was watching, and smiling like a retard, and enjoying how his dumb brat "loves" animals. Also, many couples have a pet and an idiotic kid and it seems they don't give a single f about the horrible attitude I've seen again and again. This people are so underbred, because they don't learn their children to love and respect animals.

That's worse than watching porn? Making 10 year olds see boobies is bad but it's not worse than teaching them to hurt animals.

14 Let them have a boyfriend/girlfriend

Yeah... the "dating" situation at my school is too out of control. The longest a "dating" relationship has ever lasted is about three-four months where the people partaking in the relationship don't even acknowledge their "boyfriend/girlfriend". Either the relationships aren't real, or everyone keeps their real emotions outside of a school environment. There are these girls who are supposed to be the so-called "popular girls" of our grade. They get asked out like seven times a week and are constantly "dating" boys. And just so everyone's clear, no parent would want their kid involved in a "serious" relationship at the age of ten, and if they did, they would obviously be naïve as to where the relationship might lead and believe that there's nothing a ten-year-old can even do without supervision or a parent knowing immediately.

15 Let them get an earring

I got mine when I was a baby, not even old enough to remember or speak. I think this is totally fine, because the kid is old enough to know not to get an infection. However, I think ear piercing in other parts of the ear, and body parts is wrong. It makes the kid look like a prostitute and/or a gangster.

I got my ears pierced for my 9th bday because I wanted to! It isn't stupid! My mom had three ear piercings and used to have a cartilage piercing, and no--she isn't one of those moms who has tattoos, hair dyed an abnormal color, a ton of weird makeup, and a whole bunch of inappropriate stuff. My mom doesn't have any tattoos, and her hair is dyed red.

16 Let them into a strip club

I'm eight, reading this list, and I think that this is an unecessary reason because technically, there is an age range when you go to a strip club and in most countries, strip clubs are banned due to logical and psychological reasons, many of them which involves sexual interaction. According to my calculations, only 0.00012% of children in the population have already experienced going to strip clubs, most encounters did not go well at all. The blame does not go to the children��"you may as well blame the parents, as habitually going to strip clubs may cause atrocious behavior.

17 Let them drive cars

No, they haven't even reached the legal age the drive a car so.

Done that at 13, should be fine if they know how to control.

18 Let them play with guns

What kind of idiot would let their kids play with guns? Like, are they even aware of how dangerous that it can be?

Nerf guns aren't dangerous though.

In the UK you would be sentenced for a long time in prison if you did that

19 Let them fart in public

These parents must just simply love seeing people around them get irritated.

20 Let them have a Instagram account

Almost every 6th and 5th grader I know have instagram! It all started with this kid signing up then he told his friend about instagram, then he told her. And it kept spreading, now almost everyone has instagram. I don't even think their parents know :P

I have Instagram...my account is private. The people I follow are people from my school, Melanie and AJR fan accounts, some other singers that I like, and contestants on Big Brother.

Ugh, by the time I was in fifth grade almost everyone had an Instagram account, except for me and probably some other people. -Anonymousxcxc.

21 Let them play with knives

This kid (When I was in Elementary school) played with lighters and burned flowers with them because he hated them.

Just don't let them do the knife game song...

22 Let them kill themselves

Parents are so stupid in this generation, that they let 10 year olds kill themselves, they're so stupid.

My friend is so annoying...she claims to have deppression when she doesn't. Self-diagnosis, people!

23 Let them play with weapons

Really? Have you heard on the news about kids getting a hand of their parents' guns and accidentally killing or injuring people?

My 7 year old cousin had toy weapons since he was 2!

Does a hatchet count? If so then...

24 Let them dress sexy

My friend says I keep on dressing like a hooker and if I keep on wearing leather it's because I look too much like a girl...

What?! I just like leather! I don't wanna attract attention!

That is one way to lure pedophiles near your kid.

25 Let them scream in public

That is stupid and emberrasing for their parents, I will tell you guy's a real story, one day I was going to the supermarket with my mom and we were at the cashier line like 3rd or 4th in the line. And in front of us was another mother with her little child like 7 or 8 yrs old I estimated and he wanted a candy bar, his mom said no so she screamed all the way till they left the lline

My good, screaming kids in restaurants are really annoying. Just pipe down!

Well, there is an exception if a stranger tries to take them away.

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