parenting

As far as entitled millennial posts go, this one ranks right at the top. Sounds like someone wasn't ready to take on the big, bad world of people actually expecting money for housing. What a piece of work. 

These parents are the very definition of overprotective. They are really living up to that "helicopter parenting" stereotype. Some parents just seem to have a very hard time willing themselves to give their kids space, and not bombard them with spam texts all the time. 

Someone on AskReddit asked for parents to share their harrowing experiences with what drove them to disown their children. The resulting stories are pretty dang heartbreaking. Proceed at your own risk. 

This guy experienced quite the wakeup call when he realized that he'd been washing his hair incorrectly for over 10 years. What he previously assumed was an unavoidable case of white flakes peppering the barber shop's floor every time he went in for a visit, was actually a symptom of very poor hygiene. Or at least that's how it sounds. Sounds like he proceeded to make sure things were squeaky clean up top, for going forwards. Lesson learned. Better late than never! 

This entitled mom refused to accept the fact that people actually expect fair compensation for their services, and on top of that, didn't understand that people can be qualified to speak more than one language. Amidst the choosing beggar meltdown, the mom threatens to tell on the tutor for her being "unfriendly." Now that is a load of BS. 

Kids are stupid people. We're not saying children's stupidity is their fault. Their brains just don't work too good. We've seen it in ourselves when we we kids, and we see it in them every day. They give us a lot of evidence and moments of failure that articulate exactly how poorly a young mind works. They learn though. Well, most of them anyway.

You remember learning that the reason veins can appear blue is cause deoxygenated blood turns blue? Well that's total horseshit. Your blood doesn't turn blue, and the reason your veins might look that way is because blue and red light travel though skin with different levels of success, so what's reflected back is a more bluish color. If you just learned this, you may be intrigued by these people who learned basic stuff way too late. Anyway, this dad asked if he was wrong for being really persistent with a teacher teaching the wrong thing.

These kids and their meltdowns don't look too far off from how adults can feel muddling through a busy work week, and just wanting to cry about it. Sometimes you just need to melt into a hysterical puddle of emotional despair. 

People assume it's easy to be a kid, like the whole "not working or paying taxes" thing. That said, a lot of us forget about the challenges of growing up. A lot of being a kid is learning how stupid you are, and discovering all the ways the world can disappoint you. These result in meltdowns over stupid things. Seriously, kids have a lot of dumb meltdowns.

A true war amongst mother and daughter. 

This dad asked the people of Reddit if he was in the wrong for asking his daughter to lie to her grandparents about her black boyfriend. Many folks seem to think that he's in fact a huge ass, and definitely overstepped with that kind of request. 

It takes a village to teach a kid some good cussin'. After this dad left his 5-year-old kid unsupervised for the duration of a 14-hour flight, the dude actually sitting next to the kid took it upon himself to do some parenting on his behalf. You gotta learn your swear words somehow. We've seen questionable parenting like this mom who wanted to let her kid try the hottest hot sauce or these weird punishments in general.

Quora is a treasure trove of people acting like lunatics with ridiculous questions that defy rhyme and reason. Either people are breaking out their best satire, or this site is a place where people really let their inner crazy out to play around.