Parenting may look easy, but once you have kids of your own, you realize how wrong that is. A Reddit post is reminding us of how much things change after you have kids at home by asking, “What’s a parenting rule you swore you’d never break … but absolutely did?”
Hundreds of parents have come clean about the “rules” they quickly abandoned and these are some of the most relatable:
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- “Absolutely no kids in the bedroom. I was never allowed as a kid. Now our room is invaded at 6 a.m. every morning.”
- “I swore I’d never use disposable diapers. That lasted about eight hours.”
- “I always said I would never lie to my kids, and I usually don’t, except I did tell them Disney songs are not available on Spotify, and I do not regret it one bit.”
- “No screen time. Just take this tablet and stop talking to me for five minutes, PLEASE 😭.”
- “Vowing to feed my kids only healthy meals.”
- “I was firm on never giving my baby a pacifier. That changed the day after he was born.”
- “Cooking a separate meal for my kids.”
- “I haven’t actually done this yet…but once I had an 18-month-old, I started understanding parents who use a leash. Especially since my son is a runner.”
- “I was utterly convinced that picky eating was a result of permissive parenting, so I was never going to let my kids be picky. The universe humbled me extremely hard on that one. My kid is literally the pickiest eater I’ve ever met.”
- “I was never going to bribe my child. I was going to teach her to be respectful and behave without the promise of candy/fruit snacks/screen time. Ha ha. I was young, so full of hope.”
- “I said my kid would never eat chicken fingers and fries, only healthy food. We ordered McDonald’s last night for the second time this week…”
- “Saying ‘because I said so.’ After the fourth time of explaining the well-thought-out reasoning behind my decision and still getting, ‘But why though?’ I finally caved.”
- “Before our kids were born, my husband and I swore we would only do Montessori wooden toys, would make all her food from scratch, and no screen time. Well, cut to today. Our house is awash in brightly colored plastic toys, and our daughter is currently eating Goldfish while watching ‘Sesame Street’ with my husband.”
Source: BuzzFeed
