#parenting rant

So the vid was two TODDLERS running around the carrier with their baby sibling in it placed on the floor as the mom is recording it off to the side

Then one of the toddlers fall ON THE CARRIER/BABY TIPPING IT OVER SO THE BABY FALLS OUT

PLUS THEY ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE COUCH THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A BRICK WHICH IS DANGEROUS IN CASE THE BABY HITS ITS HEAD ON IT

THATS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY AVOIDABLE SCENARIO AND A SUPER DANGEROUS THING TO HAPPEN TO THE BABY RIGHT???

YOU THINK PPL IN THE COMMENTS WOULD BE CONCERNED RIGHT???

NO

FUCKING NO

MOST PPL WERE LAUGHING AND MAKING JOKES ABOUT THEIR OWN SHITTY PARENTING

And to the ppl that were actually concerned and blaming the mom in those comments, I respect you

BUT MOST OF THEM WERE BEING LABELLED AS “KARENS” OR “OVERDRAMATIC”

I FEAR THEY ARE SHOWING BASIC CONCERN???

AND SOMEONE WAS LIKE “oh god did you take the baby to the hospital” AND ANOTHER PERSON REPLIED WITH “hospital? Christ this generation 😂”

UHHHH WHAT THE FUCK??? YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR BABY TO THE HOSPITAL OR A DOCTOR AT BEST

PLUS PPL WERE ALSO LIKE “ erm akshully babies are akshully really resilient though 🤓☝️”

DAWG I FEAR ITS THE EACT OPPOSITE

Babies are literally POTATOES. They don’t know how to walk, talk, function properly without help, and so their bodies are really fragile, both inside and out

YOU CAN LITERALLY SHAKE THESE THINGS AND THEY DIE WHY ARE WE CALLING THEM RESILIENT???

Sorry, I'm kinda gonna use this for a little bit of a tangent, mostly because I think most of us in the Ghost fandom have some sort of parental trauma.

Tbh I think some people need better parents than what they got. I think we also tend to forget that parents are people too. They make mistakes, they get stuck in their ways, they get hurt and traumatized just as we do. I suppose it's our job as the newer generation to do better than they did. We'll make mistakes too when it's our time, but we'll do our best to be better. Some people decide they don't want kids because of their parents, and that's valid. But I also think some of those people would be fantastic parents.

Despite all of what I just said, our parents should be held accountable for their actions. Children are meant to be handled with care, even in disciplinary situations. Aftercare is just as important as the punishment. Many of us didn't get that. And we rarely received apologies when our parents went too far. I remember getting hit with a belt, and I never got an apology for when it hurt so bad I screamed and my hands got beat from trying to stop it.

Once again saw something in the fb group of September babies I’m in. This time re: the rock-n-play recall. I’m of the opinion that’s it’s recalled for safety so just take it in and stop using it. But, to each their own.

One woman posted that her MIL goes after her for continuing to use it despite the recall. Lady says she has used it for all her kids so it’s fine and she ignored her. Well, MIL called CPS so they showed up, told her to stop using it and left. Lady said f*** it. They showed up a couple weeks later, she was still using it so now it’s a formal abuse/neglect investigation. They have now done an unannounced 9pm visit so she’s livid.

Should MIL have called them for that? No that’s just petty. BUT I tried explaining to her that the pnp isn’t the issue for CPS any more, it’s her not following their instructions. Why risk your children with something simple; they say jump, you ask how high?

She’s not happy with my comment so goes on a rant about how her MIL also threatens to call CPS over spanking her 2 year old (!) and that she won’t get him help since he’s completely non-verbal and hits parents and baby. Soooooo....I’m guessing CPS is investigating more than just a baby product.

Before I start this little rant, I just want to apologize if I ramble, or I don't make sense at times. I really just need to get this off my chest. With that being said,

Parents, please do NOT hold your child's grades over their head

Ever since I was a little kid, my parents and teachers always praised me, saying that I was so smart for my age. Every year, I heard the same thing. I was told that I thought on a level higher than even the honors students in my grade. Now, I know that all sounds like a massive compliment, and on the surface, it is, however, if a child is told this too many times.....it can start to become a burden to them.

As I've gotten older, I've found that school gets harder and harder to deal with. Why? Because the work is getting harder, and sometimes I struggle. Why don't I ask for help, then? Because I'm scared. I'm scared of being seen as dumb. Oh and my ADHD and depression don't help, either. ADHD makes it hard for me to focus, and depression.....is depression.

And another thing, don't treat your child's grades like they are the most important thing on the planet. Just today, my grade in a class went from an A to a B, and my mom is pissed. I'm now allowed to have anything below an A. Hell, my parents are threatening that if I get anything below a B on my report card this quarter, then I'm being sent off to military school.

Now, in my case, I will admit that laziness does tie in to some of my poor grades. For example, today, when my grade dropped, it was because I had forgotten to complete an assignment in that class. My mom messaged me about it, and I tried to tell her that I would get it done. Long story short, it is literally impossible for me to fix it, no matter what, and my mom is still pissed about it.

So a new place is giving away free pizza today (Blaze’s pizza-now in Fort Wayne) and I get in line with da child and...

all she does is bitch.  Like she doesn’t want to be there, says she’d rather do homework than get free pizza.  Demands to go back to the car and wait

so that’s what she did.  She waited in the car for an hour while I got in line for pizza.  I got it, and she wanted let out so she could walk and meet her totally not boyfriend as he got out of school. Now I’ve eaten half and wanting to eat the rest because she’s been a little bitch about the whole thing.