Tag: parenting

dragon-in-a-fez:

honestly you can convince parents that just about anything is necessary for their kids’ well-being except, like, respecting their boundaries/identities/basic human rights.

like, people will spend hundreds of dollars on classical music brain training kits for literal newborn infants because someone on good morning america said it might make them 0.3% smarter but god forbid you tell them to stop reading their kids’ fuckin diaries or use their correct pronouns.

celticpyro:

Why do parents treat going online or playing video games
like it’s some kind of strenuous task but only when you’re too sick to do
anything else?

Like, if you’re healthy it’s this mindless task that sucks
out your brain, your muscle tone, your physical health, etc.

But when you have the flu and you’re in too much pain to do
anything else, suddenly it’s like running a triathalon and you should
definitely be doing some other, less fun and definitely more physically taxing
activity.

“Hm, you’re not too sick to click a mouse and binge-watch
your favorite TV show, I guess you must not be that sick. You should be doing
chores and homework,”

Like…heck off dude, how much energy does it really take to
sit in a chair and watch Voltron on Netflix?

mmccubbing:

If you’re not ready to have a gay kid, a trans kid, an autistic kid, a disabled kid, then you’re not ready to have a kid.

If you’re not ready to love and care for them unconditionally, you aren’t ready to care for them at all.

totalspiffage:

oops-hi-boybandersinlove:

hobbitry-in-arms:

smokingchocolatecake:

somethingratchet:

boredpanda:

Heartwarming Pics Of Children Who Were Just Adopted

I love adoption stories. My mom adopted 3 kids and she never let us or anybody else make a difference out of the 6 of us. My biological brother had the same name as my adopted brother and people could not understand why my mom would name 2 sons in succession, Johnny. But we wouldn’t explain it. Adopt kids. Make it normal. Not the the thing u do simply when u cant.

This will melt a heart of stone.

^^^^ THAT PERSON UP THERE

please normalize the fuck out of adoption, i’ve given speeches and lectures and written papers about all the misconceptions and fears and rumors that plague the issues of adoption and make this perfectly normal, healthy, happy thing a rare occurrence in our society and that is sad and wrong

adoption is not “giving up” on a child, adoption is not a last resort, adoption is not just for certain types of families

please normalize adoption

Also please normalize adopting teenagers. I’m not saying you shouldn’t adopt young children and babies, but there are so many teens out there that just don’t get adopted because of their age. So please normalize adopting teens! 

I hate adding on to long posts, but as someone who spent time in foster care growing up I have to chime in. Foster parents are amazing, and so are adoptive parents. My foster parents, brothers and sisters made a huge impact on who I am. Please adopt. Adopted kids are not worth less than blood relations. Stop that line of thought.

Source: boredpanda

stylesonly:

If you, as a parent, have ever told your kids that they’re stupid, that they’re fat, that they need to lose weight, that they look pregnant in a certain outfit, that their make up looks horrible, that their haircut is crappy, that they’re not smart enough for certain things, and you purposefully drag your children down, even if you think you’re “just joking” then you are what’s wrong with society and you are the cause of your child’s insecurities.

hot-chubbies-with-cheese:

rubyfruitjumble:

chipsncookies:

mistintrees:

randommakings:

thatshitaintpunk:

THAT’S A FUCKING STRAIGHT JACKET FOR BABIES WHAT THE FUCK DON’T ADD A LITTLE SMILEY FACE WITH SOME HEARTS AND PUT THE WORD SNUGGLE IN THERE THAT’S HORRIFYING 

You guys have clearly never dealt with babies, it’s called swaddling you dumbasses and it helps calm a baby down and it makes it easier for a mother to hold onto/nurse a very fussy baby.

also it makes babies less likely to like poke themselves in their eyes or scratch their faces up with their demon infant nails

seriously, baby nails are incredibly sharp and a baby does not need to claw themselves up 

swaddling is an ancient as fuck technique to keep your baby warm, safe, and calm (it simulates being held which helps make babies chill) and this particular invention means swaddling without all the fabric which will help keep babies cooler in warm climates, and also allow for changing diapers and the like without unswaddling them

sit yo asses down and learn to care for a small hairless human

this site hates babies what do you expect

*sees a crib* THATS A FUCKING CAGE FOR BABIES WHAT THE FUCK

*sees a bottle* WHAT THE FUCK ISNT THAT WHAT TITS ARE FOR

Source: 4gifs

hmsarsaparilla:

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indigopebbles:

pervocracy:

Parents: This can’t be true about you, you didn’t show any signs when you were younger!

Also parents: *would have destroyed your life if you’d shown any signs when you were younger*

Also parents: *aggressively ignored all signs you’ve ever shown*

Also parents: *misinterpreted signs when younger and punished you for it*

Also parents: *absolutely noticed the signs but told you to get over it cause they didn’t sign up for that when they decided they wanted children*

Also parents: *noticed the signs and had all the training needed to properly take care of you but subsiquently decided it was a behavioral problem and never got you the medical help you needed until it was too late and now you have years of emotional baggage*