I was 20 at the time so hed have been about 25.
Still lived at home with his parents because mom wasnt ready to let him go.
He had a 9pm curfew and ALWAYS had to have permission to go over to a friends house.
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He was a fully capable adult.
The first time I met his mom I KNEW there was no hope for this guy.
She CONSTANTLY controlled his every move.
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He had his license, but she drove him to and from work.
I NEVER see him on his own.
My friends mother home schooled him because she didnt want him interacting with females…
I became involved years after that man was out of the picture.
The daughter wasnt even a teenager.
A quote from earlier: Eden!
Ijusttold you to stop being so stupid!
I used to work at a pawn shop several years ago.
One day a particularly trashy couple came in to pawn a few DVDs and some fake gold.
They had their son with them and he couldnt have been more than three years old.
When Dad notices this he yells HEY very loudly and the boy immediately starts running back towards the dad.
She looks at the dad and says as casual as can be just hit him.
My aunt and uncle are terrible parents.
Such awful people that weve cut almost all contact with them.
The doctors wanted to put a shunt in to drain the water and avoid damage.
The parents refused for some reason, so the kid ended up with some slight brain damage.
It probably wouldnt have been too bad.
and my uncles work benefits wouldve helped cover, not that money was an issue anyways).
Instead his parents decided to ignore his problems completely.
He cant read at all, which again he is technically capable of, just nobody has taught him.
His parents are also super cold.
They never hug or praise their kids.
He is extremely violent and never receives any discipline.
He was never taught anything in life and its so sad.
My sister in law.
Her and her boyfriend are the most selfish people i have ever met.
He hits, bites, and spits in the face of every kid that comes near him.
He throws giant tantrums for up to an hour sometimes that usually end in him getting what he wants.
Her age isnt even an excuse (like her mom likes to claim) shes 29.
Mom is in labor, CPS is standing by to take the baby.
Shes had no prenatal care, is addicted to drugs, and this is her 6th pregnancy.
The previous five have already been apprehended (the 4th and 5th were also apprehended at birth).
Father is unsurprisingly not present for birth.
My sons daycare class has a kid in it whos missing an eye.
He has an eyelid/lashes/etc, just was born without the tissue used to see with.
Theres nothing scary, or weird, or gross about him.
I can only imagine what fucked up prejudices this kid is going to have thanks that vile woman.
These parents also have a zero violence tolerance for video games.
Mind you but this kid is in high school for Christs sake.
Now hes got a 65%!??!?!
what the hell???
I worry about my cousin.
His parents were in their late forties when he was born (oops!)
and both already had grown kids.
Safe to say theyre over the whole parenting thing at this point, and the kid is only 9.
They just kind of accept that he doesnt like/isnt great at school and do nothing to help him improve.
Hes such a sweet kid, and I hate that hes not getting the kind of support he deserves.
It seems so unfair.
A woman posted a video to a local Facebook group Im in last night.
The video was captioned teaching my 9 year old gun safety!
Within the 14-second video the child:
Mom just kept on filming, because of course she did.
My brothers got 8 kids with 7 different women.
It wouldve been 10 with 8 but his twins died at childbirth.
We joke about them unionizing.
Ok, Ive got one.
Now, Caitlin and Is relationship was on the rocks.
We thought it would be a great idea to invite Timmy and Crystal.
God bless Timmy, he tried to warn us.
He told us that they were having problems in their relationship.
He told us Crystal was going a bit zany.
We had no idea.
We thought it was normal couple fights.
We were not prepared.
Its loud, its angry, objects have gone airborne.
Crystal is screaming/crying and we go in to double-check they arent hitting each other.
Timmy has her in a chokehold.
Hes got a huge knot on his head.
She threw something at his head.
Dont worry, I know how to restrain her when she gets like this.
The drive there is just as bad.
Im navigating and Crystal is driving (since its her car).
I talked to Timmy about it and he told me just how bad things were.
They hadnt had sex in 6 months.
She was bullemic and had gotten so bad her toenails were falling out.
OK, whatever, sounds like a plan.
Hes got thus handled.
We finally made it home.
The first thing I did was cut contact with Crystal.
Timmy said hed take her to a facility within the week.
Sounds like a plan.
But thats not what happened.
What happened was 5 months later, we find out that Crystal is pregnant.
Timmy was absolutely sure she would make a terrific mom, because heaving a kid will mellow you out.
That poor, poor child is absolutely FUCKED.
I was at a childs birthday party once and was pushing a big group of kids on the merry-go-round.
He then said something, I dont really remember what, that indicated he was thirsty.
I looked over at the lady who had brought him there and waved her over.
It took a while to get her attention, since she definitely was not looking our way at all.
She eventually got up reluctantly to come toward us and it turned out to be his grandma.
It was pretty upsetting to imagine the possibilities of how that kids life was going to be.
Oh, and on a similar judgmental note, I know a kid whose first words were Chicken Nugget.
The boy is also the 5th child in his family.
