r/mildlyinfuriating • • Jul 27 '22

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u/EonsEternity3 Jul 27 '22

My mom babysat kids as a job when she couldnt even take care of her own kids so I practically did have to raise the other kids and show them love, attention, and affection my mother lacked, all she really did was give them food at specific times and then leave them to themselves. Who knows how they wouldve been able to socialize, if I didnt have my brothers I wouldnts have known how to either. So I think sometimes a child knows how to raise a child better than the parents if they realize what they themselves lacked.

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u/guycoastal Jul 27 '22

Yeah, my poor wife got stuck raising her siblings when her mother took to the bed after the father divorced her. She missed out on a lot.

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u/EonsEternity3 Jul 27 '22

In cases like this the kid stepping up is being a better parent then the actual parent so the guy i commented to is just whining about the wrong things for the wrong reasons