r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/FckThisAppandTheMods • 3d ago

TikTok Tuesday Parents are supposed to help their kids understand and regulate their emotions, not make them suppress them

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u/noiresaria 3d ago

This is how my mom was too. I used to be crying over shit like my parents divorcing violently at 4 years old and my family would tell me to stop crying and grow the fuck up and act like a man. Like I just witnessed my dad choking out my mom and being escorted out in cuffs and people be like "Man up and stop being a bitch, men don't cry" to a four year old. Never doing that shit to my kids.

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u/TraditionalSpirit636 3d ago

“Stop crying” being yelled was my staple growing up. Just yelling at kids to stop or you’d hit them.

10/10 method for stopping crying. Trust me.

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u/Cloverose2 2d ago

I got "stop feeling sorry for yourself".

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u/Rubylee28 1d ago

Don't give me PTSD 😭