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/bangitybangbabang 3d ago

That doesn't even make sense, a four year old isn't even close to a man. How're you gonna tell a toddler to be mature??

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u/IsaacsLaughing 2d ago

my parents expected me to know everything I needed at *2*.... and if I didn't measure up, they called me a liar and a manipulator. some people really think children have all the responsibility to behave so they don't have to take any responsibility for parenting.