
Article created by: Eglė Bliabaitė
Not every kid’s family life is like in The Brady Bunch. Some children grow up with pretty messed up people for parents. Research shows that 63.9% of U.S. adults report having at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) – a potentially traumatic event.
But social media has made it easier for adolescents and adult children to share their childhood traumas and take comfort in the fact that they have many brothers and sisters of similar fates. This time, we have a compilation just for them – the moments when toxic parents acted particularly infuriatingly.
So, those who grew up in a healthy family might want to go kiss their mom and dad for some extra appreciation after going through this list!
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#1 I Cooked A Thanksgiving Meal From Scratch For My Family And No One Ate It
My mom and sibling decided at the last minute to eat at someone else’s house. My dad brought his own food to eat for himself. At least my cat appreciates the turkey.
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#2 My Mom Just Asked Me For $600 When I Work A Minimum-Wage Job, Then Tells Me To Stop Spending
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#3 My Mom Made Me Throw Away This Good-Looking Cake Because It Was Given To Us By A Muslim Neighbor
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#4 Showing Up Late To A Planned Dinner
My parents are notorious for showing up late. If a party is at 3, you can expect them at 4:30. We had dinner plans at 5 p.m. today, and it’s 7:39 p.m. and they are still not here. I want to pack everything up and tell them not to come over.
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#5 Last Year I Checked My Bank Account And Saw That My Mom Stole My Money, Almost $2,000
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#6 My Mom Took A Bite Of My Birthday Cake That I Bought For Myself
Yesterday was my birthday, and to celebrate it, I bought two slices of cake after work to enjoy, but because it was late, I put it in the fridge to eat later. I was a little stressed recently, so when I got off work today, I felt happy because I was about to enjoy some cake that I hadn’t had in a while. However, when I opened the fridge, I saw that my mom took a bite out of them. Yes, she knew it was my birthday yesterday. No, I don’t think she cared.
I might be a little overreacting, but I’m feeling more than a little upset over it. I know it’s not a big deal, but it’s just the principle of the thing, you know? My mood was immediately shattered.
Just to add the day of my birthday, she asked me to take her out for dinner. I think she’s mixing up whose birthday it was.
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#7 I’m Allergic To Almonds. This Is All My Parents Will Buy. They Eat All The Cereal I Buy And Leave Me With This, Saying I Can “Pick Out The Almonds”
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#8 My Room Was Clean When I Left For My Dad’s House For Spring Break. This Is What I Came Home To After My Mom “Looked For My Wallet”
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#9 My Mom’s Response When I Came Out To Her. Haven’t Talked To Them For Two Weeks Now
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#10 My Mother Destroyed My Screen Because My Dogs Woke Her Up
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#11 Growing Up, My Parents Refused To Get Me Dolls Or Accessories. Now I’m In My 20s, And They Have Decided To Buy Doll Stuff Each Year And Laugh In My Face. This Was This Year’s “Gift”
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#12 After My Parent’s Divorce, My Mother Ripped My Father Out Of My Childhood Photos. He Passed Away Over Two Years Ago, And We Don’t Have Many Photos Together
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#13 I’m A “Turkey” Because I Don’t Want To Download An App So My Mom Could Track Me
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#14 My Friend (Who Is Adopted) Posted One Thing On Instagram. It Also Appears That Her Mom Is Stalking Her
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#15 My Mom Is Withholding My Unemployment And Took The Cares Act Grant Gave Out To The Students
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#16 My 16-Year-Old Sister Spent Two Hours Cooking Christmas Dinner And My Mom Won’t Eat Because She’s Mad That My Sister Didn’t Like Her Present
Sis got a pink purse. She doesn’t use purses, and she also hates the color pink.
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#17 My Mom Threw My Monitor, But It Didn’t Work, So She Resorted To The Knife
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#18 My Mom Got Kicked Out Of Her Boyfriend’s House And Decided To Break Into Mine And Start Sleeping On My Couch. I Didn’t Know Until I Saw Her Complaining About My Cat On Facebook
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#19 My Mom Kindly Promised She Would Maintain My Car While I Was Away Temporarily. Well, She Didn’t. Now It Has A Dead Battery And A Moldy Interior
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#20 My Parents Went Through My Phone, Deleted Over 1500 Different Images And Videos, And Emptied The Trash Bin. I’m 15, And They Haven’t Found Anything Bad On My Phone Ever
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#21 I’m 17, And I Still Have Screen Time While My 14-Year-Old Sister Doesn’t
This is stupid. I’m not on my phone all day, while my sister is on it almost 24/7. Every evening, she is on a call with her friend for like 5 hours, and my parents don’t say anything about it. But if I’m on my bed for 5 minutes on my phone, I get yelled at.
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#22 I Woke Up And Saw My Door Removed By My Parents. I Asked Them Why They Did That, And They Replied, “Privacy Isn’t Necessary”
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#23 My Mom Smashed My Phone
For some context, we have a rule in my house where my phone has to be upstairs plugged in at all times, and today I forgot to plug it in and had it in my pocket in my room. She came down, told me to give it to her, and threw it on the ground as hard as she could. I’m 19. She says if I don’t follow the rules, I can live on the streets.
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#24 My Mom Gets Mad That I Still Wear Masks And Comes In My Room And Cuts All Of Them While I’m Gone
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#25 Getting Tracked At 20 By My Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theory Mom. I Finally Convinced Her To Delete The Tracking App Though
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#26 My Dad Sanded My Car’s Hood Without Telling Me
My car did have some rust spots on the hood, I own the car and was looking into places to get my hood repaired. My dad said he would paint it himself a week ago, and I said NO very clearly. He is not trained in car repair, has no experience, and has no equipment. Today he stole my car keys and decided to sand it down without letting me know. Now I have to get the entire hood repainted.
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#27 My Dad Today
I mean, when you cheat on my mom more than three times, maybe you will start to reflect and wonder why.
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#28 I’ve Been At College For One Day. My Dad Dropped Me Off Yesterday. It Hasn’t Even Been 24 Hours Since He Dropped Me Off. I’m Four And A Half Hours Away, And I Still Can’t Escape This
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#29 My Dad Will Often Park In Or Over Handicapped Spaces. This Is At A Medical Facility. The Parking Lot Was Mostly Empty
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#30 My Mom Adopted A Cat And Kept Her For Less Than 48 Hours Before Deciding The Poor Thing Was Too Much To Handle. Now She Wants Me To Buy Her A Dog?
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#31 My Parents Have Installed Software On My Phone Without My Consent That Disables The Ability To Clear History And Streams My Web History And Activity To Their Phone
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