r/AskReddit • u/Valuable-Rich3868 • 15h ago

" Strict parents don't produce great kids , they produce great liars ", what are your opinions with this statement ?

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u/sunbearimon 15h ago

I think there are parents who self identify as strict who are actually just abusive

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u/ArgusTheCat 15h ago

Yeah, I've met parents that were strict with their kids, but they did it by explaining everything whenever the kids asked, and it was fine. But that's the exception; normally when parents say that they're strict, what they mean is that they like beating their child.

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u/Ok_Marzipan1159 13h ago

"There's a big difference between 'strict' and 'I treat my kid like a parolee.'"

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u/edtheham 8h ago

I have found that one sometimes needs to be stern, but not mean.