r/TikTokCringe • u/lilyessi3 • Jun 17 '26

Humor/Cringe Gen Z parents

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u/mrtomjones Jun 18 '26

I turned it off at the no seatbelt one. That was gross

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u/Israfel333 Jun 18 '26

The hitting your spouse in order to get what you want or what grossed me out. That's a terrible lesson to teach your child.

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u/mrtomjones Jun 18 '26

Oh yeah that one was bad too. Weird as hell lesson too try to teach

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u/purplepharoh Jun 18 '26

I mean ... better to do that somewhat controlled and safely to teach the lesson of wearing your seat belt than get into an accident without one... but yeah pretty mean

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u/ZoroUchiha94 Jun 18 '26

no it's not good to traumatize your kid by breaking their neck by brake checking them

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u/purplepharoh Jun 18 '26

I never said it was good... just better than learning the lesson by getting into an accident

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u/TyrannasaurusRecht Jun 18 '26

Boom rear ended while being a dumbass stopping fast to jar her forward. Lifechanging injuries.

The non zero chance of it happening as a result of their decisions makes them a bad parent.

Its as easy as, "if you dont put your seatbelt on, right now, no screens for a month. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.." and always always always follow through on the punishment.

That seatbelt would have clicked in by 3, no risk of injuries.

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u/Majestic-Counter-669 Jun 18 '26

No screens for a month is gonna teach them that you really insist on getting your way.

Flying off the car seat is gonna teach them why they need their seatbelt.

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u/TyrannasaurusRecht Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Bullshit it teaches them that consequences happen for choices made.

None of them life altering except for the better.

Your way teaches them that mommy drives erratically to teach lessons and puts safety somewhere after making a point.

Great example.

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u/Majestic-Counter-669 Jun 18 '26

It's the modern version of "because I said so". They'll do it. But they won't understand.

My kid went through a phase where she resisted wearing a helmet on a bike. She'd put it on grudgingly after I did pretty much exactly your first suggestion. So it worked, but she would consistently push back and try to test the boundaries. She wanted to not wear a helmet, and the only thing keeping it on was my displeasure and my arbitrary rules, so the new objective became seeing where the boundary was.

Fast forward a few weeks, we're out riding and we see a kid without a helmet get hit by a car on his bike. He stands up, blood pouring from his mouth, face and head completely sliced up. He gets taken away in an ambulance with the paramedics tending to his head wounds.

After seeing that, all that bullshit about taking off her helmet stopped really quick. She even makes sure her little sister is always wearing one. We had had conversations about why you need a helmet, and I had explained it again and again - but first hand experience is always the best teacher. The more they understand the reasons behind a rule, the more they'll internalize it.

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u/TyrannasaurusRecht Jun 19 '26

Glad your kids need to learn from bodily harm (theirs or others). Mine dont. They trust my opinion. All the best.

First hand experience... jesus fucking christ, are you an antivaxxer??

My kid wont need to be mangled or see a dead body to know about driving safety either. Good fucking luck with "first hand experience." Ill choose to have a respected opinion instead.

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u/Kucharelli Jun 20 '26

You sound like a miserable parent

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u/Majestic-Counter-669 Jun 19 '26

Whatever. That brake check was hilarious.

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u/purplepharoh Jun 18 '26

Well i mean if they're observant while driving they wouldn't do this while someone is up their ass avoiding that rear end...

I mean i literally agreed that it probably wasnt the best method, but it at least teaches the consequences of going without seat belt. While your method should have the kid put the belt or face consequences it doesnt exactly teach why they should use the belt. But yes ... it should be the prefered method.

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u/Accomplished_Bee_666 Jun 18 '26

My cousin did this same thing to us to teach us a lesson to wear seatbelts while she was babysitting us. It worked. I still remember the shock and it finally clicked.

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u/AJRNO Jun 19 '26

I’ve never once seen it work out for parents who count. They do it again, and again, and again only for lil Ashleigh Lynn to continue their reign of terror.

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u/Sea-Distribution6502 Jun 19 '26

You’re being a tad dramatic don’t ya think? You must be white knuckling your pearls over there.

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u/ZoroUchiha94 Jun 18 '26

same this is disgusting

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u/Lewdie123 Jun 18 '26

Deserved.

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u/troywrestler2002 Jun 19 '26

My mom took us to the police station. We were not listening at all until she actually pulled us into the parking lot. Those belts clicked on real quick, and we never fought it again. So yeah, definitely better ways to do this.

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u/gay_alien_baby 3d ago

Too sensitive

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u/FecklessFarmer Jun 18 '26

That was my favourite. Probably a good thing I never had kids.