Traumatizing things Korean parents say..

[darkroge]

The lights in the car is 100% universal - My English parents said it too 😆

[fenenaa]

"if you jump over someone they will remain that height forever" that's the one I remember the most

[Nameless_mixes]

Did anyone else’s parents say that “If you make weird faces, your face will freeze that way”?

[Nameless_mixes]

The lights in the car thing definitely isn’t isolated to just Korean parents. I’m pretty sure that everyone I know has been told that by their parents 😂❤️

[roevrdt]

Asian parents can literally write a book about what not do! 😂
Edit: thanks for the likes guys <3

[srijitamandal]

My mom says "Don't go out with your hair untied after sunset, you are gonna get possessed" 💀

[chocolatetb]

If you eat the seeds of fruits they’re going to grow inside of you and you’ll pop.

[NinjaSolo]

In Brazil we have the "don't let your slippers laid upside down or else your mom will DIE"

[tae_tae]

Don't whistle at night
Don't cut your nails in evening times
😂😂

[girlwithluv]

My dad: Never look out of the window, you're brother WILL push you 😂

[aaditi]

My mom finally gave me a reason for not turning on the light in the car, she said it's hard to drive as the light flashes your eyes.

[Feestra]

Well I’m German and we have this children books that are very disturbing…:D like a boy getting his thumb cutoff cuz he sucked on it or a boy starving to death cuz he didn’t wanna eat soup…, many parents use these books to teach their kids not to do these things haha

[seulgisheart]

“eat your carrots, if not you won’t be able to see when your older.”


also my mom says those things and i’m not even korean 😂

[jasminedavis]

Lol, American here and my mom always loved to use the, "don't drink coffee it'll stunt your growth" and I legit believed this for the longest time until I got to middle school and my biology teacher laughed herself silly when I asked her if coffee could actually do that. Answer: No, it can't, it's just an old wives' tale. 😂

[saltpackets]

If I stop trying they’d put me in public school and with the fact that “I don’t care about my looks” (my hair poofs up, i have a lot of acne, I have no fashion sense, don’t make much of an effort to talk with new people, don’t like to step out of my comfort zone, and overall just socially awkward) people would “definitely bully me”. I see where they come from but really? My grades aren’t that bad. Sure I’m not getting all A- or at least having my lowest grade as B but please stop. I hate it. I get that I should be aiming for a higher grade and I should care more about my appearances (ex. Flat ironing my hair [according to my mom] and knowing what clothes match with what) and I understand that paying that amount of money on me isn’t worth it if I don’t try but I’m worried. It will probably happen one day and with my inability to keep friends from other schools I’d probably be all alone. I won’t have to worry about the higher expectations and learning levels that are needed in private school but I’d most definitely have 0 social intelligence and even less motivation then I’d ever have. So far all of my dreams and wishes rely on my friends and If I loose that then I have no plans for the future. (I just realized I might’ve gone on a tangent so, um.. bye? I honestly don’t know how to close up writings)

[gurlhappiness]

That umbrella thang is also said by Indian parents

[whatlikeitshardd]

Are peaches and kiwis relatively expensive in Korea? I feel like that's usually why parents try to deter us from certain things, so they don't have to spend money on it 😂

[FabeFangs]

Dutchie here, the lights in the car were definitely said here😂
Also: 'don't go outside with wet hair or you'll catch pneumonia (even in summer).'
'Don't press the button at the crosswalk 6000x or you'll get a fine.'
'If you don't eat the crusts of your bread you won't be able to learn how to whistle.'
'You're not hungry, children in Africa are hungry. You are just peckish'
And one that may be exclusive to my family: 'Don't scratch at a birthmark or you'll bleed out and die.'😂 Love from the Netherlands ❤️🇳🇱

[Yeonjuns_respect]

Me: doesn’t look at my book for seconds
My mom: you’re gonna work at MacDonalds

[tmnty]

lol the same with balkan parents, they come up with the most out of context things