10 Toxic Things Parents Say To Their Kids

Have you ever wondered whether you have toxic parents? What are the signs of toxic parents? What are the things toxic parents say? Many parents say emotionally harmful things that can have lasting negative psychological effects. A toxic environment at home can lead to many detrimental self-esteem and mental health problems. Do you find yourself or someone you know relating to these? If so, consider sharing this video to help us promote awareness on this topic and community bonding.

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Credits
Writer: Laura Santospirito
Script Editor: Denise Ding & Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Tris Canimo
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

Citations:
King, Stephen. Stephen King's Danse Macabre. New York: Everest House, 1980.

[Psychgo]

Do you guys want to see a video on toxic siblings next? Let us know below.

[Minakushi-yzpc]

To be honest ."parents are expecting us to act like adults while they are treating us like children".

[stoopid]

the real question is "how should children handle toxic parents"

[annatheidk]

One of the worst things that they say is “I raised you, put you under a roof, give you food and water, and you ask for more?” It makes children think that they will only ever need the bare minimum and causes them to hide their needs.

[marinawalter]

And they ask me all the time that "why are you depressed? You have everything to be happy." And this video is my life lol

[huntermaddywhite]

Don’t forget the “when I was your age...” and “why can’t you be like other kids?”

[marlastanfield]

I like how adults tell us to be respectful when they are never respectful to us

[ladycrimson]

“Your so ungrateful, I’m pretty sure you’ll be a failure later on”
“You just want to kill us don’t you ??”
“Why are you so annoying”

These words kill me everyday

[leviackermann]

You made me realise how good my time in the boarding school was daily living life with friends and without toxic parents is just heavenly

[toastyboi]

Its like the saying
"All kids deserve parents
But not all parents deserve kids."

Edit from 3 months: thank you for the likes, i seriously just forgot about this comment i wrote, and i come back to 3 thousand people liking it, thank you again.

[blegh]

Scolding you or calling you disrespectful for “talking back” when you’re stating your opinion to them or defending yourself from their incessant accusations

[eimerhegel]

live with parents give 2 consequences:
- You are still too young
- You already grown up

[jellybellyfish]

My parents used to call the cops on me whenever I “talked back.” Thankfully, I was never arrested, but it really made me afraid of what to say. There are even times I’m hanging out with friends and they talk about their parents, and I’m just sitting there dumbstruck because their parents sound so nice, not toxic at all.

Thankfully I moved out, living my own life now. If I ever have any kids, I’ll do my best to be the best parent ever to them.

[Max-likes-cans]

"Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about" oh, I'm sorry mom, I didn't realize my emotions weren't important

[ChrisM-rlqt]

" You're so useless"
" Why don't you do something useful for once?"
" Im right and your wrong."
" Respect me."
" If I die, how are you going to take care of yourself? You have nobody."
" Shut up, Im talking."

Yep toxic parents...

[BTSARMY-tjyy]

Its so sad to know that the strangers on social media understands you better than your parents 😢

[anrijupiter]

Most hurtful thing my mom said to me was “I thought you were stronger than that.”

My parents never gave me place to talk about my emotions. They unintentionally make fun of me and say things that I just didn’t appreciate. I’ve always been so insecure and overthinker so I learned it very young that talking to them about my emotions and mental problems is just another ways to gain more hurt. So since I was in preschool, I always acted tough tho I really wasn’t. These kinda kids who don’t share their emotions will someday have breakdowns. And I did meaning I’m emotionally very fucked. One time I was involved in friends drama and I just didn’t wanted to go to school anymore so I had to talk about it with my mom. Because I was crying like a baby about this stupid kids’ drama, she told me that I’m not as strong as she thought I was in a very manipulative way. That one sentence still hurts me till this day because that was the moment I realized my own mother doesn’t even know how emotionally fucked up i am. How I acted that day was literally how I am inside till this very day. The fact that the person who caused my emotional mental whatever problems say things like that to me was just…. awful. My parents are only horrible when I focus on the bad side of them but I do love them. It’s just hard to focus on good when there is bad.

[zamith]

"You should be grateful that we feed and clothe you"
No, thats litterally your obligation as parents.

[Sea__]

Kid: brings up actual good point in a calm tone

Parent: "I'm not arguing with children"

[Tmaxgirl]

That "you don't realize it's unhealthy since it's normal for you" is something serious. I remember realizing my mom was the bad guy after watching Tangled. All the gears started turning.