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It Made Me Wanna Cry 16 Y O Continues To Not Talk To His Dad Even On His Birthday After He Threw Out All Of His Son s Plants

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Monika Pašukonytė
During the pandemic, when most of the world was under lockdown, people started to remember their hobbies that they didn't have time for. Many discovered more interests as they somehow had to alleviate their boredom. A teen discovered he really liked plants and taking care of them, but his dad was annoyed with this new pastime and threw away everything his son had spent so much time and effort on. Now the teen is not talking to his dad, who is getting even more mad, especially because his son didn't say a word even on his birthday. More info: Reddit

Teen is told he is going too far for not talking to his dad on his birthday but he is not over him throwing away all his plants

Image credits: Smoobs (not the actual image) The Original Poster (OP) is a 16-year-old who was quite bored from going to school on Zoom, so his aunt thought that maybe he could try growing plants. When his dad's sister came for a visit from Wyoming where she and her husband have a farm, she brought some seeds and plants for the teen's grandmother but gave him some as well. Turns out, OP really enjoyed taking care of plants and was so devoted that he even went to buy pots and soil, transporting them by bus. He was researching the best ways to care for certain plants and was most proud of his peace lily, which he grew from seed. While plants made the teen happy, his dad didn't see the point of them and called this hobby dumb. The dad saw plant growing as not a manly interest and considered it a waste of time. He was really not fond of the idea of the OP working on a garden. He was so against his son growing plants that he took them all and just threw them away. The OP learnt about it when he came back from his cousin's and didn't find any of his pots in his room.

The 16 Y O was getting bored from online school so his aunt suggested he try out growing plants to fight the boredom

Image credits: u/threwmyplants It really hurt OP's feelings, as it was his joy he unexpectedly discovered that put his mind at ease, and because all his hard work was disregarded. At least his mom was on his side, but not even her yelling made the dad apologize to his son. The aunt was furious as well and sympathized with her nephew. She didn't mind bringing more plants to him, but the teen is devastated and now doesn't trust his dad, because what is stopping him from doing the same thing again?

The OP agreed to see if he liked it and it turned out that he really enjoyed it and started devoting a lot of time and effort to this hobby

Image credits: Helena Jacoba (not the actual photo) Image credits: u/threwmyplants The son started the silent treatment against his dad and didn't respond to any of his questions or even take a break for his dad's birthday. It lasted for a week and then the mom started to think he was going too far by not wishing him happy birthday. According to Healthline, indoor plants may help reduce stress levels and may help you concentrate better, thus boosting productivity. The process of growing a plant and watching it change is therapeutic and some research shows that the sight of plants may help with recovery from illness. A plant in a work space may lead to feeling more satisfaction with the results you achieved and obviously, some plants help with the quality of air. The OP was deprived of all of this, so it is understandable why he felt hurt. Maybe it would help if he went to his aunt's house for the summer, as someone in the comments suggested, but for now, he feels that the best way to cope with his feelings is not to engage in conversation with his dad.

The problem was that his dad saw plants as a dumb hobby and a waste of time so one day he just threw everything out

Image credits: u/threwmyplants If we're already talking about hobbies, it's important for parents to encourage their kids' hobbies, otherwise they are missing out on gaining important life and social skills, as Podar Education Network points out. Hobbies are important because they help kids and teenagers develop, stimulate their brains and discover their talents. It's also useful to explore what they excel at and try out things just to find out what they don't enjoy as much. Hobbies help them to connect with like-minded people and they are a good topic to bring up while talking with someone who is not familiar with the activity. Hobbies may some day turn into something lucrative as well or look good on a resume while looking for a job.

The teen was deeply hurt and stopped talking with his dad which irritated him even more especially when his son continued with the silent treatment on his birthday

Image credits: Alan Stanton (not the actual image) Image credits: u/threwmyplants But it's never good to force a hobby upon your child, like OP's dad did when he tried to convince his son he should find something else to do in his free time. Parents have to understand that their kids have their own interests and Mommy Nearest suggests that it's best to keep it low pressure and to not punish them for changing their minds. They also point out that it is important to distinguish between you liking something and the child liking something, because a forced hobby is not fun, which it should be. If your children find something they like, encourage them, but don't pressure them to be good at it.

The OP s mom who initially sided with her son now also thinks that he is being unreasonable but the teen wasn t even apologized to

Image credits: u/threwmyplants Image credits: OakleyOrignals (not the actual image) People in the comments thought that OP's dad's behavior and attitude against his hobby was sexist and it was unnecessarily cruel. They felt the teen's pain and agreed that the dad needed to apologize, so they understood why the son didn't wish him a happy birthday. What are your thoughts? Do you think a week is a long enough punishment for the dad? Do you think the teen is hurting his dad more by not talking with him on his birthday than the dad hurt him by throwing away all his hard work? Let us know in the comments!

Redditors completely understood OP s feelings and couldn t understand why the dad would be so cruel for no valid reason

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The father is alienating his son and stealing from him. It's not going to make the son question his love for plants. It's just going to make him question his love for his overcontrolling, mean-spirited Dad. 100 100points reply fu yu fu yu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago The father saw his child taking time and enjoyment with a healthy hobby and gave him a big 'f**k you' when he threw out not one but ALL of his plants.' Then he's bothered when his kid responds the same. Father is a real asshat. 70 70points reply Load More Replies... Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I'm a 42yo man. Growing up i spent so much time gardening (and cooking too) with my own dad that i've been addicted to plants since then. And now i do the same with my kids. Spending time with them doing things with our hands, seeing the plants grow and flowers bloom make us so happy and proud of our hard work. It really creates a strong bond between kids and their parents to share a hobby. This being said if one of them hadn't liked it, it would be fine. And i don't fully like or understand all of their other hobbies but who cares ? As long as it's not dangerous or illegal, whatever makes them happy is totally fine ! I really really hate this man and what seems to be based on toxic masculinity. That poor kid ... It could have been anything else. Being denied the right to express himself and enjoy a hobby just because his dad doesn't like it is terrible and so destructive. You don't have kids to transform them into mini you. You have kids and help them find out and become who they are 30 30points reply Pirates of Zen Pants Pirates of Zen Pants Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 months ago Love your attitude, Abhinc! Your kids are lucky. 12 12points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago (edited) Thanks !! But i guess it mostly means i was lucky growing up to have the parents i had. It just looks pretty normal to me. That's how i was raised. Genuine question though. After reading so many posts like this it really looks like that extreme toxic masculinity and very bad parenting / helicopter parents is particularly strong in the US. Cause honestly every weekend i see all my male neighbors gardening with their kids. All my male friends cook (some don't but just because they don't like it or are bad at it, not because it's no manly) ... I don't know. Is it in a way related to that hustle culture VS our more chill, enjoying life, free time life-style ? There must be a reason. We have idiotic misogynistic bad parents assholes too for sure !! But not at the same level. I've lived in 12 different countries in the past 30 years and i never saw / heard / experienced anything like that. Not on that level at least. I really don't understand. 12 12points reply Pirates of Zen Pants Pirates of Zen Pants Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 months ago Good question! No answers here. My father was super-abusive, had a huge gun collection which he sometimes used to terrorize relatives, was mentally ill and alcoholic, so it was a relief when he moved away and left no forwarding address. My husband, on the other hand, is genuinely kind, nurturing, funny, smart, principled, and loving. He's the exact opposite of my Dad, and I was lucky to find him. 8 8points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I don't know what it is exactly but there is for sure some kind of cultural / sociological explanation somewhere. What you say about your dad is terribly sad and i'm so sorry you had to go through all this !! But i'm happy you're ok now. Your husband seems like a good man. And maybe you were not lucky. Maybe you deserve a man like him because you're a good person too. Considering what you say about him, i feel like he would say exactly the same about you. 5 5points reply Lyndi Root Lyndi Root Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Have you heard the song by Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece? If not, you should listen to it. I can definitely relate to your situation and that song just describes it perfectly. 2 2points reply Jen Jen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I dont know that it is particularly strong in the US, just that people who are happy with thier families dont post those stories to these kinds of websites and proportionately the US has the most English speakers (biggest population of English speaking countries) so will have the most posts on English speaking boards. Unless you are or can compare to other similar websites in other languages its hard to say that the most of these issues are in the US 2 2points reply Elaine H Elaine H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Sorry Jen, I have to disagree with you. There are other countries that also speak English as their 2nd language, and here in the US there are PLENTY men with misogynistic ways THROUGHOUT the world as you have amazing men with great outlooks. I've worked with victims of Abuse, and although it's both parents, there are alot of males with childhood trauma that are cruel to their own children. This topic is about a fad who felt his son hobby if gardening wasn't 'manly" and took it upon himself to destroy what his son worked so hard for. From what I've seen in various states, there may be great dads who take interest in their sons hobbies, but there are plenty who fear it may be too feminine which it later display homophobia EVEN IF THEIR SON IS STRAIGHT. This father has issues he himself needs to work out with his own insecurities. I'm unsure if you realize how many males in the USA are very misogynistic and have cruel and ignorant views of how MEN should act 5 5points reply Jen Jen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I dont know what you are disagreeing with me about. All I said is that is was not UNIQUE to the US to have men with issues like the OP's father but it seems like we hear more of them because proportionately we get more postings from the US as the largest primarily English speaking country population-wise. We arent getting stories out of those other countries because they are more likely to use boards in thier first language if at all. AND that we only get negative stories instead of the many more good families because no one is going to write to Reddit etc about how good thier family is (note there are virtually no positive family or work subreddits) nor will Bored Panda pick up those stories because they are boring. And while yes there are a lot of misogynistic men in the US there are a lot more per capita in other countries where women still have 0 rights and there are a lot MORE men in the US who are not and are very supportive of women in general. Its basic statistics and news repo 1 1point reply Jihana Jihana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Well said! 12 12points reply DAN13LG DAN13LG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I agree it was a horrible thing to do, the only thing I find funny is how easy it is to tell the kids that comment on here demanding the father pay for what he destroyed lol. Only a self absorbed child would say he owes his son any monetary compensation. The father while completely in the wrong still created the kid and fed, clothed and housed him his entire life. It was probably the father's money that he bought everything with to begin with. Back in the day and even in a lot of families today kids don't get an allowance for helping around the house. The Dad is an as*hole but he owes the kid nothing but a sincere apology. -2 -2points reply Bisces Bisces Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I mean he did throw out the boy's property, so he does owe him money or seeds. That's how how life works. 1 1point reply RosieB RosieB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago As an amateur gardener I really sympathize with the young chap. I would rather a child of mine having a hobby than playing online game all night or staying out for all hours with friends of theirs I never knew. 72 72points reply Sawyer Kidder Sawyer Kidder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I started an indoor garden which took forever. I went on vacation and forgot to tell my family to water them. They all died except three of them, I was so sad. My favorite was my avocado plant but then my family ended up destroying that too.i 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Remedy Remedy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Actually there are studies that show gaming as a child can lead to statistically significant iq gains. 4 4points reply TwitchyBird TwitchyBird Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Yes, as well as good hand-eye coordination and certain team/social skills. Certain games can foster emotional intelligence as well. 1 1point reply April Dancer April Dancer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago But you trade all that for an ability to talk to people in the 'real world' and the knowledge you gain from reading books for pleasure. 1 1point reply cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Not from what I've seen. -3 -3points reply TwitchyBird TwitchyBird Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I am somehow sure you're not a scientist studying this particular subject, or you would have seen it. Your anecdotal evidence does not negate the factual reality. 2 2points reply lakitha tolbert lakitha tolbert Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago So many of the hobbies people engage in these days produce nothing or create nothing. Gardening, reading, music, and knitting, are all creative hobbies that produce beauty in the world It says so much about that man's character that he would destroy beautiful living things just to be spiteful, and what it says about his character is not good at all. 1 1point reply Cindy Hurd Cindy Hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Same here..kid was really talented and gifted 1 1point reply CMKL CMKL Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Still is 1 1point reply Jared Star Jared Star Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago No offense but your line of thinking is very similar to the fathers. 0 0points reply Jared Star Jared Star Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Here's the thing though What you said shows the same type of mindset as the father oh you're not quite as bad as he is since I assume you're not throwing out your kids gaming computers but it is the same type of mindset. -1 -1point reply SerumSeven SerumSeven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people should not be allowed to raise children. 71 71points reply Fatér Dezső Fatér Dezső Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people should not be 27 27points reply Load More Replies... cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Absolutely 4 4points reply Trish Swanson Trish Swanson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I count about 74 million of them! 1 1point reply cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Too true 3 3points reply Kim W Kim W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Well said ...Simple .. 2 2points reply DAN13LG DAN13LG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people shouldn't feel so entitled to judge how other people raise their kids. One could surmise that a someone who calls themselves serumseven shouldn't procreate let alone raise a child. It this particular situation this 16 year old kid seems to be raised quite well actually. He seems, responsible level headed and passionate. Kids not raised right may have thrown a fit started breaking things in the house and like a lot gen z entitled brats demand money. See the difference? -1 -1point reply Load More Comments POST Pirates of Zen Pants Pirates of Zen Pants Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 months ago How about, "It's stupid to waste time destroying your kid's property, and it's not a 'parent thing.'" The father is alienating his son and stealing from him. It's not going to make the son question his love for plants. It's just going to make him question his love for his overcontrolling, mean-spirited Dad. 100 100points reply fu yu fu yu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago The father saw his child taking time and enjoyment with a healthy hobby and gave him a big 'f**k you' when he threw out not one but ALL of his plants.' Then he's bothered when his kid responds the same. Father is a real asshat. 70 70points reply Load More Replies... Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I'm a 42yo man. Growing up i spent so much time gardening (and cooking too) with my own dad that i've been addicted to plants since then. And now i do the same with my kids. Spending time with them doing things with our hands, seeing the plants grow and flowers bloom make us so happy and proud of our hard work. It really creates a strong bond between kids and their parents to share a hobby. This being said if one of them hadn't liked it, it would be fine. And i don't fully like or understand all of their other hobbies but who cares ? As long as it's not dangerous or illegal, whatever makes them happy is totally fine ! I really really hate this man and what seems to be based on toxic masculinity. That poor kid ... It could have been anything else. Being denied the right to express himself and enjoy a hobby just because his dad doesn't like it is terrible and so destructive. You don't have kids to transform them into mini you. You have kids and help them find out and become who they are 30 30points reply Pirates of Zen Pants Pirates of Zen Pants Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 months ago Love your attitude, Abhinc! Your kids are lucky. 12 12points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago (edited) Thanks !! But i guess it mostly means i was lucky growing up to have the parents i had. It just looks pretty normal to me. That's how i was raised. Genuine question though. After reading so many posts like this it really looks like that extreme toxic masculinity and very bad parenting / helicopter parents is particularly strong in the US. Cause honestly every weekend i see all my male neighbors gardening with their kids. All my male friends cook (some don't but just because they don't like it or are bad at it, not because it's no manly) ... I don't know. Is it in a way related to that hustle culture VS our more chill, enjoying life, free time life-style ? There must be a reason. We have idiotic misogynistic bad parents assholes too for sure !! But not at the same level. I've lived in 12 different countries in the past 30 years and i never saw / heard / experienced anything like that. Not on that level at least. I really don't understand. 12 12points reply Pirates of Zen Pants Pirates of Zen Pants Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 months ago Good question! No answers here. My father was super-abusive, had a huge gun collection which he sometimes used to terrorize relatives, was mentally ill and alcoholic, so it was a relief when he moved away and left no forwarding address. My husband, on the other hand, is genuinely kind, nurturing, funny, smart, principled, and loving. He's the exact opposite of my Dad, and I was lucky to find him. 8 8points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I don't know what it is exactly but there is for sure some kind of cultural / sociological explanation somewhere. What you say about your dad is terribly sad and i'm so sorry you had to go through all this !! But i'm happy you're ok now. Your husband seems like a good man. And maybe you were not lucky. Maybe you deserve a man like him because you're a good person too. Considering what you say about him, i feel like he would say exactly the same about you. 5 5points reply Lyndi Root Lyndi Root Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Have you heard the song by Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece? If not, you should listen to it. I can definitely relate to your situation and that song just describes it perfectly. 2 2points reply Jen Jen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I dont know that it is particularly strong in the US, just that people who are happy with thier families dont post those stories to these kinds of websites and proportionately the US has the most English speakers (biggest population of English speaking countries) so will have the most posts on English speaking boards. Unless you are or can compare to other similar websites in other languages its hard to say that the most of these issues are in the US 2 2points reply Elaine H Elaine H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Sorry Jen, I have to disagree with you. There are other countries that also speak English as their 2nd language, and here in the US there are PLENTY men with misogynistic ways THROUGHOUT the world as you have amazing men with great outlooks. I've worked with victims of Abuse, and although it's both parents, there are alot of males with childhood trauma that are cruel to their own children. This topic is about a fad who felt his son hobby if gardening wasn't 'manly" and took it upon himself to destroy what his son worked so hard for. From what I've seen in various states, there may be great dads who take interest in their sons hobbies, but there are plenty who fear it may be too feminine which it later display homophobia EVEN IF THEIR SON IS STRAIGHT. This father has issues he himself needs to work out with his own insecurities. I'm unsure if you realize how many males in the USA are very misogynistic and have cruel and ignorant views of how MEN should act 5 5points reply Jen Jen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I dont know what you are disagreeing with me about. All I said is that is was not UNIQUE to the US to have men with issues like the OP's father but it seems like we hear more of them because proportionately we get more postings from the US as the largest primarily English speaking country population-wise. We arent getting stories out of those other countries because they are more likely to use boards in thier first language if at all. AND that we only get negative stories instead of the many more good families because no one is going to write to Reddit etc about how good thier family is (note there are virtually no positive family or work subreddits) nor will Bored Panda pick up those stories because they are boring. And while yes there are a lot of misogynistic men in the US there are a lot more per capita in other countries where women still have 0 rights and there are a lot MORE men in the US who are not and are very supportive of women in general. Its basic statistics and news repo 1 1point reply Jihana Jihana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Well said! 12 12points reply DAN13LG DAN13LG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I agree it was a horrible thing to do, the only thing I find funny is how easy it is to tell the kids that comment on here demanding the father pay for what he destroyed lol. Only a self absorbed child would say he owes his son any monetary compensation. The father while completely in the wrong still created the kid and fed, clothed and housed him his entire life. It was probably the father's money that he bought everything with to begin with. Back in the day and even in a lot of families today kids don't get an allowance for helping around the house. The Dad is an as*hole but he owes the kid nothing but a sincere apology. -2 -2points reply Bisces Bisces Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I mean he did throw out the boy's property, so he does owe him money or seeds. That's how how life works. 1 1point reply RosieB RosieB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago As an amateur gardener I really sympathize with the young chap. I would rather a child of mine having a hobby than playing online game all night or staying out for all hours with friends of theirs I never knew. 72 72points reply Sawyer Kidder Sawyer Kidder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I started an indoor garden which took forever. I went on vacation and forgot to tell my family to water them. They all died except three of them, I was so sad. My favorite was my avocado plant but then my family ended up destroying that too.i 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Remedy Remedy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Actually there are studies that show gaming as a child can lead to statistically significant iq gains. 4 4points reply TwitchyBird TwitchyBird Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Yes, as well as good hand-eye coordination and certain team/social skills. Certain games can foster emotional intelligence as well. 1 1point reply April Dancer April Dancer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago But you trade all that for an ability to talk to people in the 'real world' and the knowledge you gain from reading books for pleasure. 1 1point reply cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Not from what I've seen. -3 -3points reply TwitchyBird TwitchyBird Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I am somehow sure you're not a scientist studying this particular subject, or you would have seen it. Your anecdotal evidence does not negate the factual reality. 2 2points reply lakitha tolbert lakitha tolbert Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago So many of the hobbies people engage in these days produce nothing or create nothing. Gardening, reading, music, and knitting, are all creative hobbies that produce beauty in the world It says so much about that man's character that he would destroy beautiful living things just to be spiteful, and what it says about his character is not good at all. 1 1point reply Cindy Hurd Cindy Hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Same here..kid was really talented and gifted 1 1point reply CMKL CMKL Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Still is 1 1point reply Jared Star Jared Star Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago No offense but your line of thinking is very similar to the fathers. 0 0points reply Jared Star Jared Star Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Here's the thing though What you said shows the same type of mindset as the father oh you're not quite as bad as he is since I assume you're not throwing out your kids gaming computers but it is the same type of mindset. -1 -1point reply SerumSeven SerumSeven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people should not be allowed to raise children. 71 71points reply Fatér Dezső Fatér Dezső Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people should not be 27 27points reply Load More Replies... cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Absolutely 4 4points reply Trish Swanson Trish Swanson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago I count about 74 million of them! 1 1point reply cathy hurd cathy hurd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Too true 3 3points reply Kim W Kim W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Well said ...Simple .. 2 2points reply DAN13LG DAN13LG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago Some people shouldn't feel so entitled to judge how other people raise their kids. One could surmise that a someone who calls themselves serumseven shouldn't procreate let alone raise a child. It this particular situation this 16 year old kid seems to be raised quite well actually. He seems, responsible level headed and passionate. Kids not raised right may have thrown a fit started breaking things in the house and like a lot gen z entitled brats demand money. See the difference? -1 -1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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