‘What did you judge other parents for before you had kids?’ – 21 people who had zero clue what was about to happen to them

12.

‘Kids watching tablets in restaurants. Whilst I still hate it, I get it.’
–FieldyGBs

13.

‘Kids who run around with crusty/ snotty / runny noses. I mean, I’m still a bit judgy about it and I go out of my way to wipe my kid’s runny nose as often as possible, but I do get that it’s difficult to stay on top of and mine won’t always let me wipe it.’
–rose_quartz00

14.

‘Character clothes and plastic toys. Myyyy kids will wear beautiful tonal outfits and play with wooden, educational items.

Fast forward 18 months: everything is Peppa Pig. Even the raisins. She only took medicine when I put Peppa stickers on the box.’
–whygyall

15.

‘I must admit, I do get a bit tired of people on a lot of the other UK subs claiming ‘it’s the parents fault’ whenever there is talk of rising childhood obesity, underage vaping, inappropriate content on social media etc

Good parenting has it’s place, of course, but many (I presume childless) people don’t seem to understand the battle against peer pressure and clever, often underhand, marketing tactics that companies use that parents face every day.’
–n0p_sled

16.

‘Not eating together as a family! Now I know the value of eating some meals undisturbed.’
–nothankyou1066

17.

‘I used to judge my mum for calling us kids by the wrong name and I couldn’t work out how hard it was to keep track of three names. I now have three myself and in the moment can I managed to shout the right name at the right one…. all is forgiven mum.’
–pbiggypete

18.

‘A night out… I judged way too much on parents that said they “needed this” when going out! Now I’m a solid 3 years without a single night off without one of my kids and I need it, I really need it!’
–Adventurous-Shoe4035

19.

‘I was adamant that bub wouldn’t play with gendered toys, here I am wading through the sea of Hot Wheels each day.

To be fair, he does also have a pram but that gets used to push the Hot Wheels around when there’s too many to hold.’
–CosmoPrincess

20.

‘I didn’t understand why Mums on mat leave wanted Dads to help with the nightshift.

‘You’re off work, you can just nap all day!’

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahelpme.’
–Squeak_Stormborn

21.

‘We always said we would “never negotiate with terrorists” when we saw parents relenting to their kids demands… we negotiate with terrorists every day…’
–PadManScoop

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