Saturday, 24 November 2018

Can I tell parents they’re wrong?


While I was at thanksgiving this year, and I saw my aunt doing some... questionable parenting techniques.My family is huge on guns, they go to the shooting range almost every weekend, and hunt. They’re youngest girl (6) HATES guns, it hurts her ears and makes her physically shake. She’s also vegetarian by choice.My aunt doesn’t make her eat meat, but she doesn’t help her either. They barley eat any vegetables in their diet, and rarely eat dishes without meat. I noticed that my cousin was getting kinda thin for a kid, so I watched what she ate during the night. The only thing they had for her to eat was potatoes and some chips, so that’s what she got on her plate. When she finished her small portion she went for seconds and her mom told her “stop being a food hog, we need some for everyone” that was true, there wasn’t much. Her mom then started telling her she wasn’t getting any more food unless she ate the turkey. I’m vegetarian so I have her half of my vegan turkey, she loved it.Then pie came out, as a 6 year old she wanted some. When she got in line for pie her mom told her “you don’t get any since you didn’t eat meat” I told her she ate some of my fake turkey and she FREAKED. She pulled my away and started a huge monologue about how I ruined her plan and now her daughter will never listen to her again and how she will never eat meat now. Long story short she was trying to passively manipulate her daughter back to eating meat? She said it was because she didn’t want to cook extra food for her, I guess it’s understandable but idk it rubbed me the wrong way.This is what REALLY bothered me. We went to the shooting range and of course my cousin started shaking and went in the furthest corner to be away from the guns. I don’t like guns either so I went with her to help distract her. Then her dad called her over, being all sweet and “oh here baby, see guns are fine” he was showing her the gun and then he did the WORST thing. He told her to go stand with her mom in front of the target, he picked up another gun, pointed it at her and PULLED THE TRIGER. She screamed and cried and fell to the ground. The gun was empty. She had a full on tantrum, understandably. Then they said “were just trying to get you over your fear.” But she was EXTREMELY distraught. Do you think it was right to do that to her? I don’t think she trusts her parents anymore. Me being a “kid” in the family had no place to step in so all I did was comfort, but, should I say something? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2SdF4VS

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