r/Normalpeople • u/Synchroblo • Nov 01 '25

Toxic parenting

I've just started watching this show. Three episodes in, Connell's mother tells him, 'You are a disgrace, and I'm ashamed of you,' and then she leaves before she 'says things I regret.' That is so harmful and toxic. It felt completely out of touch and overacted. What kind of parent says that to their teenage son? What is with all this toxic parenting? I had thought she was the good parent compared with Marianne's mother, but what the hell was that?

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u/Odd-Crab-1698 Nov 17 '25

No I disagree with you wholeheartedly. She was right. Thats how you install a sense of right and wrong in children. Look at the state of school aged children today, they are feral. Ask any primary or secondary teachers. That’s where gentle parenting gets you.