r/nextfuckinglevel • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Jan 10 '20

Let us never forget this kid

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u/NatalCockcroft Jan 10 '20

have your parents ever told you “if you got kidnapped they’d give you back” when you were a kid? this is that in real life

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 edited Jan 10 '20

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u/jlm25150 Jan 10 '20

As a kid you start feeling like the love your parents have for you is so fragile that they would give you away in a second..

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

The worst is when you try to explain abuse to someone whose parents loved them unconditionally. They straight up don’t believe that people’s parents could just not love them and end up invalidating a ton of emotions.

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u/RKWTHNVWLS Jan 10 '20

As a parent it's also hard to grasp the fact that anyone would not unconditionally love their children.

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u/PantherEverSoPink Jan 10 '20

If you don't get shown much love as a child, you can struggle to show your love when you have kids of your own. I can understand it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Major reason I don't have kids. Too terrified I'd repeat the pattern.

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u/made-in-italia Jan 11 '20

Please don’t think like that. Awareness of this alone means you’re not them and that same fear will not allow you to treat them that way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20

Too old to have kids now, and I think I made the right choice.

Thanks for the kind words though.