PSA: Your parents know a lot more than you think.
Here’s what they had to say.
*We also sourced answersfromtheseRedditthreads.
“My daughter is 15 and is already very sexually active.
We took her to the hospital, and we found out she had genital herpes.
She said she probably got it from dirty toilet paper from her camping trip that happened last month.
I didn’t believe in that, but I told her I did.
I read some of her messages between her and some friend.
They were talking about body counts.
I didn’t know what that meant, so I googled it.
So, my daughter slept with seven scrampy boys and got HERPES from one of them.”
u/missing7yrs
2.
Years later, we found out our daughter was drugging us so she could sneak out.
Either of us could have died, and she thinks it’s funny she used to do that.
Anonymous
3.
“[My daughter’s secret is] the absolutely atrocious way her father and stepmother treat her.
She’s 11 and asks about very specific mental conditions she’s ‘heard of in movies.’
She overeats constantly and sleeps with all her lights on here… “We attempt to be her sanctuary.
We don’t judge, and she knows she’s safe here.
u/girlsrsoldiermedics2
4.
“I’m not really a parent, but I suppose the easiest classification here would be stepmom.
It was absolutely heartbreaking to read.
u/ChanguitaShadow
5.
“[My son] (15) and his childhood bestie (15M) are doing drugs together.
I said Id think about [it].
This morning, I picked up his phone and spied on him.
Havent confronted him yet.
This isnt our first rodeo with weed, but pills are pretty fucking concerning.
Pretty stressed today and trying to figure out how to deal with this.”
u/ides_of_arch
6.
While doing so, I heard a soft thud.
“I put the desk back, but couldn’t recreate how the box was situated before.
After thinking about what to do, I decided to broach this with him when he returned.
When he came home, I told him that I needed to talk to him.
He seemed nervous, and as soon as I mentioned the tape measure, he started to cry.
There was a total of eleven pairs of underwear.
Maybe I stopped him from engaging in progressively more perverted behavior, maybe not.
u/heiza
7.
“I found drug paraphernalia in my 16-year-old’s bedroom yesterday while making her bed.
My heart is broken, and I’m not sure how to approach situation.
I’m pretty sure it’s meth.
We’ve had this issue throughout my family history.”
u/goodgirl_81
8.
So, I cleaned out the can and sprayed it down with a lovely citrusy disinfectant.
The next week, I noticed the same smell the moment I entered the bathroom.
“It didn’t take long to identify this mystery liquid.
It was old urine.
We set up a sting operation.
Since we were listening this time, we could hear him locking the door as carefully as he could.
That was the moment we both knew for sure that our son was up to something…odd.
The bathroom door is easily unlocked with a toothpick.
My wife took one look and left the room.
He sat on the toilet and put his head in his hand, refusing to acknowledge my existence.
‘Son,’ was all I could say.
It wouldn’t be until the next day that he finally spoke to me.
He said that it made him feel good for some reason he couldn’t explain.
u/RubbinHoods
9.
“My 13-year-old son is depressed.
… We recently replaced his phone, and the old one was still logged in to his accounts.
Some messages popped up on the lock screen, and it concerned me, so I looked closer.
u/Kryyzz
10.
“In March, my 15-year-old daughter started to act weird.
My jaw dropped…my daughter continued to look guilty the whole ride home.”
It was far more extensive than I could’ve imagined.
I am so proud of him, but Jesus, [kids] can be incredibly sneaky.”
u/CheesecakeTruffle
12.
“We had to move our kid out of a bad living situation.
She wasnt in any condition to help.
So, wife and I go in and just start grabbing her stuff.
We come across her adult baby fetish gear.
Like, two duffel bags of it, giant onesies, binkies, diapers, etc.
u/browncoat47
13.
He hasn’t learned the art of incognito browsing or clearing history completely.
Going through his history, well I’ll be damned, he is looking at porn.
Not just any porn, though.
Some anime stuff, some adult raunchy stuff.
But the real kicker was theScooby-Dooporn.”
His face got so red, and I just lost it, I was in tears.
u/redmaxwell
14.
“My daughter was about 12 when she started exploring her body as most pubescent girls do.
She was using various items in her bedroom e.g.
She said the bishop was missing.
When I asked where it was, she said she didnt know.
So, we played Monopoly.
The next day, she said she wanted to go to the doctor.
Turns out the bishop was stuck…and not on the chessboard.
Needless to say, we never did play chess with that board or pieces again.”
