An American parenting website which advocates techniques amounting to emotional abuse, as well as a worldview which should have been left in the 1950s.
My child's not been behaving like some sort of mid-twentieth-century Puritain, but that Lehman bloke over at Empowering Parents said I should just discipline her and totally ignore the underlying issues.
by Gorillagramophone55 May 20, 2022
by GeckoGamer91 October 17, 2020
When a parent just spanks and punishes their kid rather than putting in an actual effort to TEACH them appropriate behavior, and to *explain* why they should or can't do something rather than just telling them to do or not to do it.
"Because I said so" is used on a daily basis.
"Because I said so" is used on a daily basis.
Jane: just put him in time out and get it over with
Lisa: No, that's just lazy parenting and teaches nothing.
Lisa: No, that's just lazy parenting and teaches nothing.
by q_w_e_r_t_y March 15, 2021
by AgentFrenchFry August 31, 2015
by Boclocfox August 17, 2021
Like childcare but for your parents: Sitting around all day with your parents who came visiting you.
If you're at uni and having to explain to them why you don't have a girlfriend, why you don't have good grades, why you don't have a part-time job.
And if you're married already you send the day helping your dad with his garden and your mom in the kitchen why avoid the question "So why don't you have kids yet?"
If you're at uni and having to explain to them why you don't have a girlfriend, why you don't have good grades, why you don't have a part-time job.
And if you're married already you send the day helping your dad with his garden and your mom in the kitchen why avoid the question "So why don't you have kids yet?"
John: Hey Tom, you comin' out tonight for Lizzy's birthday party? We're out to a nice restaurant before the club at 8pm
Tom: Nah bro, I can't this time. Got parental duty
John: Shit! Good luck with that
Example 2:
Chris: The whole office is going to Disney on Saturday, will Marianne also be coming?
Alex: Nah, she's got parental duty. She's taking her mom grocery shopping, and then for a haircut
Chris: Sucks to be her
Tom: Nah bro, I can't this time. Got parental duty
John: Shit! Good luck with that
Example 2:
Chris: The whole office is going to Disney on Saturday, will Marianne also be coming?
Alex: Nah, she's got parental duty. She's taking her mom grocery shopping, and then for a haircut
Chris: Sucks to be her
by AIIah August 02, 2015
by Guad or Ed's March 17, 2017