These are true ways to fuck up a kid. Not flashy or funny but frighteningly real. All but one of these have happened to myself. All I can say for myself is that I rebelled.
- Tell your son how he should have been a girl with the hair and eyelashes he has. Then give him a gender neutral name that is more often used as a girls name like Leigh Noel. Limit masculine influences in his life and teach him to cook, sew, clean and enjoy musicals.
- Tell your kids that you love their grandkids more than they ever loved you
- Cry everyday so that the kid feels that they learn when you make your own mother cry you know you've fucked up
- Always end your praise of your kid accomplishments with BUT...
- Punish your kids for looking guilty just in case even when you know they haven't done anything wrong
- Enforce a rapidly changing set of standards and rules and backup your reasons with because I'm your mother
- Give them a book about sex education and then say, "Please don't ask questions."
- Never respect their point of view.
- Punish them for your mistakes.
- Have kids because you want someone to love you.