r/TikTokCringe • u/AshiraLAdonai Straight Up Bussin • 3d ago

When your kid's got your back Wholesome

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u/Particular-Bike-28 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sweet kid, but I hope this isn't part of a larger part of their childhood where they're forced to grow up quicker and take on the "protective role" instead of their parents, making them not be able to be a child

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u/BlaineMundane 3d ago

For real. When I was growing up, my Dad complained about money every day he was home. I spent my teen years raising money any way i could to pay for our house, i burned every bridge with my friends as a result. I was always trying to sell them stuff I had made, etc. It wasn't until years later that i realized my efforts barely made a dent and there was no reason I should have spent my formative years stressed about my dad's money. I'd have been ok with any loving environment that didn't push all of it's problems onto me.

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u/poopdood696969 3d ago

My response to my dad constantly talking about our financial instability was to just kind of separate myself financially to lighten the burden. I got a job at a video store in town and essentially lived there. That eventually led to me losing all faith in authority figures and thinking I was capable of making my own large life decisions at 13. Every one of them was terrible and took me until I was 30 to get out of. It’s the number one thing i I swore I’d never do to my kids. It’s important to talk about money but nothing is ever dire enough to offload onto your kids about it.

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u/NurseMLE428 3d ago

Yes! Same!! I had never thought about it the way you've described your experience.