People Are Calling Out The Modern Parenting Trends That We Need To Leave Behind In 2026

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“Blaming teachers for their kids’ shortfalls. Crummy teachers do exist, but most of them really are trying. Most teachers are passionate and caring, but the moment a kid’s grade slips, parents are way too quick to put the teacher in front of the firing squad. It’s had an absolutely mind-boggling stupid impact as well. My son is 7 and has ADHD and autism. He’s generally a pretty good kid, but he’s had more than a few bad days at school.”

“So far, both his first and second grade teachers have danced around the issue when reporting bad days to us. Rather than something to the tune of ‘he was hitting kids at school and getting in their personal space,’ he was ‘speaking out with his hands and needed refocusing.’ What the fuck does that even mean?

I get it. They talk like that cause they have to sugarcoat everything against the Karens and Daves of the world. But those parents who refuse to accept that their kids or their own parenting skills might be the problem and just foist blame onto the first person to mention there’s an issue are making teachers’ jobs impossible. It’s forced teachers into this weird, almost patronizing communication mode just so the shit parents don’t blow up on them.”

—Oseirus