12 Parenting Choices We'd Get Shamed For -- but Our Moms Never Were
How many times have you heard your own mother or grandmother say something to the effect of, "We never did that for you kids." It could pertain to anything -- car safety, healthy snacks, baby-proofing -- you name it.
If you remember back to your own childhood (through that foggy mom brain of yours), we had a lot more independence and fewer rules with which to contend. That's not to say the heightening of car safety and other protective regulations aren't incredibly important, it's just different from "the old days."
We asked moms to share the now-controversial practices of parenting generations past -- those things that were once accepted but we'd be totally judged for now. Seriously, how many forms of sunscreen do you currently carry in your purse or diaper bag? I have five.
Spanking
"It didn't happen very often but if we really went off the rails and got in trouble, we got spanked. That doesn't seem to fly today." -- Rachael M.
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Sitting in a Car Without Supervision
"When my brother and I ran errands with my parents, we got to decide if we wanted to go in to the store or wait in the car reading a book. We regularly chose the book. -- Monica B.
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Hours & Hours of TV
"Remember Saturday morning cartoons? There was no such thing as screen time!" -- Lori S.
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Beach Day Without Parents
"I used to go to the beach with my best friend as a child. Her parents were into scuba diving and would take us out of town to the coastal California beach towns, leaving us on the beach all day long by ourselves. Like six to eight hours. We didn't fry, drown, starve, or get kidnapped, no thanks to them. -- Penni E.
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