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Linas Jokubaitis

46 Parents Who Made Their Kids Follow Rules That Turned Out To Be Weird, Toxic, Or Terrifying In Retrospect

“You live under my roof, you follow my rules.” Many of us heard this from our parents as children. It was their way of enforcing boundaries and expectations for everyone in the home.

Sure, most of them promoted safety and encouraged responsibility. However, there were rules that were rather odd in nature, only to find out the real and, sometimes, even unsettling reasons behind them upon reaching adulthood.

This was a topic of discussion in a recent Threads post, where people shared their stories without holding back. Scroll through to see what they had to see.

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