During Walt Disney’s childhood, his mother persuaded his father, Elias, to purchase a set of colored pencils and drawing paper for him. Despite Elias’ disapproval, as he thought his son should be occupied with strenuous physical work, he eventually relented. However, even after Walt’s rise to fame, Elias remained skeptical about the legitimacy of animation […]
The Sport of Sheiks
Camel racing, known as “The Sport of Sheiks” has a long history in Qatar, dating back thousands of years. It was traditionally done with the use of small children, typically boys around the age of four, as riders and guides for the camels. These children were often subject to starvation to keep their weight low. […]
Sugar snacks
According to a survey conducted by Main Street Children’s Dentistry & Orthodontics, children in Pennsylvania consume the most sugar snacks per week on average, with a reported 22.862. Utah has the lowest average, at 4.830. This survey, which used a Google Forms questionnaire, was completed by 1,135 parents of children aged 1-17 across the United […]
Between 1854 and 1921 in the US…
Between 1854 and 1921 in the US, over 250,000 children were transported on “Orphan Trains” to be adopted by new families; many found new homes, but, sometimes the “adoptions” were little more than auctions.
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In 2010, a black Nigerian couple…
In 2010, a black Nigerian couple living in London gave birth to a white, blond haired & blue eyed baby that they called ‘The Miracle Baby’. They did do a DNA test and it was their kid.
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The surname “Esposito” and its…
The surname “Esposito” and its variants comes from children who were abandoned (“exposed”) in Italy (before the XVII century, when the law forbade it). Every person with that surname today descends from an exposed child that kept the surname the orphanage once gave them.
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People Share The One Thing Their Parents Said To Them That Still Haunts Them Today
WARNING: some stories involve threats of physical harm or assault of a child
Not every parent is perfect.
A lot of the time, you don’t have to be.
You just need to show up, do your best, make sure your kids(s) have enough food and water for the day and know where they are at any given time. Some days there doesn’t have to be more to it than that.
Yet there are those parental figures who seem resentful of their position, as if they’re angry or unable to let go of their ego in regards to raising their child. From there, the stories only seem to get worse and worse, as we see a litany of stories all starting and ending the same way, with terrible parents.
Reddit user Angry_Cheesecake_ asked:
“What’s the thing that your parents did/said to you that still haunts you to this day?”
Small Remarks With Lasting Effects
“Maybe you could run a few laps”
“One year when I was 12 I attended Christmas at my stepmom’s parents house. It was cool. They get us a few things including some jeans from JC Penny’s.”
“They were the right size but when I got to his house I tried them on and they didnt fit, so I told him they were too small. He responded with ‘maybe you could run a few laps’. He always made off handed comments about my weight but this is ingrained in my brain” ~ hillern21
Tell Me What You Really Think, Dad
“Mom, Dad and I were in the living room watching 60 Minutes one night when I was doing a college program for Graphic Design, which I was really struggling with. 60 Minutes was doing a segment on really skilled art forgers, and I made a comment at the end that being able to fool professionals was really impressive, even though it was obviously illegal and wrong.”
“I added that last part in due to my Dad’s penchant for jumping onto random stuff to be upset at you for, but it wasn’t enough. He angrily burst out that he didn’t want me thinking that what the forger did was impressive, because he didn’t want me turning to that when my art career failed.”
“I mean, I am not and never will be that good, but thanks I guess? I did finish that degree but am changing careers now. All I know is that while I won’t name drop him, that story is going into an acceptance speech somewhere down the line.” ~ morgan145
An Overreaction To A Small Situation
“i hit my brother or teased him or something I can’t remember but it wasn’t very serious (or maybe I said ‘damn’ and my brother picked it up or something) but my dad backed me into the sofa and yelled at me with his face all red from anger ‘I WILL KILL YOU’.”
“I was like 12”
“my parents are usually kind and are very loving so this memory legitimately brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it and any time I need to stop myself from smiling or laughing I think about it and my mood shifts and I hate myself for it” ~ owidh73923sksbha2083
Excluded From The Family
“When I was about 8 or 9, my dad relinquished his parental rights and my step dad adopted me. At the time, he told me he had to take care of his other kids, and just couldn’t take care of me.”
“His wife (during that same final visit) told me that they were trying to have another girl so my sister could have a ‘real’ sister. (All my siblings are half siblings). She ended up having 3 more sons, but no other daughters.”
“Honestly, it broke me as a kid. Since all my siblings were half siblings, I already didn’t feel a part of my own family.”
“My mom couldn’t understand because I was her only kid. All of my siblings had each other and then I was just—by myself.”
“I have struggled with the fear of rejection, and not felt good enough for a long time. It definitely damaged me.” ~ danireeseetc
There’s Nothing Wrong. Some People Can’t Cope.
”What is wrong with you ?! You really have a f-cking problem!”
“By my grandma. I had undiagnosed ADHD, autism and auditory processing disorder, and she was asking why I was not like everyone else. Still hurts years later.” ~ Elisaelle_Alexandre
A Long Series Of Terrible, Fatherly Scorn
“’I hope you die’ ‘Let me just tell everyone how my daughter’s legs are open for every guy’ ‘I’m just gonna go to my other daughter and take care of her since she’ll turn out way better than you’ ‘I don’t care I don’t wanna be your father anyway’ ‘You are just as bad as your mother’.”
“He in fact didn’t have another daughter. He fought for custody years ago only to kick me out.”
“He shouldn’t have lied to court all those years ago if he never wanted me. And if I’m just as bad as my mother he would’ve never tried to get back with her again and cheat on his wife and then use me as an excuse.” ~ GianKMore
A Horrendously Awful Take On A Horrendously Awful Situation
“’If he really wanted to rape you, he would have’—my dad in regards to me being sexually assaulted.” ~ hcomesafterg
Sounds Like An Outstanding Mother
“‘You can die and I wouldn’t care’—said by my birthgiver for struggling in school. She’d also often threaten to kill me if I didn’t improve.” ~ congolesequeen
Just A String Of Them, It Would Seem
“‘You are a disgrace to your father’. He died months before I was born so I never knew him. This was just because I hid my report card from her.”
“Bonus: ‘yeah, I think you’re a whore’. This was because I slept over at my boyfriend’s house for one night. I was 22.” ~ Syntt_
Misreading The Scenario
“‘You’re an emotional terrorist’ because I was suicidal. I was like 15/16.”
“Clearly I was only suicidal because I was trying to manipulate them and not because I was severely mentally ill and being abused.” ~ s9631245
Had bad parents?
While that’s horrible, you’re not alone.
Don’t let what anyone says get you down, even if those people supposedly raised you.
If you or someone you know is struggling, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
To find help outside the United States, the International Association for Suicide Prevention has resources available at https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/
It is illegal in the State of Mississippi…
It is illegal in the State of Mississippi to have two or more “illegitimate children” and it is technically punishable by between 30 and 90 days in jail and a fine.
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The book ‘Where the Wild Things Are’…
The book ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ created controversy when it was first published because many parents and people thought that the wild things looked too scary for children.
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People Divulge The Darkest Facts They Know About Cartoons
*The following article contains discussion of suicide/self-harm.
Cartoons have a special place in our memories.
The tinkling sound of the cereal hitting the bowl. The calm of the house settling around us.
There is something brightly nostalgic about those memories, something almost too good to be true.
Of course, if something seems too good to be true…
Before we dive into the darkness, a content warning. There will be mentions of suicide, murder and domestic abuse.
Redditors heeded the siren call of nostalgia when Reddittor Amateurfatgeek22 asked:
“What are some dark facts about cartoon shows?”
That’s smurf’d up.
“There was a Smurfs PSA that was made for UNICEF I believe where their entire village is carpet-bombed.”~Djangolives
Apparently, someone should’ve spent some time on Undercover Boss.
“Ren and Stimpy was an absolute nightmare for the people who worked on it. John K ordered them not to make the same face twice.”
“Pretty, but it was hell for the workers because they were constantly drawing things.”
“John K was a nightmare boss.”
“One of the producers had a sign on his wall labeled ‘John’s knees’ and invited people to kick it.”
“By the time he left it was reduced to a hole.”
“They made several episodes that were just the animators ranting about how much of an asshole that John K was.”~CrazyCoKids
The darkest of facts.
“A literal dark fact: Batman: the Animated Series had their backgrounds drawn on black paper instead of white paper, to make Gotham appear darker.”~PianoManGidley
Someone’s got a bone to pick.
“The creator of Skeletor was inspired by a corpse in a haunted house that he was 100% sure was real. Turned out he was right.”~Scodo
The implications aren’t so fun.
“In Disney’s Gargoyles, Goliath believes his entire clan is either dead or turned permanently to stone, and he asks the Magus to turn him to stone forever as well.”
“Yes, there were improbable terms to break the curse … but effectively, he was committing suicide.”
“He knew he was among the last of his kind and did not know if he would ever wake up again.”
“He left behind a rookery full of eggs (the next generation) when he did so.”
“Also, in City of Stone, Demona smashes statues that are humans turned to stone — she kills people on screen in a Disney cartoon.”
“Lots more examples from Gargoyles, but those two stick out.”~mynonymouse
Speaking of implications…
“There’s no normal animals in Pokémon, yet you see the characters eat meat all the time”~t00nland
Some shows hid their darkness in plain sight.
“Not so much about the production, but there is an obscure animated movie called The Adventures of Mark Twain that is stop motion animated, and in one pretty f*cked up scene Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky are greeted by an angel who says his name is Satan.”
“Except he looks nothing like a traditional angel, he holds a mask on a stick for a face which contorts into a demon and skeletal face at times.”
He then has the kids sculpt a village with people and a castle out of sand, and Satan then brings them to life.”
“The sand people get along but soon start fighting and Satan kills them by summoning lighting, causing an earthquake, etc…”
“The kids are horrified, but Satan just nonchalantly says they can make more and waxes poetic about how life is a vision and we don’t matter.”
“I can’t really do justice describing how eerie it is, but if you look up disturbing kid’s cartoons on YouTube, it’ll pop up.”~Lrehcsa1926
The whole point of some of these shows was the darkness.
“When the Wind Blows is a movie that uses a bright palette and pleasant childhood aesthetic to tell the story of nuclear attack aftermath could-bes.”
“It follows an awfully gullible elderly couple with an overzealous trust in their government as they go on with their lives after the strike, which progressively gets worse as they succumb to radiation poison.”
“Sounds bad?”
“The pamphlet they seem to rely on is real and it’s just as out of touch and unsettling.”
“It has been suggested that it’s actual purpose is allowing for a better clean-up after you’re f*cking dead.”
“See also here.”~SoCriedtheZither
While other times the darkness lurked behind the scenes.
“The studio had to get someone else to sing ‘Soon You’ll Come Home’ in All Dogs go to Heaven because the voice actor, Judith Barsi, had such a traumatic home life because of an abusive, alcoholic father that she couldn’t sing the song without having a breakdown.”
“She and her mother were murdered by him before the movie was released in a double-murder/suicide.”
“She was only 10.”
“She was also the voice of Ducky from Land Before Time.”
“Her tombstone reads, ‘Yep! Yep! Yep!’ “~nnelson2330
After so much darkness, how about we end on something a bit lighter?
“I remember reading an interview with an animator who worked on the original She-Ra back in the 80’s, made by Filmation that there was some rather weird arguments from the producers over She-Ra not being lady-like enough.”
“Like a proper lady shouldn’t pick up and throw a tank, despite the fact that’s the literal point of the character, the most powerful woman in the universe.”
“And there’s an actual clip of her throwing a tank in the opening credits.”
“Of course there was a lot of push back from the artists and directors that She-Ra should be kicking all kinds of ass, and hurling tanks around.”
“I noticed in the last season of the new She-ra there’s a scene where she’s throwing tanks around and someone admonishes her for it saying ‘We don’t throw tanks at our friends’.”
“I can’t help but wonder if that was a nod to the old She-Ra and the hard time they got for tossing tanks around.”~Patches67
The cartoons we grew up with were meant for our enjoyment and education.
It’s interesting that the subject-matter didn’t always line up with those lofty goals, and truly heartbreaking that behind the scenes, events were sometimes much darker.
If you or someone you know is struggling, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
To find help outside the United States, the International Association for Suicide Prevention has resources available at https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/