I used to be one, but once I started going to bed and waking up around the same time it went away. I know that’s anecdotal, and so are all the people I’ve met, but I’m yet to be convinced someone is truly a night owl and isn’t just taking naps or has bedtime procrastination. Go to sleep within the same hour for a week and you’ll be able to fall asleep quickly every time. EDIT: medical conditions aside.
The mother from the 8 passengers YouTube account got arrested after one of her kids escaped and asked a neighbour for food and water. He had been detained. The neighbour called 911.
Now it happens I’m in some Facebook mommy and (gentle) parenting groups and survived an abusive childhood (not to this extreme).
It is absolutely INSANE How many mothers in these groups think they have every right to treat their kids horribly and argue “well the law only requires me to feed and clothe them”
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU HAVE KIDS when your ultimate goal is to treat them as horribly as possible?!
“Teenagers don’t have a right to privacy” “you should check their phone“(I agree only in cases of emergency or intense worry)
“take away the bedroom door” “ground them” and a LOT of them also agree with taking away food as a punishment. “Take away all their clothes” “get them to have their hair cut super short, that’ll teach them”
They want to punish toddlers for having meltdowns, fifths graders for not being excited about their homework, etc etc. things these children are not even developmentally capable of doing!
As long as people think like this, child abuse will be abundant.