One of the hardest parts about raising children is deciding when they are old enough for “adult things.” When we need to start having the talk with them, and when it comes to daughters, a lot of the pressure falls on mom. One mom wanted to let her daughter in on a unique experience that involved conversations about the female reproductive system, and dad did not agree. He even went as far as to call it “bad parenting.”
It was the dad who posted on Reddit’s “Am I The A—hole?” to ask if he was the bad guy in this situation. He explained that his wife had already taken a pregnancy test and received a faint line, so they were pretty convinced that she was expecting another child. Like many women, mom wanted to take another test to confirm, but this time she asked her 10-year-old if she wanted to be a part of taking the test.
Dad only found out about it later, and he was not happy.He said that he let his wife know that he believed that was bad parenting. He believes that their daughter is still too young for things like that. He said he has never heard of any other mother doing that with their daughter’s and that at the very least, she should have asked him.
Of course, his wife does not agree with him and said that this was a great experience for the two of them to share, and it gave her a great opportunity to talk to their daughter about the female body and educate her on pregnancy. Mom is demanding an apology for what he said to her, but he doesn’t feel like he was in the wrong.
Unfortunately for dad, a lot of people on the Reddit thread took mom’s side. They felt that he was definitely in the wrong. A lot of people reminded the father that his daughter is right at the age where she could start her menstrual cycle, and these are all things she should be educated on. They said that this was definitely the right age to be having these conversations.
The only flaw that anyone could find with what mom did was if the pregnancy were to end in miscarriage, and if she was ready to have that conversation with her daughter.
Source: Reddit
Photo: Getty Images