Parents · Posted 1 hour ago People Are Sharing Their Most "Unethical" (But Wildly Useful) Parenting Hacks, And They're So Much Better Than I Thought "My kid went up four reading levels during Covid lockdown. Everyone thought I was really putting in a big effort with his reading. Turns out I just did this.
.." by Hannah Loewentheil BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Of course, it's never acceptable to lie.
..unless you have children, in which case it is one thousand percent necessary to have a few "fibs" in your arsenal.
These are just harmless parenting tricks that are necessary for survival. So redditor u/TopRun8728 asked, "What’s the most unethical parenting hack you know?" Here's what people said (including a white lie my dad used often when I was a kid that I still remember to this day). 1.
"I recently flew internationally with my toddler, and to keep him chill in the long security lines and customs lines, I would tell him if he didn't stay quiet, they wouldn't let him on the plane. And then, once on the plane, if he started getting cranky, I'd tell him if he were too loud, they'd have to turn around and take him home. 😅 I made it through 12 total hours of flying with 10 minutes of crying, so I'm calling it a win.
" Gerardo HuitrÃÂ3n / Getty Images — u/eugeneugene 2. "Ensure your kids won’t bother you by telling them to wake you up in an hour so we can start cleaning the house. They will do anything to avoid waking you up.
" — u/BabesTina_69.
