hopeless-but-heartless:

Growing up in an angry household is honestly so terrifying. Where if you make one tiny mistake you get tormented and treated like you are the worst child in the world. Children make mistakes, children break things accidently. Nice things, expensive things, they are children. To this day if I accidently drop the small gate to keep my dog out of the living room I fucking cringe because I know I am going to be SCREAMED at and I’m 23 years old. It instilled fear and anxiety in me, that never should have existed as a child. Your children should not be terrified of you. Your children are allowed to have accidents

Anyone who thinks of themselves as capable of being anything other than a loving parent to their children should not have them.

This should be taught in schools as a precondition for living in a free society.