What Strict Parents Really Teach You

Things strict parents think they're teaching you: -How to behave What they actually teach you: -How to listen for footsteps -How to appear busy -How to manipulate someone into calming down -How to lie on the spot

A text meme contrasts what strict parents believe they teach their children with the survival skills they actually learn, such as listening for footsteps, pretending to be busy, calming an angry person, and lying quickly. The joke is about children adapting to strict or intimidating parenting by becoming skilled at avoiding punishment. EN: A text meme contrasts what strict parents believe they teach their children with the survival skills they actually learn, such as listening for footsteps, pretending to be busy, calming an angry person, and lying quickly. The joke is about children adapting to strict or intimidating parenting by becoming skilled at avoiding punishment.