When a parent always acts terribly, it can negatively impact the children. Most children don’t dare to call out a parent on their behavior, but a few do.
This story involves one of the “bold ones,” whom we’ll call Brian. More than talking to his father about his attitude, he mirrored it. And what better way to see your faults than by looking through a mirror?
Brian’s father is the family’s breadwinner, while his mom is a stay-at-home parent. She handles everything in the house, including cooking, mopping, washing, and laundry — this is why the tag “super-mom” is super popular.
What’s important, I think, is that Brian tries. We can’t say the same for his father, who gets home daily and complains about everything. “Why isn’t the carpet clean?”, “Why is the food cold?”
Brian has to listen to his parents argue every day. Aside from not being fun, it can have long-term psychological effects on him. Brian has tried to talk to his dad, as he thinks he is wrong, but it has been to no avail.
Since talking, did not work, Brian thought of a more creative way to get through to his dad. He picked a day when his dad was off work and pretended to act like him. He put together a “dad” outfit; a suit and black tape over his lips to look like a mustache.
So 6:00 pm was showtime. Brian came into the house and yelled the classic, “I’m home.” He wasn’t even scared to sit next to his dad to carry out the next scene of his performance. He started kicking off his shoes, complaining about the state of the house at the top of his lungs.