Kids spend the first 18 years of their lives with their parents and they learn everything they know from them. We all know that kids are like sponges and that they soak up every little detail. They pick up on way more than we give them credit for. At times, it may seem like they are not paying attention to what their parents are saying but let’s face it, kids are nosy by nature. These days, parents are teaching their kids dangerous AF habits unknowingly by almost everything they do including watching TV, how they handle relationships, talking to other adults, and even listening to music.

Kids tend to pick up on things, and if they see a lot of violence and hate on TV through something that their parents watch regularly, they may take that dangerous AF behavior to daycare, school, sporting events, or wherever else they go. Things like that can lead to a kid getting expelled or suspended from school. While some parents may be okay with that kind of behavior, most are not.

Whether we realize it or not, kids pick up on their parent's behaviors and habits and some of that gets instilled deep inside of themselves and it affects them in the future. If a kid constantly sees their single mom dating guys that are no good for her, and that always put her down, then her kid may end up getting involved in some dysfunctional relationships themselves.

What a parent does today, will greatly affect what their kid does tomorrow. Some parents just do not seem to realize that. So we’ve compiled a list of 14 dangerous AF habits parents are unknowingly teaching their kids.

14 Hitting The Mommy Juice Too Hard

It’s very common for parents to have at least one drink in front of their kids every now and then. However, some parents drink a considerable amount in front of their kids, while other’s just flat out binge drink in front of them. It happens way more than one would realize. It is more common with the younger moms and, or, dads. There are multiple concerns with drinking in front of one’s kids, and why this habit is dangerous AF. Kids get curious. They start sipping from mom’s cups when she isn’t around.

Sipping from mom’s cups can start off harmless, but the older the kid gets the more they are going to start noticing how mom is having an amazing time while drinking. The kid may want to recreate mom’s good times themselves, which could lead to them getting into mom’s alcohol supply when she is not home. It is easier to get alcohol poisoning the younger one is due to the smaller frame and minimal weight stature, which is dangerous AF. What would happen if the kid would get drunk and actually liked the feeling? That could ultimately lead to alcoholism in the future. Mom’s actions play a major part on how her kid’s future turns out.

13 Raging On The Road

Most people experience road rage at least once in their life, but for many, it is more common to get a tad bit aggressive while driving. The only stipulation is that children are never in the car during a road rage fit. Kids pick up everything, so if a parent gets aggressive often while driving, and is honking and flipping off every other car, it’s only natural to expect the same thing out of an impressionable kid once they turn 16-years-old. Aggression may not always show right away in a new driver, but it is bound to happen one day.

That is why if a parent is an aggressive driver, it can be dangerous AF for the kid once they are old enough to drive because aggressive driving and road rage can lead to come fatal results at times. It was in the news in Allentown, Pennsylvania that a young man was stabbed to death in a road rage incident and another gentleman was in critical condition. It’s not worth it.

12 Obsessing Over Weight

After mom has the baby, it’s normal for her to want to go on a diet to lose some of the baby weight. It’s even normal to stay on a healthy diet to maintain or even lose some more weight in moderation. There is such a thing as over dieting. It would be something like severely restricting calories; there are other dieting extremes as well. A lot of times, when moms are on diets they have their family on diets with them, just not to the extreme that they are at. The moms will also comment on other people’s weight, being very critical about how other people look.

This habit that mom has could be dangerous AF for her children because they could develop eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia as a result of mom's constant dieting and over critical demeanor. This is dangerous AF because if eating disorders are left untreated they can potentially be fatal.

11 Never Letting The Kids Have Their Space

Parents need to be controlling, to an extent, because children do need direction and, well, parenting. But what is considered too over bearing and controlling? Planning out every minute and every second, literally, of a child’s day is a little extreme. Children need some room to just be able to be children, and to be able to breathe.

Trying to control every minute and every move doesn’t necessarily help if anything, it can sometimes make things more difficult than they need to be. As a kid grows, they want to be able to start picking out their own clothing. Moms, or dads, cannot pick out their child’s wardrobe for the rest of their life.

These parent’s habits can turn out to be dangerous AF, because as children grow into teenagers and young adults and start to get into relationships, they may start to become controlling too. This can be a difficult situation, especially for males. All too often, when males are over controlling, this is seen as a form of abuse, and this can also lead to worse forms of abuse.

10 The Medicine Cabinet Is Never Empty

There are probably thousands of prescription medications that have the potential to be abused. People generally take a medication regularly to at first and then figure out later on that it can be abused. Unlike illegal drugs and alcohol, prescription drugs usually have been taken around children regularly due to the fact that it is a prescription and no one thinks that it can actually be harmful. The kids see their parents taking the medications and that it is helping their parents, so they figure that if they take some too, that may it will help them as well. However, they end up liking the way it makes them feel.

This is how the parent's habit turns dangerous AF for the kid because since they liked the feeling of the medication, they easily start to abuse the drug. Then the kid may start to experiment with different medications to find other types of highs that they like. It could get even more dangerous AF because the risk of addiction kicks in and things only get worse from there.

9 Rather Yell Than Talk

Some parents naturally have anger issues that sometimes either get taken out on their partners or on their children. If the family is lucky enough, though, they’ve only ever caught glimpses of these anger outbursts when the parent in question was talking to someone else in passing. That seems highly unlikely when one is dealing with true, authentic anger issues.

When children are brought up in an environment like this, they tend to show signs of anger themselves since they are usually unable to express their emotions in their home environment. Anger issues differ from flat out violence because it has not yet escalated to that point. Anger and aggression could be yelling, screaming, and name calling out of anger.

Parents with this kind of habit and who expose their kids to this type of environment can be dangerous AF because anger and aggression can severely hurt the other person emotionally that is the direct target. No one deserves to be screamed at or have someone yelling at them right in their face.

8 Boys Aren't "Supposed To Cry"

There are some households were they strictly do not tolerate emotions at all. Something Kristen Stewart would fit into well. The children are expected to be emotionless drones. If they cry they are told if you keep crying I will give you something to cry about. With these types of households, when the children are younger, it is harder for them to stop showing their emotions, but once they get entirely used to it, it gets hard for them to undo.

A lack of emotions is a lifestyle change, something that happened over time and becames permanent. Their parents may even have implanted fear within them if they were to show any signs of emotion.

These parent’s bad habits can be dangerous AF for their kids because if someone is lacking in emotions they usually don’t feel guilty if they do something bad. This means the kid could commit a crime and feel no remorse or guilt. Emotions are there for a reason and they are meant to feel.

7 Always Leaving The Kids With The Babysitter

Children sometimes have to endure the voluntary absences of a parent or both parents. It’s never easy for children to have to deal with one of their parents leaving them, especially if that parent has been in their life for any length of time. When a parent leaves the child, or children, they might feel like they are being abandoned by that parent, which in a sense they are. They will most likely also feel hurt. It would be abnormal for a child to not feel hurt after a parent abandons them unless that parent is leaving on bad terms.

This bad habit from a parent can be dangerous AF to a child, or children, for their well-being, because it could cause them to have abandonment issues throughout the rest of their adult life. They could be in constant fear that people are going to leave them, and that is no way to have to live. That could trigger depressive episodes, and with that one needs to be on guard for any warning signs of suicidal behavior, which is dangerous AF.

6 Showing The Dark Side Of Love

The circumstances and situations that one is brought up around help mold a person for the rest of their life. If a child is brought up in a good, healthy environment with lots of unconditional love, patience, and understanding then it is likely that child will be drawn to healthy relationships and try to obtain those types of relationships in their life. The same goes for dysfunctional relationships or unhealthy relationships that may be toxic or abusive in some way. Then that child is more likely to be drawn towards the more negative aspects of relationships.

These parent’s negative habits are dangerous AF because dysfunctional relationships can take a serious toll on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. They can cause low self-esteem, depression, among other mental health issues. In the more severe cases, these dysfunctional relationships can be dangerous AF because if they fall on the physically abusive end, one never knows how far the abuser may take it.

5 Not Allowing Failure

Parents want the best for their kids, but some parents go a little over board with what they think is best. They expect nothing but the best from their kids. That means straight A’s, extracurricular activities, the highest scores on all the tests, and just the highest performance on everything.

These parents push their kids beyond the limits of what is considered normal and will stop at nothing to make sure their kids are the best at everything they do. However, they don’t realize the kind of pressure they are putting on their kids by setting the bar ridiculously, unachievable high.

Parents with these habits can be setting up dangerous AF circumstances because their kid, or kids, could be heading toward a nervous breakdown, or facing unforeseen mental health issues caused by all the pressure their parents are putting on them. They could also feel the need to act out and do things that would be considered bad due to always having to the good, overachiever.

4 Always Ready To Throw A Punch

There are many ways that a parent can instill violence into the child unknowingly. Sometimes parents may watch certain TV shows regularly that have violence in them, or listens to music that refers to violence or even has the occasional violent confrontation themselves. It is also the little things that kids pick up that we may not even notice. With so much violence everywhere a person looks, it’s no wonder so many kids are resorting to violent measures so quickly these days.

These parents’ bad habits revolving around violence can be dangerous AF because violence can branch out so many different ways, from a minor fist fight to a serious felony murder. Those are some serious differences and some serious situations. It’s hard to believe that the parent’s bad habits can stem into something so serious for their child, but it’s entirely possible.

3 Speaking Hateful Words

Some parents have strong feelings about a specific race, gender, or sexual orientation for their own personal reasons. The parents may vocalize these thoughts and feelings freely. They may even tell their children that they aren’t allowed to play with a certain classmate or neighborhood kid, and they may even give their prejudice reasoning to their child. This parent may be very open with their child about their belief system.

The older this child gets, the more the hate could grow and turn things dangerous AF. When hate is instilled inside of a person, you never know what they are capable of, because hate is a very powerful and negative emotion. One of the most well-known hate groups out there is the Ku Klux Klan and obviously, hate was instilled inside each and every one of them somehow. Just because a parent feels a certain way does not mean that they have to force those beliefs onto their child. This is the perfect example of why parents shouldn’t always force their beliefs on anyone.

2 Using And Abusing

Just the name illegal is enough to scare most people away, but not all. A lot of people shield their drug use from their kids, but there is always the few that don’t run with the crowd. Using illegal drugs in front of one’s kids is like showing them that it is okay to do illegal things, and it’s okay to break the law, which is why it can be dangerous AF. Plus, depending on what substance the mom is using, the kids may be able to get a hold of it if it is left unattended.

It is a dangerous AF habit because as the kid, or kids, gets older they might get curious and want to experiment with illegal drugs themselves because they saw their parents do it, so they are thinking that it must be okay. Experimentation could lead to addiction, health issues, prison, or other legal issues. No parent would ever want anything like that for any of their kids.

1 Never Taking Responsibility For Anything

Some parents don’t take responsibility for anything. They bounce from job to job regularly, and they move around a lot. They are always trying to get a free hand out instead of trying to work for stuff. Parents like this are basically considered unstable, and it really does take a toll on their children. They are not showing or teaching their kids responsibility. Kids need to start learning responsibility from a young age to try to ingrain it deep within their minds to help prepare them for when they are older.

A lack of responsibility does not sound like much, but a parent’s bad habit in this area really can be dangerous AF. Without responsibility comes instability; which can lead to not being able to hold down jobs, which will affect one’s ability to pay the bills, when the kid gets older of course. If they can’t pay the bills, that will lead to homelessness, which can be dangerous AF if someone doesn’t have somewhere to live, and it just turns into one massive snowball effect.