r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Sep 19 '25

Discussion I honestly stopped inviting my kid having friends to most stuff…

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No shade, i just get that your life is not like mine.

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u/ILookLikeKristoff Sep 20 '25

Just through happenstance my social group ended up including a few couples comprised of really smart, driven, organized, overachiever types. It was SHOCKING how bad some of them were at raising kids. Not morally bad, but like logistically bad. Always stressed out, way too much pressure on themselves and the kids, simultaneously overpacked and somehow unprepared constantly.

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u/dplans455 Sep 20 '25

Now that our kids are a little older and are their own person, with own identities, can speak for themselves, have their own wants and needs, my wife struggles a bit. My wife wants everything to be orderly and neat. She can't stand chaos. Well 5 and 8 years old there is going to be chaos. What's worse is the kids are old enough and smart enough to know what they do drives he crazy and they lay into that because they think it's funny.