9 Parenting Rules People Secretly Think Are 'Emotionally Damaging'

People are reflecting on the parenting tactics that they think are actually 'damaging'.

We’ve written before about how smacking can be harmful to a child’s development – in recent times, a spotlight has been shone on how verbal abuse can also leave “lifelong psychological scars”.

But what about the harm felt by more subtle parenting techniques or behaviours – especially those that were more common in the past, but may still be prevalent today?

People have opened up about the parenting rules and tactics...