24 Toxic Things We Should Stop Normalizing
These things seem innocent enough until you start to really think about them.
These things
seem innocent enough until you start to really think about them.
1
Using your child for likes on social media, that's creepy I never understood why would any parent do that
2
"We're all just one big family!" If anyone tells you this in a workplace setting, run. They're only like a family in the sense of the most toxic parts of one that exploit you.
3
School fundraisers. If the government can't give schools enough funds, then everything is wrong.
4
Crowdfunding for medical costs, kids having lemonade stands to pay for cancer treatment, etc.
6
Repeatedly professing your love for someone after they tell you that they aren't interested. The idea that you can "make" someone love you back if you just keep trying is rooted in toxicity, but romanticized in countless films and TV shows.
7
Youtube kids channels. The ones aimed at older audiences are literally better for a child than the kids ones.
8
Asking your child "Who's your boy/girlfriend?" any time they interact with someone of the opposite sex.
9
Glorifying feeding animals into obesity
10
Supporting someone no matter what choices they make. You can love someone to the ends of the earth, that doesn’t mean they will 100% be right all of the time, no matter how much you love or admire them.
11
Teachers working overtime/sacrificing for their students/fundraising for anything/etc. Most news articles that hit national headlines about teachers are toxic af. "student raises money for his former teacher found living in a car" "principal works 2nd job to help homeless students have clean clothes and food"
12
Touching women’s bellies when they’re pregnant. You don’t go around patting a penis to congratulate it on its successful ejaculation. Damn.
13
“Look at this adorable 4-year-old using a walker! So inspirational!” “Awww, this guy asked a deaf girl to prom!” “Watch this group of guys playing tackle football with a guy with Down syndrome!!” “Check out this amazing blind kid walking down a street! Next level, yo!”
14
Instagram "influencers" promoting their "amazing" healthy lifestyles but in reality mostly staged/photoshopped and exacerbating mental illness, body issues, anxiety in young people.
15
Badgering people to have kids. No, I’m not going to magically change my mind when I meet the right girl.
16
All those fake animal rescue videos on YouTube.
17
Asking babies to hug and kiss people
18
Corporations who spend $50 million on ads to tell you about the amazing $1 million they spent on a charity program.
19
Any viral story about some kid selling [stuff] to pay for a relatives healthcare.
21
Proposing in front of a crowd. Puts a lot of pressure on the person being proposed to.
23
Toxic positivity. Like when someone's having a really hard time and you tell them to stay positive or try to look at the bright side. [Screw] you Jenny, my grandma died.
24
Teachers giving up their Sick Days for some other teacher can have days off for Cancer Treatments.
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