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You need to ensure he cuts out those comments before she gets old enough to understand.
I had parents who would say mean things to me, make me cry, and then defend themselves by saying “it was just a joke, I didn’t know you’d get upset”. And I genuinely think they believed that, like they weren’t trying to hurt me, they just didn’t understand that children can’t pick up on sarcasm or irony and will feel more victimized by “banter” than adults.
As an adult I have several mental health issues including extremely low self esteem, and I’m not going to put that all down to my parents making fun of me, but it certainly didn’t help. I often wonder how I would have turned out if I had more supportive and emotionally intelligent parents.
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