Are you Driving Your Child Bonkers and Embarrassing Them in Public?
Parents are completely grossing their kids out without even realising, according to a poll from comedy horror animation Scream Street.
The CBBC show polled 1,300 UK children aged six to 13 year of age to find out what things they hated their parents doing.
Kissing them at the school gates, giving them a telling off and wiping food off their face were the three most gross things a parent could do to them. They also weren’t keen on embarrassing photographs being shared and of course, playing embarrassing music.
According to the research, two thirds of children find their parents embarrassing, with the majority saying dad was the worst.
The top twenty ways to gross out your child were found to be:
1. Kissing them at the school gates / in public
2. Telling them off in public
3. Wiping food off their face
4. Holding their hand
5. Sharing embarrassing photos of them
6. Farting in public
7. Telling embarrassing jokes
8. Snogging
9. Calling them a pet name
10. Playing embarrassing music
11. Telling baby stories about them
12. Trying to say cool phrases
13. Drinking wine/ beer
14. Choosing them ‘uncool’ clothes to wear
15. Talking about toilet habits
16. Picking their nose for them
17. Eating horrible food such as oysters, sushi and vegetables
18. Spending hours on the toilet
19. Dressing unfashionably
20. Showing off their baby pictures