28 Parents Reveal What It’s Like When Their Child Turns Out To Be A Terrible Person

There’s an uncomfortable assumption about parenting: good parents raise good kids, and bad parents raise bad ones.

But what happens when you do your best and your child still grows into someone you barely recognize?

Someone on Reddit asked parents what it’s like having an adult child who “turned out to be a not-great person.” The responses are painfully candid—full of guilt, regret, heartbreak, and the realization that eventually, children become their own people.