Does anyone else's parents ever use their fih as a threat?

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So this morning I had a minor argument with my family. After it was over my dad barged into my room, and started shoving me around and screaming "I'm gonna take your (expletive) fish and flush them, one-by-one!" Calling his bluff, I offered him a net. He said "No, I'm gonna use my bare hands. Wanna watch??" equally loud. Once again I basically said ok, go ahead. He stormed out and I got off with no computer until Monday (I'm on the school computer now).

Last year my mom actually took a fish out of my room and walked to the front door with it before turning back, and my dad once threatened to smash all my tanks. I'm actually considering building some kind of DIY locking mechanism for my tanks. I'm afraid of what I might come home to.

Does this happen to anyone else :(
 
That's true. And listening better to my parents is a top priority for me, and something I'm working on, but I don't think threatining to kill pets is a reasonable reaction.
 
What are you doing so bad that would make them threaten your fish ?? Try listening to then being you're under their roof..
 
I think it was originally an argument with my mom over me being late for school, although the argument had been over for a few minutes before my dad got involved.
 
No matter what he did wrong or what the argument was about, threatening to KILL his pets is unreasonable. If the disagreement was about something related to the fish, then I could understand telling him he had to cut back on the number/size of tanks or something. But, it sounds like it had nothing to do with the fish, and they just use that because it's what he holds most dear, and they're not smart enough to know any other methods of discipline. Making your kid live with the anxiety that at any moment, you're going to destroy what he loves the most if he pisses you off is not good parenting, and IMO borders on abuse.
 
bob965;3813184; said:
No matter what he did wrong or what the argument was about, threatening to KILL his pets is unreasonable. If the disagreement was about something related to the fish, then I could understand telling him he had to cut back on the number/size of tanks or something. But, it sounds like it had nothing to do with the fish, and they just use that because it's what he holds most dear, and they're not smart enough to know any other methods of discipline. Making your kid live with the anxiety that at any moment, you're going to destroy what he loves the most if he pisses you off is not good parenting, and IMO borders on abuse.
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Thank you. The strangest part to me is that my parents are both animal lovers, and our family also has a dog, a cat, and 2 birds, who they would never, ever threaten to hurt.
 
no doesnt happen to me, my parent probably knew there living animals and killing them to make a point is stupid, probably a sign of mental illness.

becareful some people are crazy ive heard my share of angry wives pouring [insert cleaner] in to husbands tanks.
 
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