#25: Stuck in the Middle
One of the worst things to do to a child is to make them keep a secret on your behalf. Kids are far more obedient and trusting than adults because they don’t have too many reasons not to be. But putting this kind of pressure and responsibility on a child can have some pretty serious effects later in life.
Can you imagine finding out that one of your parents is cheating on the other, and you can’t tell either of them that you know? We don’t even want to know what kind of effects this would have had on this person years down the line. What are you even meant to do in this kind of situation?