Everyone has something that their parents did when they were growing up that was a little different from the other parents. My dad, for instance, used to lie to me about absolutely everything in the most ridiculous manner possible. The prime example being when I asked how sugar mice were made, and I looked like a right madman when I explained confidently to my 7-year-old classmates that sugar mice were made of real mice which had been skinned and filled with sugar. That was one hell of a letter home.
Anyway! For a lot of people, their childhoods were filled with sadly much more severe deviations from the norm. One person took to Reddit to find out what aspects of people's childhoods were shockingly out of the ordinary by asking, "What was a normal part of your life growing up that other people were shocked by?"
There was a plethora of answers, a collection of which I have gathered for you here. (Please be aware that some of these stories contain instances of abuse, so please read with caution).