24 People Found Out The Dark Secrets Their Parents Were Hiding, And Now They're Sharing Them With Us

Before we address the elephant in the room, let's remember that we're all humans and that we can do some bad things at some point in our lives. It shouldn't define as a person, though.

We see our parents today as the epitome of innocence, purity, and knowledge, but back in the days when they were teenagers, they may have done something they never wanted to remember again.

It's human to err, and no human is perfect.

That said, when children grow up, they start assessing things and, in that process, uncover some dark secrets their parents never wanted them to know. Children don't remain children forever.

Sure they'll always be children for their parents, but as kids age and mature, a different kind of mindset emerges and suddenly things start making sense.

No matter what you uncover, remember that your parents are humans with real emotions. Whatever you've uncovered was kept a secret from you because they didn't want to hurt you and/or simply didn't want you to know.

Just like some people deal with anxiety and depression today, our parents may have had to deal with past trauma too. You hide something for three reasons:

1. You don't want to hurt others
2. You don't want others to judge you
3. You don't think they need to know

Sure some secrets are intense, but knowing the reason why you were never told will help you deal with what you know that your parents think you don't know.

Redditor Anagoneous posted a simple question and received over 9k comments. Here are 24 responses to the question, how well do you know your parents.