13 College Degrees and Their Reflections on Your Parenting Style

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I have a college degree, but honestly, it’s just sitting in the closet gathering dust alongside other “someday” items I can’t seem to part with. While that fancy paper may not come in handy for daily parenting tasks, I bet it does say a lot about how we raise our kids. Here’s a fun look at what your degree might reveal about your parenting approach:

1. Communications
   Your child’s go-to phrase is, “But you SAID…”
2. English
   Your toddler might not be able to count to 10, but they can differentiate between “who” and “whom.”
3. Criminal Justice
   You show your second grader episodes of “Scared Straight” whenever homework is forgotten.
4. Philosophy
   You can’t wait for the day when your little one starts asking “why?” after every sentence you utter.
5. Engineering
   Your living room is a minefield of blocks, Legos, and robotics kits—sometimes you even let your kid play with them.
6. Foreign Language
   Your 5th grader avoids the cafeteria because “American school lunches are just disgusting.”
7. Biology
   Your child rolls their eyes when they hear other kids say “vajayjay” or “weewee.”
8. Theater
   Life was smooth sailing until puberty hit, and now all the lessons on emotional connections you taught your daughter seem to backfire.
9. History
   Your child constantly requests stories from your childhood, using them as proof that he’s smarter than you—which, let’s be honest, he probably is.
10. Nursing
    Your child stopped watching “Doc McStuffins” because “none of those ouchies are real!”
11. Finance
    Your child critiques other kids for spending their allowance at the ice cream truck instead of saving for college.
12. Government
    You taught your child about democracy, only to regret it when she vetoed bedtime and staged a protest with her stuffed animals over your dinner choices. (Now your home is effectively a dictatorship.)
13. Computer Information/IT Services
    You laughed at those parents whose kids are tech-savvy—until your 2-year-old changed your iPad’s language to Klingon (seriously, who even knew that was an option?).

Even if your degree is collecting dust like mine, it’s nice to know it still has its moments of relevance. If you’re curious about more parenting insights, check out this blog post and explore this excellent resource for pregnancy and home insemination.

Summary: Our college degrees, although rarely used in daily parenting, can provide amusing insights into our parenting styles. Whether it’s communication skills or a background in biology, they often shape how we interact with our children.