Weird. I honestly don't think it's that bad. I don't have kids myself, but I know that I would do so e shitty, manipulative stuff at that age, and I remember my dad really laying into me about it every now and then.

Im not one of those people who thinks being a "hardass" is the way to go, but me and my family would always speak to each other as human beings, and not really worry about the relationship dynamic. Pretty much I would swear at my parents and if I saw something, I call it out in the most cutting way possible, and they'd do the same.

It's actually one of my favorite things about my family. It wasn't until my dad died, and I got a step dad who was legitimately violent and abusive towards me, and it alternated between straight up bullying and fake-ass preserving the piece that I started to resent where I came from and started having real issues.

I just don't think this crosses the line.