13 Parenting Lessons From Stranger Things. Because Children Are Demons.

Your kid won’t always use words to tell you what’s going on. Seemingly casual comments, body language, or a complex system of Christmas lights operated through inter-dimensional physics can provide clues about what’s up.

If you ever feel like you’re the only one whose kid only wants to eat one kind of food — like Eggos — you’re not alone. And don’t worry, they’ll be just fine.

If this show has taught us one thing it’s that you need to know how to ride a bike if you want to go to your friend’s house or find your way through the Upside Down.

It will only last a season. They’ll never talk about it again and you’ll forget all about it.

Whether it’s sports, school newspaper, or their Dungeons & Dragons group, extracurriculars will enrich their lives and teach them valuable skills, like teamwork, solving spooky mysteries, and escaping demon-bats!

Like, if your child is musical, get them lessons, but maybe don’t make them practice 10 hours a day. If they’re psychically gifted, don’t make them travel to an alternate dimension hellscape to spy on the Soviets.

Because, come on: we can agree that Steve Harrington is the greatest mom of the series, right?

“Young man, I don’t care if ‘He likes it cold,’ that alien-demon inside of you is a bad influence and we’re cranking up the heat to destroy it! You’ll thank me some day.”

They’re probably imagining things, but with all these demogorgons you can never be too careful. (And now I hear there’s this “Vecna” fellow about...?)

We get it: like Hopper, you want to keep your child hidden away in a cabin in the woods because you love them and want to keep them safe. It’s the hardest part of parenting, but you have to let go a little bit...

Seriously, we know it was the ‘80s, but did the Wheelers ever know what their kids were doing? We said “let go” not “check out.”

We will give you $10* if you can name this child without looking it up.

*not really

And that’s OK! Remember, your kids are their own people with lives outside of you. That’s as it should be: they need their space if they’re going to save the world.