A roundup of responses from an AskUK thread where people list parental warnings they dismissed when young but now accept — from money habits and posture to how quickly time moves.
Common parental lessons that age well: live within your means, plan ahead, and beware that time feels faster as you get older.
Many tips are practical, everyday habits (posture, not picking scabs, finishing tasks) that produce cumulative effects over years.
The thread mixes pragmatic advice (budgeting, holiday planning) with small social truths (youthful days are often the easiest).
'What's something your parents told you when you were younger that you brushed off as nonsense?'. Updated September 21st, 2026 Share Tweet Flipboard Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google " alt=" "> --> The arrogance of youth, eh? We've all been there, thinking we know best despite our incredibly limited life experience, and we all realise our folly when we get older.
At the time (late teens) I just thought that that's what happened to him and wouldn't happen to me. 'Well here I am, 36 years old, more excited about a quiet weekend of rest and the thought of a night out has me exhausted before it's even begun.' Yep, we're all well acquainted with that scenario. Lots of other people chimed in with the ways they'd come to revere the wisdom of their elders, like these… 1.
It always infuriated me that they would spend so long on the nitty gritty like whether there would be enough wardrobe space in the hotel for all the luggage, the location of the rear seat air vent in the rental car or which three restaurants would be the best to go to on the fourth night. 'Aye, she was totally right.' – Sad-Insurance1313 4. 'Not finishing a book due to being too busy or not remembering things.
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