Parents are not perfect and are just people. Sometimes they are to lost as to what to do about their lives and things. They try to handle things by emotions and not logic.
You can't curse a dent out of a car....my uncle had a good go at it.....never happened!
Thats how many only know how to handle things. It doesn't mean they are correct no matter how much they yell either!
It is so hard for young people to learn about life from people who don't know in the first place. You can buy books on a person's lifetime best knowledge for only a few dollar or check them out for free. Pick some smart stuff on life and read, read, read. Zig Ziglar, Mamie McCulloch, Tony Robbins, Brain Tracy, Maxwell Maltz, Dale Carnagee,.......much more! Read the Bible for the smarts in it...(Proverbs)
Soon you will be a sharp cookie and will be a better parent for your child to learn from.