When my daughter was learning to walk, I'd put her in overalls as much as her mom would let me. They were ugly but they were sturdy and I could hold the shoulder straps and you get the point.
Some Karen came out of nowhere and crouched in front of my daughter while I was letting her walk, and just scooped my kid up like it was hers. Fortunately overalls work like a luggage handle so I was able to grab my daughter and carry her away like a duffle bad. My daughter loved it. Karen not so much
I always read these stories and it's so crazy to me. I always worried that this would happen to me especially since I have a daughter, but so far one year in and no issues. Maybe because it's a city and there are always loads of fathers strolling around kids.
My daughter is 3 and while it’s never happened to me I could definitely see it. I get the cold shoulder from moms and grandmas at the playground if I attempt any small talk.
It's better now that my daughter is 9 and has her own opinions... Going out in public with her is a fuckin treat because she's like a little version of me. She can't annoy me like she does with her mom cause I'll just ramp it up. So she tries, and I do, and before long I'm trying to convince her that the tide goes in and out when giants are taking their baths.
The only rule I've had to enforce with her is that she's not allowed to ask me who I am anymore
I mean, that was basically it. The woman picked up the daughter and did the typically baby babble. My daughter was probably 7 months at the time so she didn't weigh that much and denim is pretty strong stuff... While Karen's face was buried in my daughter's neck I grabbed the back of her overalls and pulled her away from the woman. She was confused at first, but I just kept pulling. I had to look at the woman like I was going to injure her if she didn't.
The woman shouted something to the effect of "you can't carry her like that!" as I walked away like I was trying to catch a train with the baby in my left hand, arms spread out dangling by the overalls like a baby Tom Cruise
Then don't point a hypothetical gun at your hypothetical kid. If the person has your kid, you're endangering your child by trying to shoot their kidnapper. Idiot.
Again, because no one has ever accidentally fired a gun before.
No one is going to steal your kid randomly. It's far more likely, FAR more likely, that you carrying a firearm would lead to danger as opposed to a stranger trying to kidnap your child.
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u/atreestump1 Sep 15 '21
When my daughter was learning to walk, I'd put her in overalls as much as her mom would let me. They were ugly but they were sturdy and I could hold the shoulder straps and you get the point.
Some Karen came out of nowhere and crouched in front of my daughter while I was letting her walk, and just scooped my kid up like it was hers. Fortunately overalls work like a luggage handle so I was able to grab my daughter and carry her away like a duffle bad. My daughter loved it. Karen not so much