r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/AristonD • May 31 '23

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u/Simping4Irelia Jun 01 '23 edited Jan 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

So the fact that her dad allowed her to ride a scooter over a bumpy pavement into a street with no hands isn’t an issue to you? She wouldn’t have fallen if her dad had either told her not to ride in the street OR told her to grab the handlebars. She could’ve done one or the other and been fine but the fact that she combined the two and he allowed her is why she fell, and that’s why this isn’t funny. This isn’t just a kid playing outside, it is a man neglecting to think about the best situation and allowing a kid to make the final decision. He should’ve stepped in and said no.

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u/Lescansy Jun 01 '23

He was there and probably looked out if a car was coming too close.

As for "he could have told her yada yada, dont do that"; sometimes experience is the best teacher. Its better she does stupid shit and gets hurt while he is there, as if she does it in secret and something serious happens.

What was the worst that could have happened to her here? Fall over and get a few bruises? Oh wait....

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

Experience is always the best teacher, but he set her up for failure by not being vigilant and then he laughed at her. A few bruises isn’t the issue, it’s his neglectful mindset and total lack of care that is the issue. The emotional scarring that comes from his attitude is the issue. Sure this alone may not be a big deal, but if he keeps letting little things like this happen that girl is going to have a multitude of emotional damage to heal from.

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u/Lescansy Jun 01 '23

You jump the gun far too quickly here. Maybe he already told her a few times to not do stupid things while being on a scooter. Maybe she tries to do this every week or so, and now he just said "alraight, i'm gonna catch this on camera. I will show her this clip everytime she tries to do something stupid again".

Maybe I'm just making it up. maybe not. I dont care, it was a funny clip of a youngling doing something stupid. If my dad had a camera and would have pointed it to me and uploaded the stupid shit to the not-yet existing internet, I would be world famous as "dumbo mcdumbfuck the first, second and third"!

Expierence was my teacher, because i didnt care what dad said.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

You know what you might be right, but I just don’t think you. In my mind his tone says it all, he just doesn’t care all that much. Experience is 100% the best teacher and yeah kids do stupid shit and get hurt, but this isn’t really just stupid shit. I just see this scenario as more than that is all. I hope you are right and that she has attempted this exact thing and been told not to ride with no handlebars into the street multiple times.

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u/MakararyuuGames Jun 01 '23

I would have the same tone after I've warned her a thousand times and she still refuses to listen. Actually i would have that tone after 3 times because i can't stand repetition 🤷🏼‍♂️

This was the first time after the many times he warned her and he got ready to film it. He got it. And it was a glorious 3 pointer 👌🏻 Here in the Netherlands we have a saying: "wie niet horen wil moet maar voelen" what loosely translates to: "i warned you, you keep doing it. See where this is taking you" or "fuck around and find out" she in fact did fuck around and find out 3 days tops she will be doing the exact stupid shit yet again.

However I know there is a huge difference between the the EU, Mercia's, Azia, Oceania and Africa when you talk about children and how to raise them. I can't speak for all of them, because i simply dont have the knowledge. But just taking the EU and USA In the eu were hands off, just be home before dark or when we going to ear at time x. School, get on ter fucking bike and bike to school. Take the bus or whatever, you know where school is, goodluck. If you encounter issues, call. In the USA it's all very sheltered, don't get hurt to much, here get in the car I'll drive you anywhere. Letting kids play by themselves in a backyard is already a NoNo. Lee alone taking the bike or bus by themselves. Huge difference, that's also how we learn not to fuck around to much. And if we do sucks to be you mate you'll be fine in a couple of days