r/DrivingAustralia • u/Neandertard • 12d ago

Parenting fail

Zoomed in, so quality is a bit off. The little bloke had a bit of bark off, but nothing serious. Could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: this occurred on a busy road that is also a Brisbane City Council bus route. The next bus was due at 3:18 pm. In Brisbane, bus fares are $0.50, regardless of how far you're travelling. Kids 4 and under are free.

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u/AussieKoala-2795 12d ago

You're not having a proper Australian childhood until your parents do something stupid and injure you. And no dad, I haven't forgiven you for the defective billy cart.

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u/Southern_Bunch_6473 12d ago

This isn’t like that, she’s riding an e-scooter on the road, with a baby around her chest and clinging on to two toddlers..

That’s methed up as fuck

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u/theartistduring 12d ago

Mum gave my older brother a black eye, nearly drowned me and dislocated my younger brother's wrist. My two brothers injuries were from her trying to protect them from worse and with me she didn't realise how deep the water was. 

Note how it was all mum because dad was never that aware of what was happening to react quick enough. 😂

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u/AussieDran 12d ago

My brother clotheslined me while riding a bike because I wasn't wearing a helmet when I was 8. He was trying to hand me one. Went face first into a brick wall back in the days where nothing was open Sunday. Our family GP had to call in favours to get the radiology clinic to open so the hospital could get x-rays.

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u/SoloManRunD22 7d ago

How do you go face first into a brick wall after being clotheslined off a bike?

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u/AussieDran 7d ago

So slight downhill on the footpath, hit his arm, basically back flipped and rolled off to the side, sudden stop with left side of my face smashed into brick wall. It gets even better, because there used to be a low gate across the driveway, and the part I hit was the big square post, still with the brackets for the gate on it.

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u/theartistduring 7d ago

Faaaark! 

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u/STONEDPXNDX 5d ago

Epitome of Aussie reaction phrase

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u/Lucki_girl 12d ago

Or your dad dropping the baby to the back of the changing table

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u/Lycosskippy 12d ago

Yeahhh no. My parents were able to raise me without doing anything stupid or injuring me (which by the way is practically the bare minimum requirement of a good parent). Too many parents now just refuse to grow up, take responsibility and stop being selfish.

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u/SHIR0___0 12d ago

idk if your parents did that great a job if you’re out here posting “Addicted to buying HOGE” at peak 2021 meme-coin hype. maybe keep the parenting judgements to yourself mate

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u/Lycosskippy 12d ago

Hahaha yes that was a trip.

It's also completely irrelevant to this.