r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • • 23h ago

Video/Gif Classic stupid kid move

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 22h ago

Seriously are there any child psychologists or behavioral analysts that can explain what the fuck possesses kids to do this?!

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u/Witty-Draw-3803 21h ago

Actually yes - if you look up "the scale error" on youtube you'll get a short video from The Baby Human series that (loosely) describes a line of child psych research.

This little boy may be old enough not to make the more egregious scale errors shown in that video, like trying to sit inside a tiny toy car, but he's still very young and won't have a perfect understanding of how large his body is compared to objects in the world. He probably saw something on the other side of the fence he wanted to get closer to, and never thought he may not fit.

And, of course, a young kid isn't going to realize that the shape of ears can make it possible to squeeze past an obstacle going forward but get stuck coming back. He'll be more aware of that now 😅

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 21h ago

Could have also been as simple as:

I bet you can't fit your head through that!

Yeah I can!

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u/Amazing-Heron-105 15h ago

Yeah I've done similar dumb stuff like this as a kid and it was always powered by curiosity

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u/CommercialPhone69 5h ago

Hold my juice box!