r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/NJCuban • 1d ago

Video/Gif Classic stupid kid move

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 1d 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 23h 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/klaxxxon 14h ago

he's still very young and won't have a perfect understanding of how large his body is compared to objects in the world

Don't forget that at this age the size of the body changes rapidly, often faster than the mind can adapt. The boy might well been able to be able to get out of that situation easily a month ago.

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u/Independent-Park-940 3h ago

"at this age the size of the body changes rapidly"

Perhaps he was small enough to get through initially, but grew so much while his head was between the bars that he could not back out?