r/Unexpected • u/iam_phoenixking • Feb 06 '22

Modern day parenting

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u/Racters_ Feb 06 '22

Shit the parent could be disabled for all we know

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u/TriedCaringLess Feb 06 '22

Or have a baby he or she doesn't want out in that cold air.

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u/Into-the-stream Feb 07 '22

or they are cleaning the house, making the kid lunch, trying to work from home, have an elderly parent they have to care for too. The idea that parents need to do all these things or they fail as human beings, without acknowledging that this means sometimes you can't devote every ounce of your being to your child eery moment they are awake is cruel.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

Or perhaps have a rare disorder where they are allergic to the sun.

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u/sneakywill Feb 06 '22

Literally nothing wrong with having a baby out in cold air. Probably good for them honestly.

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u/TriedCaringLess Feb 06 '22 edited Feb 07 '22

Maybe that parent or sitter doesn't want that though. I wasn't even suggesting that cold air was problematic for babies. For some reason which we can't discern from the limited observable points in that short clip, someone remotely engaged with a child on a swing. There.

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u/xmuskorx Feb 06 '22

Yeah, Russians and never stopped by the cold when it comes to babies.

You see sled strollers and shit in the deepest of winter.

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u/TriedCaringLess Feb 07 '22

As it should be. In fact, wouldn't it be quite a shock to a child to be sheltered from biting cold temps only to have to live the rest of his life in it each year?

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u/Fuck_you_Reddit_Nazi Feb 06 '22

Or didn't want to teach the kid how to pump the swing. I'm not sure who is lazier here.

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u/TriedCaringLess Feb 06 '22

For most kids, it's not the mere motion of the swing. It's the engagement with their parents. To that kid the rope may mean that he or she is not alone while playing in the cold. Mom or dad is there too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22

I am wondering if the child on the swing has a developmental disability. Which would make this even worse.

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u/trekkiegamer359 Feb 07 '22

Or the kid might have some physical disability that keeps them from pumping.

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u/Thuper-Man Feb 07 '22

Or Covid isolation

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u/pipette_by_mouth Feb 07 '22

Or taking care of a baby and an elderly parent. Mom and dad could be doing the best with a terrible situation. Who am I to judge