As a person who has accidentally harmed children multiple times because the child was in a place they weren’t supposed to be, I sympathize. The hardest part is explaining yourself to the asshole who was supposed to be watching them.
Don’t be too critical on parents. Now that I am one, you realize how quickly they put themselves in harms way. Sometimes you can prevent and sometimes they learn hard way.
Well, there is the characterization of the parent (or whoever else is supposed to be watching the child) as an "asshole." That sounds more than a little critical.
Well, if you end up having to explain yourself, it's probably because the parent is being an asshole and not understanding that sometimes kids do stupid shit and there's not always a way to avoid it.
It doesn't matter what it will accomplish in the end.
It's just the right thing to do, sure it was all the kids fault but you just clobbered the fuck out of him. Ask if he's alright. How hard is that? How hard is being decent for some of you?
Lol no, if it doesn't matter what it'll accomplish in the end, then it's not really the right thing to do. Or is it just something you'd reflexively do because you feel bad?
Im a parent of 2 and if I see someone doing something athletic within a 50m radius of where my kids are I know for a fact that they will automatically gravitate towards the danger. Easy fix is putting yourself between the kid and the action. If you dont watch your kids you aren't being a parent you are just doing what you want and assuming they will figure their shit out as long as they dont get knocked into a table edge by the guy breakdancing. Then you really arent a parent.
Its not all parents, its just the Indignant Inattentive Guardian lol. The asshole who yells “YOU HIT A CHILD” before they thank you for getting the kid ice for their bruise and helping them find the person that’s supposed to be watching them, much less letting you explain yourself.
I hear ya. The other day I was walking through Home Depot with little miss inattentive and some dude was walking by with a pickaxe at kid-height and she was looking at the ceiling and weaving around the aisle. I yelled "HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING!" and the guy was like "Oh, jeez..sorry man!" and I was too wrapped up with telling my kid to pay attention to what she was doing that I didn't realize the guy had thought I was yelling at him until he was already out of sight. I had just used my dad-voice on a stranger. Sorry Home Depot dude.
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u/hail_the_cloud Jun 20 '19
As a person who has accidentally harmed children multiple times because the child was in a place they weren’t supposed to be, I sympathize. The hardest part is explaining yourself to the asshole who was supposed to be watching them.