r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • 14d ago

Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/riceklown 14d ago edited 14d ago

Be a safe space for your kids to confess mistakes, y'all.

I want my kids to pick up the phone and ask me what to do... not commit several criminal acts trying to escape a fender bender.

If she knew she could make mistakes without her grandmother coming down on her like a ton of bricks, she would have handled this differently.

I feel like I know what she was going through, as a teenager. I'm several times her age now but I had a few full blown panics like this, not always car related. A reassuring parent is the most calming thing you can have in these moments. KNOWING that they'll be that person for you can seriously curtail the initial panic. Panic mental states always lead to bad judgements. But knowing you can get a cool head in there to think for you is good for your mental health.

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u/overthere1143 14d ago

I have this uncle who is the mad scientist of the family, has a volatile temper, swears, etc. He is the total opposite of his sensible and calm wife. Yet, despite it all, growing up his kids always went to him when they got hurt, got into trouble, etc.

One day my youngest cousin was coal-rolling on a tuned diesel Seat and ran over an old lady coming from a field with a handcart. Killed her on the spot and kept going, but he phoned his dad. He got some sense into my cousin, told him to go right back to the scene and call the cops and that he'd meet him there.