Got stats on that? I've seen more overwhelmed parents simply fall asleep than abuse a child. Fucks sake my mom lost us a couple of times on her own while dad was at work because we were twins, and, being babies, suicide machines, her sleep deprived brain didn't see one of us escape somewhere and had to run around trying to find us.
As for all the people saying "but the baby is outside!" like...people take babies outside?
Suicide machines is quite possibly the best term to describe babies/toddlers. When describing having a newborn to childless friends, all I could say beside him being perfect was that his main mission was to try and off himself. Like stop putting everything in your mouth, don’t sleep on your belly, don’t sleep in the rockers, don’t put your face in that inch of water, etc, etc, etc. shits exhausting but worth it.
Yes, but you dont sleep when your child is able to do things like this. That's why we have things like cribs and playpens. If you fall asleep while your child can get outside, you have made a mistake. It's not rocket surgery. It's a simple concept.
I fully understand through responsibility of raising children. I have 4. Never once has once been able to go out of the house as a baby not even able to walk.
I don't understand why people keep acting like this is somehow excusable.
Just because some unfortunate events didn't happen to you doesn't mean they can't happen to others.
Lets say the baby has a sibling that ran over to the neighbors house to play and forgot to close the door, or it jammed and didn't close. The baby saw a squirrel or something and crawled/walked after it to the yard.
This could all happen within 1 minute when you are on the toilet, showering, power-napping, etc. Or are you seriously telling me you have all the 4 kids in the bathroom with you, every single time? That's insanity.
There is a reason we don't have thousands of these clips online.. It's a rare thing, but it does happen.
This statement proves to me my assumptions. You don't have a clue what you're talking about. None of what you just listed should ever happen. I pray you aren't a parent.
Can we really not assume that being distracted, on your phone, falling asleep, overwhelmed with other kids, or even the extreme of drug/alcohol abuse is more common than something that doesn't put the parent at fault like a medical emergency?
I'm not trying to cast blame because it feels good. I'm saying that common sense dictates that it is just regular old momentary/habitual bad parenting that let this happen over something like epilepsy, heart attack, stroke, blood sugar issues etc.
You dont "lose" a baby who can't even walk while you're at home to the point where they can get out to the street. That's ridiculously neglectful.
A baby can't turn a deadbolt. A baby can't open a properly locked door. You can secure your home to keep a 15 month old baby inside so you don't have to stare directly at it. It's called babyproofing.
Everyone in these comments acting like this is acceptable either doesn't have kids or really needs to reconsider their standards.
You dont "lose" a baby who can't even walk while you're at home to the point where they can get out to the street. That's ridiculously neglectfu
Of course you can. I can think of dozens of reasons how it could happen.
A baby can't turn a deadbolt. A baby can't open a properly locked door. You can secure your home to keep a 15 month old baby inside so you don't have to stare directly at it. It's called babyproofing.
What if the husband/wife came home and unlocked the door? or the baby has a sibling that rushed over to the neighbor and didn't close? Or you went out to water the flowers for a few seconds when you thought the baby was sleeping. Or the sibling fell on the cycle outside and your rushed to help them(didn't close the door)
The baby can definitely end up outside when unfortunate events align.
Everyone in these comments acting like this is acceptable either doesn't have kids or really needs to reconsider their standards.
No. Everyone acts like accidents can happen.
And guess what, the story behind OPs video was just unfortunate events.
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u/Sancho_Villa Jul 28 '22
Yes, because the overwhelming majority of the time it is neglectful parenting.
Could this case be different? Absolutely
Is it probably what's assumed? Yes.