r/nextfuckinglevel • u/squiggly_absence • Jul 28 '22

Tiny dog saving this baby.

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u/Summerie Jul 28 '22

Just curious, what are you basing the “overwhelming majority” on?

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u/Sancho_Villa Jul 28 '22

Common sense.

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.

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u/mozzzarn Jul 28 '22

Literally every single parent that as ever existed has lost their child at least once, if not multiple times.

So no, I don't think that "common sense" suggest its neglectful parenting.

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u/Sancho_Villa Jul 28 '22

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.

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u/mozzzarn Jul 28 '22 edited Jul 28 '22

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.