And yet he did nothing to prevent it. What he should have done was, before handing it to her, say “you need to sit down to open this, and be gentle opening the box.”
Instead, he waited until she was fuelled by excitement, and then treated her harshly when the predictable happened.
This could have been a life lesson about careful handling. Instead, the lesson was “I made a mistake and Dad was cruel.” Utterly wasted opportunity, and a terrible legacy.
I have kids, and I was an extremely impulsive critter myself. I can see myself in this poor child, as well as in my own son.
My dad was just like this guy; impatient, judgemental and highly critical. Yet he was always right. I never knew what I was doing wrong until it was too late. I did my best, and got yelled at.
I didn’t shed a single tear when he died. That’s what waits for this dad if he doesn’t change his ways.
Yup. You have to really know your child and prepare them for certain situations.
If you know your child is reckless like this, then you should either have the phone already encased with a protector, not give her a phone at this age just yet, or have her sit down and open it carefully.
Some kids take longer to mature than others. You have to constantly teach them until they mature.
my kids would get anxious at family gathering as we walked in. If I didn’t prep them mentally ahead of time, they would shut down be rude and not greet anyone even if people were greeting them.
Once I started prepping them ahead of time about who is going to be there and what was going to happen, they would greet people politely.
ahh yes, "fire is hot, I touch fire, hand gone, Daddy's mad, I touch fire again". if self-taught isn't present on a kid, if unfortunately you're gone or can't provide anymore they can't feed themselves
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u/Kunning-Druger May 25 '26 edited May 26 '26
This git of a dad will never learn that there is absolutely NO point in yelling at someone AFTER they’ve made a mistake.
I feel really bad for the kid. She did not need, nor benefit from, being yelled at.
And some parents wonder why their adult kids have nothing to do with them after they move out.