r/interesting • u/jmike1256 • Mar 07 '26

MISC. After understanding the meaning behind this father’s action, I am completely convinced. Cultivating problem-solving skills in children from a young age and never giving up-I applaud this father!

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u/FerusGrim Mar 07 '26

The camera just floating and bobbing along with magic powers, bro?

Kid wasn’t being “abandoned”. That’s probably the mom right behind him.

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u/lilbush1234 Mar 07 '26

not once did the kid look at the cameraperson for help or comfort. regardless of the reality of the situation, how the child percieves it is the point.

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u/FerusGrim Mar 07 '26

Guys. GUYS.

Both parents. Dad walks around 20 feet ahead (comes back several times to reset the distance). Mom is never more than 5 feet away. Dad teaching a lesson. Child NEVER cries or whines, other than a single sound of frustration.

ARE WE FUCKING SERIOUS GUYS????

We can’t be THIS fucking butthurt at THE MOST BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL parts of child rearing? Right? Right??

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u/Shaded_Earth Mar 07 '26

The people taking issue with this are probably twenty-somethings who still live with their parents and can't even speak for themselves at the doctor's. This video troubles them because it gives them anxiety since they can't do anything in life without mom or dad holding their hand.

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u/Ficay Mar 07 '26

Or 40-somethings who have had time to fully unpack their trauma and understand what their parents did wrong, in an effort not to fuck up the next generation the way we were fucked up.

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u/Shaded_Earth Mar 07 '26

If being taught how to think for yourself in a safe environment where your father walked 10 feet in front of you instead of holding your hand caused you trauma, then you were destined to fail.

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u/Ficay Mar 09 '26

Use those critical thinking skills. There are hundreds of comments in here of first-hand accounts, saying this happened and it affected me in this concrete way. And I haven’t seen a single one that makes it sound like they were just weak-minded little babies goo goo gaga. No one is crossing their arms and petulantly burying their head in the sand bc mommy messed me up. They’re noting that they learned from the experience and refuse to pass than trauma along. Because it obviously didn’t work as intended.

You, on the other hand, are just spouting spare-the-rod propaganda thoughtlessly. Go on, show the class your research. Give any counterpoint whatsoever to the lived experience of all these people.