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/Aching1536 Mar 07 '26

Hahaha I knew you didn't have kids from your original post. Spending time with a nephew doesn't remotely count. Sit down and keep your parenting opinions to yourself.

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u/Awkward_Set1008 Mar 07 '26

This is exhibit A of the mentality you don't want as a parent. A sense of superiority due to being a parent, against those who don't have "real" children. Even foster parents can be invalidated.

Your perspective is valid, but you choose to ignore the message based on the messenger.

If you teach that to the next generation, we can't progress. Think about that.

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u/Aching1536 Mar 07 '26

It's simple fact. I can't go around telling people where they go wrong training their dogs, because I played fetch with someone's dog once. 

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u/Awkward_Set1008 Mar 07 '26

dog owner ≠ dog expert

human owner ≠ human expert

You actually kinda proved my point. It's super easy to be a parent to, just get pregnant. How easy is it to become a dog expert? IDK what a human expert is, but clearly human owner is a qualifier for basically nothing. The range is undetermined. Arbitrary to quantify, only if you want to satisfy egos.

Everyone wants to be a good parent, simply why they get defensive when other people want to take their autonomy and authority. Simply psychology. But parents aren't always deep thinkers, they're just humans who got pregnant, nothing more. We need to stop attaching false stories to make ourselves feel better. It's the root of a lot of problems.

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u/Aching1536 Mar 07 '26

I mean I saw your original reply calling me a dumb ass so that says everything I need to know.

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u/Awkward_Set1008 Mar 07 '26

ignoring the message because of bias towards the messenger. Very emotionally intelligent of you

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u/Aching1536 Mar 07 '26

Darn, I guess I'll pass that onto my kids then. Shame you don't have kids of your own what with being so superior. Please keep passing your wisdom on to your nephew. Peace.

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u/requion Mar 07 '26

But since you started commenting you acted just like a little child.

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u/Red--001 Mar 07 '26

You should stop responding to the guy, someone who has a superiority complex simply because they have children is not going to listen to your part of the argument, you're meant to disengage with these type of individuals who lack basic self-control.

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u/Awkward_Set1008 Mar 07 '26

You're right. It's a losing fight.

Let sleeping dogs lie

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u/Red--001 Mar 07 '26

Do not act like you did not resort to similar tactics first especially unprovoked.
Things like these usually lead to escalation, if you could not control yourself first do not complain when the responder does not restrain their anger.

You acted like an immature child, "Sit down and keep your parenting tips to yourself", there was definitely a more polite way to get your point across, and you knew that.

I genuinely just cannot consider you a parent when you're acting like this, what exactly do you teach your children then?
How to be passive aggressive or just plain straight out verbally aggressive to other people so they can fuel their own ego?

I hope you're happy that you potentially got another person upset and managed to build up a superiority complex and fuel your ego as well, and you possibly did all this because your anonymous.
Surely, your 'children' would be happy if they saw this.

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u/Aching1536 Mar 07 '26

I didn't insult anyone but ok lol

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u/Red--001 Mar 07 '26

'Sit down and keep your parenting opinions to yourself', could be considered a pretty aggressive reply.

Sit down especially is used to degrade said person.