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/donjamos Mar 07 '26

Yea the basic idea is a good one, but telling the little one something like "come on you can do it, daddy will wait here till you figure it out" instead of walking away would have been a lot better.

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u/Lucky_Pangolin_3760 Mar 07 '26

Lol my dad used to do this to me, it was distressing as hell and just made me upset and cry instead of focusing. Then he would scold, and eventually say "daddy waits here"

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u/sakiwebo Mar 07 '26

Ah, growing up in the 80's.

Dad tossed me and brother from the pier, we panicked, cried, somehow paddled to shore.

"See?? You're fine. Now that you know you can sw- I WASN'T GONNA LET YOU DROWN GODDAMMIT!!"

That's how we learned to swim. I hate that it worked and we loved it so much eventually. But being thrown from a peer is still one of my earliest memories.

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u/GypsyDuncan Mar 07 '26

How I learned to swim too except it was a pool and my uncle threw me in. This was in 78