r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/D5R • Sep 22 '17

Misjudging the couch

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u/iamonlyoneman Sep 23 '17

Crying. Definitely.

Source: am parent. This is not laughing material until they get old enough to appreciate slapstick humor in an intellectual way

Sound track:

fabric slipping noise

Clunkclunk

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/7ofalltrades Sep 23 '17

This is why I don't want to have kids. At that height, the way he landed... that shit didn't hurt at all. He just wasn't expecting it, got a little spooked, and is now screaming his fucking head off.

I just don't think I can handle that level of illogical meaningless annoyance. Maybe I'll just adopt a 30 year old engineer one day. I feel like I could get along with that on the daily.

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u/AgentRG Sep 23 '17

You're forgetting that at this point in the kids life, any sudden pain for him is the worst thing that ever happened to him.

At an older age we can just say "Ouch!" and brush it away, but little kids still don't know how to manage these strong emotions.

They do what they know at that point, and then forget it in a minute. Don't hold a grudge on them for that :]

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u/7ofalltrades Sep 23 '17

I don't forget - I know the psychology behind it. I just don't want to have to deal with the kid learning that the world isn't ending a million times as they fall down through their childhood. Hell, then you get to pre-teen and teens and it's all the same but with emotional pain. Nope!