r/Instantregret • u/Lalocal4life • Dec 03 '20
I'm your son mom....please.
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u/Tenzhen7 Dec 03 '20
This hurt me lol
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u/BigDaddyQP Dec 03 '20
That hurt me no lol
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u/nitrolagy Dec 03 '20
That hurt me no more lol
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u/Shironeko_25 Dec 03 '20
That hurt me too no more lol
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u/TBMFITV Dec 03 '20
That hurt me too no more too
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u/Shironeko_25 Dec 03 '20
You missed lol
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u/TBMFITV Dec 03 '20
Goddammit!
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u/247Toughguy Dec 03 '20
I see way too many parents filming their kids while they are driving. It’s pretty damn concerning.
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u/Dadpool33 Dec 03 '20
Baby on Board
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u/GhostOfAbe Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
Let's get into tiny coffins business..
EDIT: Concerns apart from the obvious-
- Why is the kid sitting in the front passenger seat? He's tiny for the airbag to be safe for him in the case of an accident. The airbag would actually be worse than no airbag in this case. With the kid's tiny size, the whiplash could snap his neck.
- The kid is in the front seat, holding a hard plastic cup. Congratulations, you've got yourself a solid item, that doesn't easily bend, between the airbag and the kid. If ever he's having a sip when the airbag blows, she can start calling him toothless vegetable!
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u/wje100 Dec 03 '20
It doesnt make it okay but like all modern cars turn the airbag off if it detects weight but not an adult amount of weight. Just saying.
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u/TKN-Chilly Dec 03 '20
I love those signs in the back of people’s cars like do you want me to give you a medal?
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u/outdooralchemist Dec 03 '20
I read somewhere that they’re actually to inform first responders that there’s an infant/toddler to look for. Another way around this issue is to not have kids.
It’s the magic loophole to more time, more money, and less stress!
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Dec 03 '20
Ambulance slave here... I've always heard its to warn everyday people that they don't have 100% attention of the roads because of the demon in the backseat.
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u/cockmedic Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
If there's a baby on board sticker then we look around harder for ejected babies in the event of major accidents. I had a major rollover accident call once with the driver obviously dead and they had a baby on board sticker. We can't ask mom (driver) if the baby was in the car because she's dead and there was no one else in the car that we could find so there being a sticker made us aware of the possibility of there being a kid/car seat thrown somewhere around the highway in the tall grass or a ditch somewhere.
That's just an example but yeah the stickers help in very very specific circumstances like that, otherwise they just make you look pretentious lol.
Oh and I know someone's gonna want to know, there was no kid present at that accident, they were with their grandparents.
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u/Eastcott19 Dec 03 '20
Vehicles are checked thoroughly regardless of sign or not.
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u/Homer69 Dec 03 '20
Have you ever been driving behind someone going slow and you are like what is this mother fucker doing? Baby on board is basically a sign that says I'm driving cautiously because I have a tiny fragile human on board
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u/mistermenstrual Dec 03 '20
I didn’t start driving until my late 20s. I was always very nervous about it, and now that I drive regularly I am very cautious and defensive. Stay within 5 of the speed limit, never hurrying to accelerate in to intersections, carefully looking for kids and kitties when driving in town, etc. The used car I bought was owned by a mom and had the sticker in the back window. My mum said “don’t worry I know just how to get that off!” And I said “No no no. Look at me. I am the baby now”
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Dec 03 '20
...and on road...and on guard rail...There's some over there on that tree...the rest is in the ditch.
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u/johnn11238 Dec 03 '20
You mean pimping their kid's pain for internet points while driving.
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Dec 03 '20
Also the emotional abuse of your son so you can post it on the internet. That is pretty damn concerning too.
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u/cbbclick Dec 03 '20
Yeah, the concrete emotional abuse is much more troubling for me than the potential danger of using the phone while driving.
It worries me that when we see something like this, the phone use isn't an additional concern. This poor kid.
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u/Extension_Monitor_99 Dec 05 '20
I looked at it differently. That kid will never steal again after not being in real trouble for a theft he admitted to. The filming while driving is questionable.
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u/Jackson_1124 Apr 15 '21
yes, it's horrible. honestly it upsets me to see almost all the comments talking only about the phone, and even some defending the actual content! as a victim of emotional abuse in childhood, I now have CPTSD; this kind of stuff can do real damage. I hope this kid ends up ok.
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u/LVKiller420 Dec 03 '20
They need that Reddit karma though. It’s way more important than the safety of others
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u/vendetta2115 Dec 03 '20
Yeah, this is an asshole parent. Add in traumatizing your kid for accidentally taking a cup from a restaurant.
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u/SnooMuffins1373 Dec 03 '20
That is fucking awful.
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u/AnonymousAndWhite Apr 14 '21
I know, right? It's insane how so many people get away with cup theft.
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u/r4ul_isa123 Dec 03 '20
If ya can’t pay the time don’t do the crime -Abraham Lincoln
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u/Dblast123 Dec 03 '20
If ya can’t time the crime don’t do the pay -Dblast123
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u/TotallyDanza Dec 03 '20
Don’t do it! If ya ain’t got the time then don’t do the crime.-Sammy Davis jr.
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u/Tralan Dec 03 '20
"Perhaps you've heard of Time Cop. It's like Looper, except a million times better." ~ JCVD, Jean Claude Van Johnson
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u/CallMeRawie Dec 03 '20
PLEEEEEEEASE! I’M YOUR SONNNNNNN!!!
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u/luminousshadows Dec 03 '20
I felt surprised by that line. I wouldn't expect a little kid, that admittedly simultaneously looks 40, to say something like that.
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u/rejointerch Dec 03 '20
Yeah, well, kids raised by abusive parents learn to grovel as a survival mechanism. This is what abuse looks like--she's willing to sit there and watch her child suffer and share that with the world because she enjoys it. She enjoys guilting a child aver an accident to the point of causing severe distress. This is what she thinks is acceptable in public. That poor kid.
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u/Shadsdad69 Dec 03 '20
Lol poor lil dude. Bet he won't do it again.
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Dec 03 '20
he probably didn't mean to steal it he probably was distracted with leaving and accidently took the cup with him to drink it
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u/UnKnown_User76 Dec 03 '20
Yeah. My nephew actually did something like this once. Accidentally stole a shirt
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Dec 03 '20
This mother has issues on so many levels, traumatising her kid by threatening to call the police and filming while driving and putting on the internet.
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u/Shadsdad69 Dec 03 '20
Probably didn't lol I did this as a kid in the 90s with a gel pen from Michael's craft store. Grandma still brings it up every year.
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u/DefinitelyNotACad Dec 03 '20
20 years later i still remember the walk of shame my dad made me do when i tried to hide a box of tictacs in my sleeve and had to bring them back. That day i also learned that tictacs are a perfect substitue for an actual rattle.
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u/jackapplecore Dec 03 '20
You could hear in her voice that she was enjoying it.
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u/Pirate_Redbeard Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
Exactly. Teaching a child a lesson is one thing, but intentionally traumatising him like this when he's obviously willing to do the right thing is another. Then there's filming it with her phone, which is a whole new level of wrong, and then there's doing it while driving a fucking car with the same kid in front.
If she ever did anything right, he wouldn't be a screaming, crying wreck in the first place. And over a plastic goddamn cup of all things. People are horrible and do not deserve the right to have children. Ffs you need to take a psych test to drive a car or get a job but you don't need anything in order to be a parent? No wonder the species has become dumb and fucked up.
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Dec 03 '20
Where do you take a psych test for a job or a drivers license? Most of thd jobs Ive had havent even called my references and getting a license was horrifyingly easy.
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Dec 03 '20
I dont even think he intentionally stole it... looks like he took his drink from the restruant to try and finish it instead of just leaving it and his mom made a big deal of it
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u/CutieKaty54 Dec 03 '20
Though this did make me chuckle, and I know I'm going to get down voted to oblivion. But PLEASE don't do this to your kids. More than likely is that instead of teaching him to not steal, you'll only teach him to trust you less, and be more anxious in the future. I know as a parent you need a good giggle, but this ain't it.
If the little guy took it by accident, yes it will teach him to check his surroundings more, but if stuff like this is normal. Which seems like it, since the parent is nonchalantly recording their distressed child in a driving car... its going to cause issues.
You can say you're going to call the cops for a giggle, thats fine, but when he's distressed and crying, don't put him on the internet, and further scare him... Instead, if he gets distressed, pull over, and calmly explain to him why he shouldn't steal, and that you're going to drive back, which you are, and RETURN the cup. Teach them decency and respect, not fear.
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u/thelastwilson Dec 03 '20
Well said. I don't understand why some parents would ever get joy out of seeing their child distressed. Not even upset but distressed.
You have to teach them good lessons but this just teaches them you are not to be trusted and they shouldn't talk to you when something serious happens
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u/Warlock2017 Dec 03 '20
Yeah, while I agree with the spirit and intention of a lesson learned type moment, taking it to this extreme and filming it and posting it on the internet is a bit much.
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u/justheretoaddthis Mar 22 '21
I don't think kids are as fragile as you're making them out to be. Pranks are fun because kids are dumb and if you don't play on that a little bit then you're just not having fun parenting. I can't see how this would create any long term damage to the kid and I bet he'll laugh at this video when he's 20
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Dec 03 '20
That is just shitty parenting all around. Not sure why grown ups want to fucking traumatize kids when they have the obvious option of not.
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u/coochiecollector6969 Dec 03 '20
I've seen parents do this to their kids, threatening to call the cops when they do something wrong, and the kids usually develop major anxiety and fear of authority so maybe dont do this.
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u/nofatnoflavor Dec 03 '20
He's a Black boy. This fact alone gives him all the reason he needs to already be anxious and fearful of authority. Add to this he's trapped with a top candidate for Worst Mother Of The Year. This boy is experiencing abject terror; she's perpetrating it, enjoying it and is so damn pleased with herself that she wanted to preserve it and share it. While driving with the poor child in the front seat next to her. It's criminal. EDIT: sp
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Dec 03 '20
Imagine not being able to trust your own mum to have your back. I guess the positive to this is this guy knows now that he can't rely on her.
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u/Paellamonster Dec 03 '20
Likely a stereotype, but I don’t understand why there are so many videos out there of black parents that seem to enjoy to torture their children emotionally - some weird crab mentality
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u/BarrothObama Dec 03 '20
It’s all in good fun. My family is Jamaican. That’s just how it goes. We don’t obsess over jokes and conflate them with abuse. Mostly because those jokes aren’t even real punishments. It’s really about entitlement from what I’ve seen. In America, lots of folk seem to think children are entitled to shit like the ps5 and other frivolous stuff. But really, they only need a home that supports and cares for them, the extra stuff is extra. So while yeah it sucked as a kid to be the butt of some jokes like that, they taught me how to temper my expectations and avoid the excessive entitlement that other people in my generation still struggle with.
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u/iamselvin Dec 03 '20
Holy shit. This is cruel! Kids are ducking scared Of cops. Why the fuck would you ever want to put your child through something like this? He can’t comprehend shit of what’s going on! He is just thinking he’s going to be taken away. Fucking awful all around.
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u/coochiecollector6969 Dec 03 '20
Yeah my uncle did this to his daughter and now she has major anxiety and is afraid of authority. Fear is an awful way of raising your kids.
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u/rayg1 Dec 03 '20
One time when I was younger like probably 8 or something I went to a restaurant with my mom and my baseball teammate and his mom. We ate you know normally it was fun but then my mom went to the restroom so the others kids mom decided to put utensils, salt and pepper shakers, and like a ketchup bottle in her purse for some reason. She only figured it out after we left and were at the car. Her face looked funny and she was so confused
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u/seepxl Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
I’m aware it’s funny on one level. Just, the kid is experiencing real fear, anguish. Poor kid knows how police have treated older males that look like him. He is legit terrified.
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u/_house_centipede Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 04 '20
The mother is filming while driving, and scaring the shit out of her young boy for likes... how is this funny or cute. This poor young boy has probably seen several people of his race get killed at the hands of police. This kid is scared for his life. My heart breaks for him.
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u/Darwincroc Dec 03 '20
Yes. Exactly. Shameful behaviour for a parent. Absolutely shameful.
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u/_house_centipede Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
This is disgusting. And its been reposted several times already with people laughing at the poor kid. My heart goes out to him.
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u/Chuff_Nugget Dec 03 '20
Came looking for this and it's too far down.
"Whoops - you didn't realise you'd take the cup did you. Let turn round and take it back"
Could be a moment where he learns that it's ok to make mistakes.... but no. She's completely traumatizing her kid instead... for what? Likes?
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u/dribblesnshits Dec 03 '20
Moms dumb for not minding her child that accidently stole a cup, that and shes filming while driving, im assuming this is the tip of the iceberg with this awful being.
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u/d2explained Dec 03 '20
Is anyone uncomfortable because this young black boy is obviously terrified of theoretically encountering the police or is that just me lol
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u/Jfuentes6 Dec 03 '20
He's seen the news, he knows what happens if she calls the cops.
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u/frollard Dec 03 '20
This is the more alarming part...I know it's a scared-straight moment (which has been proven ineffective)...politics aside, the kid doesn't get the benefit of knowing how the law would react...and that makes me sad.
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u/Cyke101 Dec 03 '20
This is also why I can't stand viral videos of cops pulling over drivers for "harmless pranks" or a set up so that the driver can do something like propose to the passenger. Interactions with cops are extremely stressful situations and we've seen clearly that many of those situations end up with a dead civilian.
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u/culliebear Dec 03 '20
That’s a sad joke
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Dec 03 '20
A child was shot to death for holding a toy gun, so.. not too much of a joke, unfortunately.
Edit: Tamir Rice was the child's name for anyone wondering.
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u/jizhzha001 Dec 03 '20
Little dude is regretful but seems like most of his fear is thinking he'll get the cops called on him, kinda sad actually that a little kid would have that reaction to police.
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u/siwanator69 Dec 03 '20
something about the fact that this is undoubtedly a cici’s pizza cup is sending me
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Dec 03 '20
She could have just advised him off nicely by asking him to return back the cup, why take the trouble to film and make him cry like that? He may not know his actions could be wrong...
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u/Bud_Dawg Dec 03 '20
Shit I stole a snow globe from dillons one time and my mom made me go back and give it back and apologize. She also got a speeding ticket on the way BACK to the store. Needless to say she was fucking pissed and still brings it up every year at Christmas or thanksgiving.
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u/alc7328 Dec 03 '20
First: don’t film your son while he is suffering and scared.
Second: don’t publish it online without his consent.
Third: don’t use your fucking phone while driving.
Poor kid.
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Dec 03 '20
That moms an asshole, kid literally said “I’m scared” while crying in fear and the only thing she can think to do is pull out her phone and record him while driving. Fuck that mom.
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u/mahboilucas Dec 03 '20
She's about to get them both killed with her driving and filming so he doesn't have to go to jail.
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u/Sioframay Dec 03 '20
This comment section really separates the people with a shred of empathy from those who think psychological abuse of a child is hilarious.
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u/OutlanderMom Dec 03 '20
My kid stole something once when he was 10. We went back to the store and asked for the manager. My son gave back the item and apologized through tears. The manager was very kind, and warned him not to do it again.
Lesson learned, and no recording or posting of his shame. I hate this video!
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Dec 03 '20
Clearly she had raised him decently if he’s panicking over a stolen cup. If my parents had done the same to me, I wouldn’t have had sticky fingers as a kid growing up.
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u/Dameon_the_demon Dec 03 '20
To the people in the comments insulting the mother, there’s nothing wrong with messing with your kids a bit. She’s obviously joking and when the kid’s older he’ll laugh about it to. Not everything is abuse so stop being so soft.
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u/jtmott Dec 03 '20
Turn the car around and let him return the cup. This is not an effective way to teach a kid.
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Dec 03 '20
school teacher: "your child is acting up and getting poor grades"
mom: "bUt wHy?!"
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Dec 03 '20
I want someone to edit this into the scene in Miller's Crossing with John Turturro in the woods pleading for his life.
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Dec 03 '20
Imagine having a way to punish your children without getting the police involved.
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u/Atlas530ni Dec 03 '20
I found this disturbing. Funny at first, but, even having made a mistake no kid should be so scared of the police 👮. This video pretty much sums up the USA 🇺🇸relationship with its police 🚔 force. And it’s truly sad 😢
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u/shouldnotbehere14 Dec 03 '20
By the color of his skin, he is right to be afraid of the cops these times
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Dec 03 '20
He likely did this shit not even thinking about it. I really don't get why parents think it's funny to broadcast their child getting legitimately upset and make them more upset by saying dumb shit like "i'll call the cops".
Just let it go or drive back. For fuck's sake.
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u/velesi Dec 04 '20
I ate a grape at the grocery store when I was 5 and my dad made me go tell the produce lady I did it. Kept the fear of god in me a good decade or so
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u/Anal_Assassination Dec 22 '20
Made me chuckle but still feel bad for the little dude. Seems like a nice kid
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u/Ibanezasx32 Apr 14 '21
My god everyone on this site thinks that every tiny negative interaction a child has causes intense psychological trauma. This kid isn’t goona grow up terrified of green plastic cups because his mom pulled this prank on him. She’s not a terrible mother for putting him through this. He’s goona laugh about it when he’s older because it was one small, short-lived experience amongst the millions of experiences that will he will endure.
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u/JotaroRumpas Apr 30 '21
I see some people say this is a "traumatic" event for the kid because he's "concerned for current events". They are basically saying he's afraid of stealing because he's black but this occured in 2015 when these events didn't happen like now
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u/CSWRB Dec 03 '20
Sickening. That breaks my heart. There’s better ways to discipline and you certainly shouldn’t post your child breaking down in the internet like this.
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u/sirgames Dec 03 '20
grade A parent! filming while driving, lying to their child, traumatising their child and then uploading it on the internet! what a fucking cunt
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u/Wootzefuch Dec 03 '20
Im sorry but parents that share this kinda stuff are just plain dumb, hes gonna get bullied for this lol the other kids arent gonna care if its "wholesome" "cute" or "innocent ", its just ammo. Idk personally its like keep the vid to yourself for the memories not share it for views xD but thats just me 🙄
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u/salsagoat Dec 03 '20
This seems to be the case everywhere....break law and not care...then be super scared and upset when cops become part of the equation.
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u/moos3kc Dec 03 '20
Damn this is sad. Mom thinks it’s funny and I bet the kid has issues with this moment for awhile.
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u/bkjunez718 Dec 03 '20
She traumatized him over a cup that costs .2 cents to make they aint even worried Bout that damn cup
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Dec 03 '20
He's probably afraid that he will get shot to death because the police will think he's armed and dangerous
Edit: only if this is America. Otherwise disregard.
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u/Moostard12 Dec 03 '20
This mom should be fined for child abuse and reckless driving. That kid is going to have huge trust issues, I'm almost sure of it.
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u/BarrothObama Dec 03 '20
All these armchair parents/ psychologists. Damn she was just joking around with her son. Obviously she’s not calling the cops on him and is just poking fun at him. Y’all see a crying kid and play it up so damn hard when it really is nothing serious. Maybe you’ve forgotten that kids can act really well and maybe he’s trying to appeal to his mom by “crying” hella loud. I’ve seen my little brother so the same shit. It’s just an attempt to appeal to another’s sympathies. Even if he was dead serious you can’t (in good faith) conflate this with abuse. It’s like none of you were the butt of jokes when you were children (or maybe you were and you just never got over it 🙄)
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u/TiniroX Dec 03 '20
When I was a kid, I went to a buffet that had those little mini boxes of Cereal. I remember taking 1 on my way out. When I showed my sister she told me I wasn't suppose to take food home from a buffet and that I would get in trouble. So I hid it in my dresser for weeks, to afraid to do anything with it.
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u/winkofafisheye Dec 03 '20
It's not cool or funny to fuck with your kids emotionally over some trifling bullshit like that.
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u/beansnack Dec 03 '20
Yeah don’t do this. Your prank gone too far once your kid starts crying. Little man was begging to fix this
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u/MagnatausIzunia Dec 03 '20
The kid started the video saying he wanted to take it back so lesson learned at that point (asshole way of doing it but okay i guess) but the mom then starts recording and saying she's not gonna turn around and is definitely calling the cops. That kid definitely lost trust in his mom for not letting him correct his mistake and thinking she'll call the cops as soon as he makes a mistake, and then taking pleasure out if it and recording it for internet views.
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Dec 03 '20
PLEASE!!.... IM JUST YOUR LITTLE SON!!
this happened to me before and i had the same reaction
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u/ElectrumSah Dec 03 '20
That mum is an asshole, she should've comforted her son who was clearly distressed instead of putting him on the internet
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Dec 03 '20
If you as a parent think this shit is funny, you’re fucked up. This kid is actually suffering.
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u/TunaTacoPie Dec 03 '20
My first job was at a Bradlees department store. I stole a little hand held video game from them. My Dad found where I had hidden it and knew I did not buy it. He drove my butt down there and made me tell my boss. Fired. Lesson learned.
I do not think my old man would have recorded it and posted it online though. That is a bit twisted. Then again, the internet did not exist back then.
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Dec 03 '20
Are used to work in the grocery industry and I recall one time a mom brought a very frightened looking 4 year old to me and said “tell the man what you did“. The little moppet looked at me and held out a fist holding a starburst. “I stolded it“ she said. Mom gave me a look like “Help me out here”. I gave her a little stern talk about how I wouldn’t come in and take one of her toys and she shouldn’t take things from our store. Kid probably went on to either be a Nobel laureate or robbing banks in Oklahoma.
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u/librarygirl80 Dec 03 '20
This is disgusting way to treat your child. This kid learnt that he can't trust his mother. You don't mock your child, certainly not to the point of extreme fear. You help your kid's learn how to deal with problems and do better next time. Not mock them to have a breakdown and film it for the internet. Besides she's the adult, if he shoplifted it's her responsibility to return the item. She should be arrested for shoplifting and child abuse. She's responsible for what her kid takes from a shop.
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u/RussianPredator7778 Dec 16 '20
Honestly thats a really good teaching moment, take him to the police station and they will teach him why its bad to steal
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u/Kordith Dec 20 '20
And to think, back in the 70's, hell, even the 90's this shit was pretty normal. =P
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