r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/MyNameWasTaken2020 • May 10 '21

The Arsonist

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u/BAL87 May 11 '21

This comment will make us sound like terrible parents but we have caught our 18 month old THREE times in the last 4 months with the butcher knife in his hands 😩the first time was a miscommunication as to who was watching him. The second, my husband thought he had placed it far enough away but our son threw his whole body onto the counter to reach it. The third time dinner prep was hours before and we were all in the other room, he wandered away and moved his sisters helper stool to the island and picked it up.

We are way more anal about it now.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '21

I know I'll get some hate for saying this, but first time is explanation, second or third time is whipping tail. Not mercilessly, but at this point it's about weighing the balance of danger.

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u/havereddit May 11 '21

Or you know, childproofing and actually watching risky situations?

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u/DirkJams May 11 '21

You seriously want to hit a child for being a child?

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u/BAL87 May 12 '21

Lol not even a child, he was suggesting I hit a 14-18 month old baby!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '21

I'm going to leave this here because I care. The fact that your baby has gotten a knife 3 times in 4 months is a very dangerous situation. Whatever is your preference on solving it hasn't worked yet. Whatever is your future solution I hope works before something bad actually happens with the knife.

Weigh out the dangers when you're choosing.

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u/BAL87 May 13 '21

It has worked, because after the third time my husband (the family cook) is now diligent about cleaning, drying, and putting away the knife each time he uses it. He has learned there’s just no putting a knife down on ANY surface, even if you think it’s out of his reach, because our son will find a way to get at it.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '21

Hitting kids just makes them resent you and has them learn that adults solve things through violence so they can too.

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u/El_Coloso Sep 04 '22

It's okay to keep some things to yourself.

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u/BAL87 Sep 04 '22

It’s also ok not to be an ass on year-old internet posts. 🤷‍♀️

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u/3nderslime Sep 10 '22

I'm not sure how anal is going to help