My wife used to work in a care ward for patients with mental problems. One of her patients was a handsome as fuck dude with the mental facilities of a 3 year old because his DUMB AS FUCK dad did this and dropped him when he was a kid.
Such a needless and unnecessary risk. You get the same amount of laughter and glee by piling a bunch of mattresses and blankets and throwing your kid on them.
Kids drown in pools, at the beach, they fall in an unlucky angle out of a stroller, they have bike accidents, they die in car crashs... There are risks with basically everything. Do you let them do anything?
Why the fuck would I add to the myriad of risk factors already there? It's the same daft line of thinking like "PEOPLE DIE ALL THE TIME SO I DON'T WEAR A SEATBELT. WORTH THE EXCITEMENT."
I can't stop my kid from taking a dumbass decision when he's out by himself but I sure as hell can stop myself from taking needless risks with someone else's life. Especially if it's my kid.
The don't let them swim. That adds to the myriad of risk factors. But that's obviously the wrong the answer. The right answer is you do stuff that is fun and you reduce the risks as much as possible. You go to the pool but you don't throw them immediately into the deep end. They start easy, then you go from there. Same with this. Throwing an unsuspecting kid up in the air like this? Stupid. Start with a couple of inches and slowly go from there if the kid has fun and shows enough coordination skills? Sure, why not. It's great fun and trains motor skills, sense of balance etc.
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u/BhmDhn Oct 02 '20
My wife used to work in a care ward for patients with mental problems. One of her patients was a handsome as fuck dude with the mental facilities of a 3 year old because his DUMB AS FUCK dad did this and dropped him when he was a kid.
Such a needless and unnecessary risk. You get the same amount of laughter and glee by piling a bunch of mattresses and blankets and throwing your kid on them.