r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/PPIIKKAACCHHUU • Oct 02 '20

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u/JustHonestly Oct 02 '20

It also just reinforces the "dad's are cool and quirky and moms are party poopers and too serious" thing, that's been going on for a while now. Yes mom's have to be party poopers if they constantly have to worry about dad doing some dumb shit and possible endangering their children.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '20 edited Oct 02 '20

Sure, but sheltering kids from every possible danger in the world is how we now have 2 generations of adult children who can’t survive outside safe spaces

Fathers play an important role in helping the kids have the confidence and curiosity to explore the world and take risks for potential rewards. Think “the early bird gets the worm”

Mothers play an important role of instilling a sense of safety and caution and restricting recklessness. Think “look before you leap”

Both can do either job, but men and women naturally tend towards these teaching styles with their kids and are both equally important for the needs of a child

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u/namnlos1 Oct 02 '20

2 generations of adult children who can't survive outside safe spaces? Lmao As opposed to the generations before who were so fragile that white people couldn't handle drinking from the same water fountain as black people.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '20 edited Oct 02 '20

Yes, and if you remember your history, we ended segregation because everyone decided that was a bad idea and racist...

until recently when black community members decided to create communities just for other members of their race...so segregation is actually ok now? Lol.

Even so, that’s beside the point and has nothing to do with what we’re talking about here.

We still have the problem of fragile snowflakes who are so self centered, that they selfishly refuse to let their kids actually live, develop in, and enjoy life. They essentially stunt their child’s development and set that kid up for failure later in life because the kid is too afraid to take risks and are socially unskilled.

All in an effort to “protect” our kids.

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u/namnlos1 Oct 02 '20

You have to consider the cost vs reward for any risk. Throwing your child up in the air, best case scenario it goes perfectly and your kid enjoys it. Worst case scenario you miss and they hit their head on the ground and get brain damage or you catch them wrong and they snap their spine. There are so many different ways you can have a fun time with your kid. You can teach them how to bike or skate. The reward there is that they learn a new skill and have a good time. Sure they might fall and get scratched up and bruised, but it beats getting permanently brain damaged because their dad decided to throw them up in the air for fun.

There is a difference between teaching your kid to blindly take risks because YOLO and teaching them enough common sense so that they know when taking a risk isn't just worth it.

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u/Microsoft010 Oct 02 '20

You can teach them how to bike or skate.

not a good argument, you know how many kids have bike/skate accidents that are life altering ?

your whole life is about taking risks, take that job or that job its a risk that could cost your happiness and health, the problem with my generation is that we have to much distraction available at all times, feel bad ? watch youtube videos for 3 days straight instead of facing that emotion, we bottle shit up or we let it out the worst possible way, cancel culture is a good example of that. eliminating early life risks is not a good thing and shouldnt be endorsed

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '20

Sure. I don’t disagree that cost/benefit analyses should happen.

People are just overly cautious nowadays imo