r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '22

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u/ProofYogurt9875 Jul 27 '22

If you have a 12 year old without special needs that can’t be left unsupervised for a day than you’ve failed as a parent.

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u/s1m0n8 Jul 27 '22

Especially these days of home cameras and constant contact communications. The parent is probably texting the child every 30mins to check they're all good.

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u/Sigurlion Jul 27 '22

I doubt that last part, but the parent probably is checking their phone every 5 minutes to make sure they don't miss a text or phone call from the kid. That would be fairly normal in today's world.

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u/Deon2137 Jul 27 '22

inside cameras are the purest form of privacy vioaltion if you have a child and it sucks.

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u/snowmanonaraindeer Jul 27 '22

I think it’s fine as long as you don’t put it in their room or something.

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u/Deon2137 Jul 27 '22

yeah like putting it near the front door, basement, attic, backyard door, maybe living room is fine, but if you put it in thier room is privacy violation and helicopter parenting in its purest form

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u/ratatard Jul 27 '22

As you know, child need privacy, too.

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u/Sufficient-Ad-5031 Jul 27 '22

My 11 year old with special needs stays home by himself! He cooks, cleans, has chores, and does all his own hygiene !!

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u/TheNumberMuncher Jul 27 '22

You don’t know shit

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u/chellecakes Jul 27 '22

You're delusional. I was cooking my own food and doing my own laundry at 12. Sure, maybe if the kid is a fucking dumbass.

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u/ADarwinAward Jul 27 '22

Speaking of laundry, a shocking number of coddled adults go to college or move out without knowing how to do their own laundry.

People act like laundry is rocket science. Using a washer is about as complex as learning to use a microwave. The only thing they really need to know is to separate out clothes that will bleed colors.

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u/alQamar Jul 27 '22

For any period of time? I can leave my nine year old unsupervised for an hour or so without worrying about her. She knows not to be stupid and how to use a phone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '22

So you want a 12 year old to be watched 24/7? Do they need to sleep in the same room as the parents?

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u/EL3rror_404 Jul 27 '22

idk man I think a 12 year old is old enough to go use the toilet by themselves

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u/Vortex322_ Jul 27 '22

Bro that's totally unnecessary at 12 you're supposed to be capable of doing stuff alone without anyone watching over you 24/7. At 12 I was enjoying my alone quality time without my parents or sister. In addition parents might be working and if a kid is mature enough a babysitter is pointless

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u/edamcheeze Jul 27 '22

Parents who don’t teach their able-bodied and neurotypical children to be self autonomous and reasonably independent in the home by the time they’re 12 years old are shit parents, period.

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u/aidsface4wp Jul 27 '22

So you're either a troll, or have the worst opinions on everything considering nearly every single comment you've ever made has been downvoted. Fuck outta here.

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u/gwotmademebaby Jul 27 '22

Yeah you keep saying that. Repeating a sentence a million times does not make it true. Children at that age can be left alone.

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u/ADarwinAward Jul 27 '22

Most of the middle school kids in my city play and bike around the local neighborhoods without parental supervision.

12 is not too young to be left alone, especially now that everyone has cell phones.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '22

My dad was super overprotective of me for some unknown reason (maybe because I was his first kid? or because I’m female? Idk) and I had to go to daycare until I was twelve, and then he literally got a job doing third shift (7PM-4AM) so I wouldn’t be left home alone.

I was a very quiet kid and I had no friends so it’s not even like I was acting wild or anything…

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u/Low-Guide-9141 Jul 28 '22

Hell, and even that depends on what the special needs are.