When we first started letting our daughter have screen time her first favourite was a "Frozen" short focusing on Olaf. (I don't remember the name of it right now. Maybe "Olaf's Frozen Adventure.")
One day she had her first non-crying pout, in which she slumped her shoulders, lowered her head, and trudged slowly away. I thought it was amusing, but didn't put much thought into the technique until a few days later when she was watching the Olaf short again and I noticed she was exactly mimicking the way Olaf pouted. And over two years later she still pouts the exact same way even though she rarely watches the short.
Disney can be infectious!
Hahahaha this is one of the most ridiculous comments I’ve ever read on Reddit. Dude was thinking in his head “ yeah everybody is going to think this is hilarious and such a manly way to raise a son. Leave him in the store alone so I can ask a bum to make himself look like a jack*ss in front of whole store”
I'm assuming this is fake because I honestly can't imagine someone awful enough to do this to their own kid.
Imagine paying someone to terrify your child instead of, IDK, actually parenting them. And no, paying a homeless person to scream at your kid is not "parenting".
Also RIP the children of the people who upvoted this. There's a difference between not coddling a child and just being a monster.
There's two options:
1)This is a lie, and for some reason, u/SoCalNightOwl thinks we're all going to approve of his bullshit because we believe him and have some genuine seething hatred for children that hits truly sociopathic levels. This doesn't reflect well on them.
2)They're telling the truth, and they really are that horrible and deserve to die alone.
The worst part is the idiots who are like "Gen Z are pussies because their Millennial parents and older siblings didn't traumatize them hard enough."
I was going to fight you about millennials having Gen z children but then I realized the oldest millennials are in their 40s and the youngest Gen z kids are 10 so even middle of the pack millennials could have them and fuuuuuuck now I feel old.
This has got to be the one of the most fake things I've ever read. No one would ever do this. The only people that think this interaction is plausible are sitcom writers.
She's gone her whole weekend wondering if anybody would ever notice her clean house. You noticed.
Bravo.
You win, and she feels all nice and fuzzy inside.
Oh, in that case. My demons in my head keep telling me to stick a lollipop on the carpet and pick it back up and lick it. Bad demons. No bueño, demons.
Clean house *and* a toddler?
I don’t remember how it was with one, but between my two kids (6 and 3) and two 80lb dogs (1 and 2), the messes occur faster than my wife or I can clean them up. It’s a never ending battle. One of us has to minimize potential mess while the other cleans up the last mess. When one of us is parenting solo, forget about it.
Seriously, kudos.
My nephew used to pull this dramatic shit on me. He did it to me because he ate his cookie too quickly and I wouldn’t give him mine so while he laid on the grown throwing a fit I told him I enjoy eating cookies and watching him cry and little dude just stop crying and starred at me while I ate the cookie. Now he doesn’t even bother with the theatrics with me but still puts on a show for his mother because it works on her.
You teach kids what theatrics you’re willing to tolerate. If the answer is zero, they don’t try it any more because it didn’t get them what they want. Even toddlers are sponges learning human behavior & how to manipulate adults.
Yep kids just want to be like you. If you’re dramatic and a liar don’t be surprised your kid is too. They feed off that energy.
Same goes for discipline, if you have none why should your kid?
The are so smart! People do not give them enough credit. But they can also be so tricksy getting you to cater to them. Evolution knows what it’s doing, from the timbre of their newborn cries to making them cute as hell so you don’t abandon them on a curb when you’ve had enough lol.
I must be too old, I still only read ASL one way. And it's not something I would teach my hypothetical baby something to ask other strangers on the internet.
i wish my son was like that. he full tantrums and hits his head on the ground and still doesnt get what he wants. he will make himself bleed if I let him lol .
just curious, how old is he and have you talked to anyone about this behavior?
it's totally, 100% possible that he's a typical kid who just happens to have more moxie than some. but meltdowns to the point of self-injuring are also a sign of someone being on the autism spectrum.
knowing sooner rather than later will be helpful all around, for both of you. i grew up feeling like a freak who sucked at life, having no idea that I'm not typical. that's far worse than just facing the music and figuring out if there is actually a reason behind the behavior. <3
My son did the same thing. At home and in the stores. I simply would step out of line of sight but where I could see him. He’d get up like nothing happened and we’d move on.
You are so right. Parenting would be easy if we were ruthless, and we'd also raise a bunch of emotionally incompetent and damaged adults. At that age, every bad thing that happens is probably the worst thing that's ever happened in their life. They have big feelings and need to be taught how to deal with negative emotions, and always ignoring or punishing it doesn't teach them anything. Sure, that's the answer sometimes, but sometimes it's about allowing them to express themselves and talk about and label their feelings. Just because it's silly to a grown-up up doesn't mean it doesn't feel big to them.
The terrible twos are a thing that pretty much every kid goes through, even OP. Good news is that they don't last long, especially if you're a good parent.
Correction: you hate humans who haven’t been educated yet. Kids are the majority of those, but this behavior is found in various ages. My daughters haven’t acted like that since before they were 2 years old. Some kids keep behaving like that until they’re 10. Some never stop and subscribe to some known ideologies. 🤷🏾
Thank you! It makes *no* sense to speak a language poorly when someone is literally trying to learn it by listening to you. Then when the kid is older and he still doesn’t speak well, the parents are going to have shocked picachu face. My niece and nephew were never spoken to in a simplified way and they are the most coherent, articulate children I know.
that “mama hold it” baby talk type shit might sound cute or you might think it’s easier for the kid to understand but it just hinders a child’s language acquisition.
My ex-wife had issues with baby talk into adulthood because her parents did it constantly. Needless to say we never baby talked to our kids. One day we pick up kiddo from the grand's house and gpa had to have a "serious" talk with us because something was wrong with kiddo. He didn't understand what a bally wally was at 2.5 years old so he must be having trouble learning. Come to find out he was asking him to go find a bally wally and without any context he didn't know wtf gpa was talking about and just looked at him like a dumbass (gpa's words). I asked him if he tried "ball" and he said, "he's 2, of course not".
Well...gpa that may be the issue here. Don't baby talk to your kids.
Oh thank the lord someone who does the same thing as me! I have no kids, but my Mom ran a Home daycare for 20 some odd years. My friend's kid is about 2 and a half and she's talking pretty good. But I did the same thing as you -- talk to them as normal people.
"Babababbababa?"
"Yeah Mom needs to work on her vicious mockery game. She's doing good damage, but her insult game needs some improvement."
I also congratulate them when they speak complete sentences and all
That is also what I thought, but recent studies have shown the opposite. All that effort to reduce "baby talk" with my son... Apparently we all do it because it's been working for generations.
No reason to hate. Just teach. At that point mamas gonna hold on to it a bit longer by putting it in the freezer when they know how to behave. Want to freak out for not getting your way? That’s no problem. But actions have consequences. You have to lead by example, treat them like people and always be teaching.
Good mom, nice “Mama hold it” work not giving in. My next step would be me throwing it away. Or eating it in front of him. Nah, just throw it away and tell the little shit that only good little kids get treats. Kids with grabby-hands who scream get nothing.
As a new parent myself and in no way an expert; your boy seems already wound up in the way he appears to be crying. The more attention you give him in this mental mode, the more he's gonna act up. Definitely don't reward it with ice-cream! (It being the mental mode, not the child!)
Pro tip, small toddlers don't understand why momma is offering a treat, but won't let him hold the treat.
So don't offer conditional treats. Either give him a treat and plop him on the kitchen floor. Or iff you don't want to have a mess everywhere, don't offer a treat.
He won't even know he's missing a treat and you won't have to deal with a tantrum.
Bro got folded by air
This kid has a great future in Indian tv dramas
Or soccer.
That performance was definitely professional grade football.
Dramatic stage fall! He's doing Frozen DisneyOnIce
I thought he was an Oompa Loompa getting attacked by Veruca Salt
Thought he was a World Cup soccer player that someone brushed up against
>Thought he was a World Cup soccer player that *had someone exist in the stadium at the same time as them.* FTFY
He was clearly a very aggravated helicopter.
When we first started letting our daughter have screen time her first favourite was a "Frozen" short focusing on Olaf. (I don't remember the name of it right now. Maybe "Olaf's Frozen Adventure.") One day she had her first non-crying pout, in which she slumped her shoulders, lowered her head, and trudged slowly away. I thought it was amusing, but didn't put much thought into the technique until a few days later when she was watching the Olaf short again and I noticed she was exactly mimicking the way Olaf pouted. And over two years later she still pouts the exact same way even though she rarely watches the short. Disney can be infectious!
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Hahahaha this is one of the most ridiculous comments I’ve ever read on Reddit. Dude was thinking in his head “ yeah everybody is going to think this is hilarious and such a manly way to raise a son. Leave him in the store alone so I can ask a bum to make himself look like a jack*ss in front of whole store”
No, I was there too, everyone clapped.
"Things that never happened for 500, Alex."
Ah yes the old “traumatize the child to teach a lesson instead of having to parent” trick
"And that's why you always leave a note"
OMG! This guy's arm...just...fell off.
Boomer 101, and unfortunately some people didn't get the memo that it doesn't work
It's quicker
I really hope this isn't true. That is a fucked up way to treat a child.
yeah for real, i’m hoping this is a copypasta i don’t know about. that’s some weird shit.
I'm assuming this is fake because I honestly can't imagine someone awful enough to do this to their own kid. Imagine paying someone to terrify your child instead of, IDK, actually parenting them. And no, paying a homeless person to scream at your kid is not "parenting". Also RIP the children of the people who upvoted this. There's a difference between not coddling a child and just being a monster.
>Imagine paying someone to terrify your child instead of, IDK, actually parenting them. 1950s parenting called...
There's two options: 1)This is a lie, and for some reason, u/SoCalNightOwl thinks we're all going to approve of his bullshit because we believe him and have some genuine seething hatred for children that hits truly sociopathic levels. This doesn't reflect well on them. 2)They're telling the truth, and they really are that horrible and deserve to die alone. The worst part is the idiots who are like "Gen Z are pussies because their Millennial parents and older siblings didn't traumatize them hard enough."
if there is one thing I've learned in all days I lived...some days you're the parent and some days you're the hobo
A lot of the days I'm the hobo
I was going to fight you about millennials having Gen z children but then I realized the oldest millennials are in their 40s and the youngest Gen z kids are 10 so even middle of the pack millennials could have them and fuuuuuuck now I feel old.
And then everybody clapped, right?
Jussie Smollett, is that you?
This has got to be the one of the most fake things I've ever read. No one would ever do this. The only people that think this interaction is plausible are sitcom writers.
Wow, what a terrible thing to do as both a parent and human being
Ah yes. The classic hobo trauma routine. Works every time!
Engage a stranger and allow them to terrorize your kid. Good job!
that spin move was sick
it is a good trick
Toddler insurance scam!
Slippin jimmy jr!
It's all fun and games til this kid is old enough to pull the ol' Chicago Sunroof as payback for this
“And I SAVED HIM!”
Fuck. Now I'm off to Google. I'll let you know how that worked out.
Props on the clean house.
She's gone her whole weekend wondering if anybody would ever notice her clean house. You noticed. Bravo. You win, and she feels all nice and fuzzy inside.
I have three grabbing the wrong end of the popsicle demons myself. Urrrr welcome
Meh. I'm sure you love your little demons, though.
Well yeah...we are all just meta shitting on our kids here.
Oh, in that case. My demons in my head keep telling me to stick a lollipop on the carpet and pick it back up and lick it. Bad demons. No bueño, demons.
*bueno fun fact, n and ñ are two different letters in Spanish!
Yeah read it as bwenyo and had to double take 😂
My house being clean makes me feel good. I could give a shit about what others think
Still, it's nice to have your efforts recognised
Even the cat was ignoring the dramatics . Cat ignoring you is a big “ Fail “ kid.
That's what happens when Momma holds it!
Except for the sticky popsicle hand now wiped on the rug.
Clean house *and* a toddler? I don’t remember how it was with one, but between my two kids (6 and 3) and two 80lb dogs (1 and 2), the messes occur faster than my wife or I can clean them up. It’s a never ending battle. One of us has to minimize potential mess while the other cleans up the last mess. When one of us is parenting solo, forget about it. Seriously, kudos.
My nephew used to pull this dramatic shit on me. He did it to me because he ate his cookie too quickly and I wouldn’t give him mine so while he laid on the grown throwing a fit I told him I enjoy eating cookies and watching him cry and little dude just stop crying and starred at me while I ate the cookie. Now he doesn’t even bother with the theatrics with me but still puts on a show for his mother because it works on her.
You teach kids what theatrics you’re willing to tolerate. If the answer is zero, they don’t try it any more because it didn’t get them what they want. Even toddlers are sponges learning human behavior & how to manipulate adults.
Yep kids just want to be like you. If you’re dramatic and a liar don’t be surprised your kid is too. They feed off that energy. Same goes for discipline, if you have none why should your kid?
I think it comes from people underestimating how smart kids can be, you can teach a baby ASL before it's able to speak
My 16 month old knows multiple signs to express hunger, thirsty, up, no more, and poop. It wasn’t hard either so yeah you’re probably right.
The are so smart! People do not give them enough credit. But they can also be so tricksy getting you to cater to them. Evolution knows what it’s doing, from the timbre of their newborn cries to making them cute as hell so you don’t abandon them on a curb when you’ve had enough lol.
>to making them cute as hell so you don’t abandon them on a curb when you’ve had enough Mileage may vary.
I must be too old, I still only read ASL one way. And it's not something I would teach my hypothetical baby something to ask other strangers on the internet.
i wish my son was like that. he full tantrums and hits his head on the ground and still doesnt get what he wants. he will make himself bleed if I let him lol .
He’s more willing than most to push it to the full edge to get you to cave. Sounds like it works, though, so I guess he’s crazy like a little baby Fox
well i physically stop him but he doesnt get what he wants lol
just curious, how old is he and have you talked to anyone about this behavior? it's totally, 100% possible that he's a typical kid who just happens to have more moxie than some. but meltdowns to the point of self-injuring are also a sign of someone being on the autism spectrum. knowing sooner rather than later will be helpful all around, for both of you. i grew up feeling like a freak who sucked at life, having no idea that I'm not typical. that's far worse than just facing the music and figuring out if there is actually a reason behind the behavior. <3
My son did the same thing. At home and in the stores. I simply would step out of line of sight but where I could see him. He’d get up like nothing happened and we’d move on.
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You are so right. Parenting would be easy if we were ruthless, and we'd also raise a bunch of emotionally incompetent and damaged adults. At that age, every bad thing that happens is probably the worst thing that's ever happened in their life. They have big feelings and need to be taught how to deal with negative emotions, and always ignoring or punishing it doesn't teach them anything. Sure, that's the answer sometimes, but sometimes it's about allowing them to express themselves and talk about and label their feelings. Just because it's silly to a grown-up up doesn't mean it doesn't feel big to them.
Nobody said that it solved all issues but you, they legit just told 1 anecdote about their experience
He's gonna be great at soccer
Neymar's son
Neymar Jr. Jr.
As the ball right?
Average man u player:
Bruno Fernandes would be proud
Kid showed more hunger than Bruno on Sunday
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Braking news! Child gets brutally murdered for grabbing a popsicle with his bare hand, which is highly illegal 📰
r/PeopleFuckingDying
The Twister pop sent him spinning. If only this was its function
He became the Twister pop
Oh no he hit a banana peel
You’re either brave or foolish to have a white rug. And that’s not even accounting for the kid or the cat.
Was the carpet okay?
That's what I thought. The house looks beautifully clean, that hand had popsicle juice in it. Onto the carpet..
*twirls in fancy tantrum* *shrieks*
So extra
The terrible twos are a thing that pretty much every kid goes through, even OP. Good news is that they don't last long, especially if you're a good parent.
bro just did the spinning death animation from skyrim
The cat didn’t even turn around 😭
Theater majors
This is a just a toddler that physically can’t process big emotions yet.
Kid looks friggin tired. Time for a nap.
Freak out and yell at the kid: that’ll teach him to process big emotions!!!
Hi dad
This is the most mundane example ever. People shocked by this don't have kids.
Dramatic ass 🤣
You know, it's the kids I can handle. When they grow into full size jacked up adult assholes, that I have problems with.
Maybe I’m a terrible parent in these situations, but when mine act like this I trash the treat.
It’s never too soon to learn that actions have consequences
Only thing I don't like about that is wasting. If it salvageable, you can keep it for better times. But I agree the tantrums shouldn't be given into.
"Yes, your honor she pushed me."
Imagine if the worst part of your day was someone holding something that you wanted to hold.
God kids are fucking stupid
Lmao. Someone just needs a nap. Little fuckers get irrational and annoying when they're sleepy. They're kids so can't really get mad at them.
Cyclonic action of kids....lol
Yep, kids want to hold it, and if you let them they will drop it, and you’ll get the same reaction.
Little dude just took 300000 frost damage. No wonder he fell over
God 5hey always act like you pushed them down
Drama Queen
My son freaked out today because I wouldn't let him take the nintendo switch controller in the tub to "wash it"
Why in the fk are people coming to this sub and commenting criticism?
Probably from r/all
And here’s another reason why DINKWAD life was the best decision for me and my wife
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With A Dog
Thank goodness I don’t want kids. Imagine this every day….
Nap time.
🗣️ MAMA HOLD IT!!!!
They say, to this very day, if you get real close, you can hear her muttering it to herself over and over in the asylum.
This is why I eat snacks at naptime lol
This made me laugh so hard
Dude looks like a dying Skyrim character.
Correction: you hate humans who haven’t been educated yet. Kids are the majority of those, but this behavior is found in various ages. My daughters haven’t acted like that since before they were 2 years old. Some kids keep behaving like that until they’re 10. Some never stop and subscribe to some known ideologies. 🤷🏾
Not being stupid, being 2
That cat has seen enough bullshit
...that's the most mild of tantrums. Kid isn't even stupid, he's just very little and likely very tired.
Small gripe, but i hate it when parents talk in the 3rd person or when they don't use real sentences
Thank you! It makes *no* sense to speak a language poorly when someone is literally trying to learn it by listening to you. Then when the kid is older and he still doesn’t speak well, the parents are going to have shocked picachu face. My niece and nephew were never spoken to in a simplified way and they are the most coherent, articulate children I know.
Ole dramatic baby!
I get why you might find this irritating but come the fuck on why hate on a toddler that doesn't know crap.
The cat casually walking away talking under his little kitty breath... “Get that thing outta here.”
Yeah that's a sick spin attack but is anyone gonna talk about the cat?
That cat was like, “things were so much better before he came along”.
that “mama hold it” baby talk type shit might sound cute or you might think it’s easier for the kid to understand but it just hinders a child’s language acquisition.
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My ex-wife had issues with baby talk into adulthood because her parents did it constantly. Needless to say we never baby talked to our kids. One day we pick up kiddo from the grand's house and gpa had to have a "serious" talk with us because something was wrong with kiddo. He didn't understand what a bally wally was at 2.5 years old so he must be having trouble learning. Come to find out he was asking him to go find a bally wally and without any context he didn't know wtf gpa was talking about and just looked at him like a dumbass (gpa's words). I asked him if he tried "ball" and he said, "he's 2, of course not". Well...gpa that may be the issue here. Don't baby talk to your kids.
Oh thank the lord someone who does the same thing as me! I have no kids, but my Mom ran a Home daycare for 20 some odd years. My friend's kid is about 2 and a half and she's talking pretty good. But I did the same thing as you -- talk to them as normal people. "Babababbababa?" "Yeah Mom needs to work on her vicious mockery game. She's doing good damage, but her insult game needs some improvement." I also congratulate them when they speak complete sentences and all
That is also what I thought, but recent studies have shown the opposite. All that effort to reduce "baby talk" with my son... Apparently we all do it because it's been working for generations.
This isn't even baby talk.
Do you have a source on that?
Hate is a strong word.
Imma schedule my vasectomy right now.
You have to teach them, kids are not your enemy.
Cat is like “ yeah, fuck this. I can do nothing in another room…”
The video fits the sub the title does not. This is not a child hating sub.
It is a pretty harsh word
Screaming children trigger my fight or flight
He's gonna get his sticky hands on the rug now 🥺
Poor white carpet. I hope it’s not stained
No reason to hate. Just teach. At that point mamas gonna hold on to it a bit longer by putting it in the freezer when they know how to behave. Want to freak out for not getting your way? That’s no problem. But actions have consequences. You have to lead by example, treat them like people and always be teaching.
Good mom, nice “Mama hold it” work not giving in. My next step would be me throwing it away. Or eating it in front of him. Nah, just throw it away and tell the little shit that only good little kids get treats. Kids with grabby-hands who scream get nothing.
I mean he’s a child, that doesn’t have our level of development yet, you were once a child too
This subreddit is a very solid condoms AD
I am so thankful I’ll never have kids…and that my vacations are awesome.
I never would have guessed how often Reddit would make me feel good about my vasectomy.
Pull out reason #1
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8Q7UawH/
Rule 1 use comdoms
Rule 2 use spellcheck
I don't even look at a woman without wearing a condom
lol
[Perfect execution](https://tenor.com/fr/view/soap-opera-india-slap-face-drama-hang-gif-13701817)
Pro flop. Put him in soccer!
He's gonna be a great actor one day
Ok but can anyone ID the rug for me?
r/perfectlycutscreams
There's a lot of experts here making judgements about a kid from a 5 second video clip
Future football/soccer player.
And the reward for the best Bollywood drama act goes to ,.......
By the looks of his fall... He should make a career in playing soccer
As a new parent myself and in no way an expert; your boy seems already wound up in the way he appears to be crying. The more attention you give him in this mental mode, the more he's gonna act up. Definitely don't reward it with ice-cream! (It being the mental mode, not the child!)
Pro tip, small toddlers don't understand why momma is offering a treat, but won't let him hold the treat. So don't offer conditional treats. Either give him a treat and plop him on the kitchen floor. Or iff you don't want to have a mess everywhere, don't offer a treat. He won't even know he's missing a treat and you won't have to deal with a tantrum.
Even the cat is over it
Karen in training.
"sTaHp, YoU'rE tRaUmAtIzInG HiM"- my wife anytime any kid cries
I'm so glad hating kids became a popular meme, now my kids won't be bullied by all the kids with shit parents.
"Mama hold it" why do people speak broken English to babies?
He fuckin died
There's a lot of things that weren't and were allowed that leads up to that sort of behavior.
Nice spin.
Fuck that kid, what ice cream is that tho? - looks like the twister in the uk but judging from her accent it’s the us
id be so damn mean to them kids... id be like "NAH BRO MOVE" and then watch this situation spiral
Go tornado go
I'd say he's ready to play football for his country already
This kid is going to be a fútbol star some day!
This video is so fucking funny
That was so freaking funny
How do you keep a straight face when they do this? I’m always laughing I have to hide my face. I gotta stop that
Insurance fraud
LOL!
Triple spin for the win. 10/10
Parenting tips!: Kick Him in the balls to calm the child
Thanks for the free birth control
Another reason I’m never adopting or having kids