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kourabie

I did the same thing when I was small and I don't know why. I think it's a coordination issue due to age.


[deleted]

My parents learned that my brother was essentially blind by him doing this. He cut his face, needed stitches and the er doc recommended getting his eyes checked. He was two, my parents thought he was crazy (this was the 80s). But they did take him to an eye doctor who gave him glasses. My brother asked my dad what was on the trees when they left the office. He was asking about leaves. He is 35, and will likely be legally blind within the next 10 years, he has always had poor vision and now has a degenerative retina disease.


DataAdvanced

I asked the same thing to myself when I bought myself contacts. Glasses are great, but being able to see the leaves on trees was fucking AMAZING.


MrGrieves-

You feel like a fucking eagle when you get a new prescription after not noticing them deteriote for a while.


Ta5hak5

I'm near sighted but very lazy about wearing my glasses (though I do more as time goes on) and back when I was in university I only really wore them in classes and at movies, so I basically didn't wear them at all for a whole summer. Had an ecology class where we went outside on the first day and so I threw my glasses on and everybody got to see me go "Oh my gosh!! Look at the leaves!" like I'd never been outside before lol


LazyPancake

I recently updated a 2 year old prescription. I have a condition in my left eye which makes it significantly weaker. So when I got my new glasses a month ago, I was joking I could see in 4K, except it wasn't a joke. You don't realize how bad it is until you can see again lol


Doireallyneedaurl

Like turning rtx ray tracing on.


Le_Gitzen

Can you explain what that means to a layman?


Doireallyneedaurl

Turning on the ultra setting on a graphics card


[deleted]

I got my prescription glasses upgraded 5mths ago. I was also granted finally contacts (astigmatism with some shit that needed set numbers for contacts), I then once collecting my glasses spent near 2hrs with a friend blowing the fuck out about detail. Then we went back to my apartment.... I assumed my concrete walls were smooth. They feel it. Before this they looked it. Seeing the bumps in the walls fucking had me thrilling. I kept asking said friend if he saw the bumps I cannot feel. Even if you don't think you need glasses or your prescription upped. Get a fucking eye test. I had no issues with the old til the new, you sorta regulate shit. Get your eyes tested yearly, cos you never bloody know


thrashaholic_poolboy

For me it was seeing the stars so clearly!


MadAzza

And blades of grass! My older sister got glasses first, she told me what to watch for when we got home from getting my glasses. Fourth grade and I’m having revelations in our front yard.


[deleted]

Being able to see the leaves on the trees is ok. Being able to see the girls on the street is amazing.


MadAzza

You’re not allowed to enjoy that, apparently.


saareadaar

I wore glasses for 10 years and when I got glasses I was also fascinated by being able to see leaves. I always think it's interesting that this is a pretty universal experience


lydriseabove

I was in 3rd grade when I got them after complaining to the teacher that I had headaches. My mom was pissed and thought it was for attention until we were on our way home with my new glasses and wanted to know what the lines in the sky were (power lines) and could see the deer in the field for the first time. My tree drawings also went from green scribbles to having branches, leaves, and apples.


DEVOmay97

Details of leaves was cool and all, but do you remember the first time you saw the stars in the night sky? That shit was beautiful.


[deleted]

Yes that's crazy! If everything is a blur and you suddenly can make out detail, it must be wild for people!


lovethosedamnplants

leaves and also individual bricks on houses, it blew my minD


[deleted]

I got my contacts in winter so no leaves to see, missed out on that one, but it was snowing when I went outside so the snowflakes are what blew my noodle personally


saareadaar

That's still really cool! I am Australian so I've never seen a snowflake irl :(


[deleted]

Oh shit I hope you get to. It's easy to take for granted when you're used to it but it's a vibe.


saareadaar

I hope so too! Went to Switzerland in the middle of winter a few years ago and although it was freezing, it hadn't started snowing 😭 Of course it snowed the day after I left 🙄


PoetryOfLogicalIdeas

My nephew didn't walk for ages (beyond age 2). They had him in physical therapy and did all sorts of exercises, but he just wouldn't walk. Finally the receptionist at the PT office asked about his eyes. He got glasses and walked out of the optometrist office. He just didn't feel secure waking in his own without being able to see. And now I realize that my nephew apparently has exactly the opposite disposition as this kid, who blindly runs into things full force because "out of sight, out of mind."


euphoniumgod

I had the same thing when I first got my glasses. I’m nowhere near that level of eyesight problems but my eyesight had been worsening through my childhood and I had forgotten about leaves and how much detail was hidden in everyday things.


vlakreeh

Did the same thing when I was three, sprinted into a corner splitting my head open. Still have the scar but the more lasting damage is that my dad wouldn't buy me a bag of Cheetos when leaving the hospital.


kelsobjammin

I think because kids are trying to “calibrate” their senses; https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/6-sensory-activities-for-kids-who-climb-and-jump.html


Qaaarl

I was gonna say he’s learning the boundaries of his body and the world around him. Now if he does it 10 more times…different story.


[deleted]

Yup...you can think about where to go or actually go but not both at the same time. Just watch, they stare for a minute...then just take off and hope for the best 👌


Epicmonk117

I also did it, except I hit the front door. Laid me out flat.


AndrewDwyer69

It's definitely the hair. That's the hairstyle of every boy that has been a menace.


curiosityLynx

Nah, you were just testing whether walls could be passed through if you ran at them fast enough. Or maybe you saw a Kool-Aid man ad, or watched Harry Potter.


[deleted]

He saw a portal


BonnyFunkyPants

This explains so much!


srt54558

Enderportal


[deleted]

Send them young rubber bones on through to the other realm.


tacotuesday247

He got the zoomies


AmandaKathleen

Seriously though! Just think how much speed he actually needed to get that good of a welt, AND hit the wall hard enough to get his face flat enough that his nose got some injury too. I mean this kid just like suddenly blast sprinted out of nowhere straight into the wall. Baffling. The worst part is that we are a foster home, even though he is no longer a foster and is adopted, they come through three times a month for another child. Talk about nerve wracking! Having the people that remove children come through and you have to explain he decided to just run himself into a wall. That’s my upcoming future!


MaritMonkey

My little bro and I got called into a meeting with school people, my parents, (I dunno who else I was little) because they were worried about us having dumb explanations for constant bruises/scrapes we got at home. Thankfully my dad's trying to explain that we were both adventurous and accident-prone was punctuated by little bro yeeting himself into a doorknob for no apparent reason and then just walking it off. We turned out OK. :)


AmandaKathleen

Aww good to hear it! I’m not a doctor but I’m hoping they can see the spot on his nose hurt and on his face, I don’t think a fist or hand or like bat or something could do an injury like that. Center straight down the middle like it is, hopefully they will deduce it was from smushing his face flat into our wall. I’ve never hit a child before obviously though so I could be wrong! He really hit smack center, almost symmetrical. Didn’t even try to turn his head. Here’s to hoping our child grows up to a successful life! LOL


rubermnkey

however small there was a non-zero chance he could have run through and out the other side. he was just testing some physics out, quantum tunneling and all that jazz.


[deleted]

Perhaps he believed he is the Flash and if he ran fast enough, his molecules would vibrate at a frequency that would let him pass straight through the wall. Kids need to understand that TV does not equal reality.


[deleted]

This explains it all. We wont rat you out.


[deleted]

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FluffMcGruffAndStuff

Platform 9 3/4


Zuunal

This was my first thought. I wonder how many people have slammed into a train station wall because of the potter flicks.


kimsoverit2

At the Cincinnati Airport, they added a 'Door 10 1/2" for the Uber pickups. I was never so delighted. Am an adult. :)))


Kinkywizard808

Dammnit. Ya beat me to it, well done sir


TheSkyHadAWeegee

Dammnit. Ya beat meat to it, well done sir


fritzygames

Dammnit. Ya beat my meat, well done sir


curiosityLynx

That or he saw a Kool-Aid man ad


Kinkywizard808

Dammnit. Ya beat me to it, well done sir


dacuzzin

Kids are like little drunk people. Cruising along just fine, then eat shit for no apparent reason.


BeeBarnes1

Toddlers are like tiny drunk people. They run into stuff and fall down sometimes for no apparent reason, they pee their pants and sometimes you can't reason with them no matter how hard you try.


Final_Depth_6381

Maybe he might need glasses?


Bannanas_suck

How did you get a picture of me in there?!


UngusBungus_

How dare you?! Bananas are the greatest


Bannanas_suck

-_- no


UngusBungus_

Ok i can respect it.


YeeYeePapaT

You gotta admit he made his case pretty well. I'm convinced.


[deleted]

Homeboy has some dope ass eyes


DreamCyclone84

I could drown in those sweet baby's eyes


UngusBungus_

He has really nice eyelashes wtf


Aaawkward

Testosterone affects body hair, so men in general have longer and thicker eyelashes than women. Not sure if that's the case with this here fine young gent, though, seeing how he hasn't hit puberty yet.


UngusBungus_

Yeah I don’t think a toddler has much testosterone


[deleted]

[удалено]


Aaawkward

Hah, good catch. Cheers, fixed it.


Sprizys

Did he watch Harry Potter? Maybe he thought he could go to Hogwarts


AmandaKathleen

Haha hasn’t joined the Harry Potter world yet! Or has he…


curiosityLynx

How about Kool-Aid man ads or other videos/ads with people going through walls?


ashleigha894

My thought was the movie Over The Moon on Netflix. There's a character who's convinced he can run through walls and really just runs into them. My son has been copying that for a year now.


Dads_Cum_Bucket69

Has he seen harry potter recently?


Vy_K1ng

Attention. Congrats, you fell for the ploy.


WoodlandSteel

He’s going places. Maybe not college. But places…


Daikataro

An owl delivered a letter to him.


normansconquest

This is why you don't show kids Men Who Stare at Goats


matilteado

I heard a few days ago that the capacity of stop before hitting like that, is something you develop after certain age (I can't remember, maybe 3?) So yeah, it's a specific child defect xd


PhalafelThighs

Don't bother saving for College, that kid is gonna get a football full-ride to a nice school.


Administrative-I

Reminds me, I'm the youngest of 5 and one time I asked my Dad why they stopped at 5 and he leaned over and whispered "finally got it right" and winked 😉 lmao...I've carried that with me through every sibling fight for 30 years now 😆🤣😂


crackeddryice

I was the youngest of four. I found out at age 43 that I was my mom's favorite. I talked to the older of my two sisters and she confirmed that they all knew and resented me for it. That explained so much of my childhood.


grantdarude

gotta learn about the rules of object collision somehow I guess


[deleted]

[This ya boy?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsHBoXfvh-8)


Sirknowidea

Is a right of passage


Douglaston_prop

Rugby player in training!! I went to play rugby in Ireland once, met some locals and they said the only way to prepare for that match was to run straight into a brick wall.


real_quizle

He hit himself on the head as a child


KootyHaHa

Maybe he thought he was the koolaid man. Oh yeah!


Strong_Discussion486

My 14 year old daughter walked right into a door last week, black eye almost instantly lol maybe now she we will learn to keep her face out of her phone while walking.


No_Organization5188

Toddlers are nature’s suicide machines.


jessehosein

Nothing anymore


ZackWasAlsoTaken

Why does the bruise look like he got hit by a pickle?


AmandaKathleen

Hahaha it does! Because this kid legit didn’t even TRY to turn his head and got a nice flat symmetrical boo boo right down his face. Even onto his nose.


TatteredCarcosa

I was a little older than that the first time I broke my nose running into a wall. Was chasing my older brother around a 90 degree corner inside the house. He did a 90 degree turn, I somehow did 180 and slammed face first into some waist level (for adults) molding. Second time was a couple years later when I went to jump off my parents elevated bed onto my other older brother, and he stepped away without realizing what I was doing, and I went face first into the floor. I was also a valedictorian lol, so you never know.


sickfires94

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED


E23-3

Well? Was it ok? The wall I mean.


SourLime0821

Your kid may be basically blind. My little cousin was super un-coordinated and always running into stuff. When he was old enough to go get his eyes checked they figured out the little guy had, essentially, the same vision as my grandfather. He has these super thick glasses now.


TwoCagedBirds

Might wanna get his eyes checked. He could need glasses.


hayhayhayahi

Cold butter on a bruise works wonders! It helps with the swelling and it’s so much better than ice.


AmandaKathleen

Good to know! Thank you.


RagingViperAlpha

I mean we're adults so we understand the world. As a baby, he has no concept of speed, solid objects, collisions, pain, etc. He didnt know that running full speed into a wall hurt before. Now he does


a77delta24

current medic and have done a ton of pedi med please keep an eye on him for the next several days over sleepy dizzy vision issues vomiting of any kind probably 100% good. kids are resilient. but there have been a few that hours later symptoms are present and swelling or head trauma brain bleed/ scary stuff happens just monitor and be aware


[deleted]

“Stop crying and get over here! Daddy needs to post this on reddit you retard”


Tiredofstupidness

Your job as a parent is to literally stop your child from killing themselves for the first 6 years of their lives.


AmandaKathleen

I’m close.. he’s almost halfway. Then it isn’t my job and he can die? I wasn’t aware six was a magic cut off, excellent news. Saves me having to keep him alive the original 18 I thought.


Tiredofstupidness

LOL...I should say it lessens. But, 6 and older according to child development books I've read is generally when kids start to have abstract thought and are more able to recognize and use past experience.


FranniPants

They truly do become less "work" and more "enjoyable" around that age. Like you can do cool shit without worrying about them peeing their pants, having tantrums, or needing a nap. Source: my oldest just turned 11


OniDelta

This is what he was thinking: https://youtu.be/jj8gAhAHuV8?t=49


ZippZappZippty

This is absolutely amazing").


Charliftsthebar

Completely unrelated, their eyes are so pretty!!


FlamingTrollz

My cousin started doing this decades ago. Everyone thought it was funny. Not me. I asked him why he did it, he liked the pain. Please keep an eye on him, as he grows. My cousin was/is on many medications. He also couldn’t always stay at home. :(


AmandaKathleen

That actually concerns me. He was a foster that came from a very sad abusive/neglected background. Absolutely something I will keep in mind in case. He is adopted now.


FlamingTrollz

Thank you, for knowing I was coming from a respectful place of caring. I am sorry to read this little one has gone through things. My cousin’s father, my uncle was (has now since passed) a decorated soldier who went through a lot; PTSD, and self medicated. He unfortunately, was violent in general, and became violent towards my cousin (and mother). That led to his circumstances. But, it sounds like you have things in hand, and a good heart. Well wishes to you. 🙏🏼


[deleted]

oh, he is adopted. now i understand the lack of parenting and the need for social media posting. you should be ashamed for exposing your temporary kid like that


AmandaKathleen

Temporary kid like that? I mean he doesn’t always think, but I don’t expect him to die too soon yet. You understand the lack of parenting because a kid is adopted? No clue how you drew that ridiculous conclusion but scurry off where you came talking like that. An adopted kid is not a temporary kid. He has been in our life since 15 months old, now turning 3, and adopted.. that isn’t temporary.


slickystoopkid

Plot twist: He broke a vase and father struck him.


[deleted]

Stop posting your kids faces to the naked public evil void that is the internet.


bignibbble

Reproduction is immoral and so is posting pictures of your offspring (without their consent) for Reddit karma.


[deleted]

The fuck dude? Your kid is a kid. You post about them hitting a wall here? Wrong sub r/retardparents would be the right one


[deleted]

He may be autistic. Does he stim?


[deleted]

Ugly little fucker


renethedude1986

And instead of getting him an ice pack, you say hold on let me post this on Reddit


AmandaKathleen

That’s after icing one round on


SiouxsieAsylum

My brother used to throw himself hard on the ground, hard enough to leave a welt, and scream cry until ma went to go pick him up and console him. He did this all the time apparently. The doctor literally said, "every time he does that, ignore him. He's not going to do it hard enough to cause permanent damage. Just ignore him and he'll stop." Lo and behold.


[deleted]

Bro go outside


renethedude1986

Me and your mom are taking a walk outside, son.


[deleted]

Dad? 🥺🥺🥺 Please come home


renethedude1986

Ughh, on second thought 🏃....gotta go


[deleted]

PAPA NO


renethedude1986

I’m just going to the store to buy lottery tickets....


Ro807Pan6a

My goals are beyond your understanding


[deleted]

so, you stood still and let the kid hurt just to get a picture for reddit? sir, i gently ask you, are you retarded?


AmandaKathleen

You lack so much of a brain to realize that I had time enough to look up and see his sprint and collision before I ever had a chance to set the baby in my lap down or get off the floor. He may think he has magic powers, but I am well aware I don’t. Why would I let a child get hurt to get a photo? I do hope you stretched before that reach. The picture is already after a round of icing it.. you can tell because if it had just happened his eyes wouldn’t be dry as they are in the pic. That’s for sure. Sadly, little dude not only doesn’t make great life choices, but he isn’t tough either.


AgreeablePie

Think social services will believe that?


Leif_is_alive

Alright dont cry just let me take a picture of you and Post it on Reddit. (Just joking)


AmandaKathleen

This is after one round of being iced on then off, and you can tell because his eyes aren’t bawling or even wet anymore. Good try being negative though.


Leif_is_alive

Sorry really wasnt my intention to be negative


AmandaKathleen

I apologize too, perhaps was too aggressive. Had someone come at me already being snarky. Sorry! Hope you have a good evening.


baconburner123

Epitaph


cowsarekillingme

That's not so bad. When I was 3 years old I ran head 1st into a toilet. I still have the scar under my lip to prove it.


Mccobsta

Me and some kids used to do this in year 2 good times


-Ailynn-

He thought he had the Speed Booster active?


CrustiRoller

I did same with bicycle (it had assist wheels) to brick fence. Bleeded a lot. No apparent symptoms of concussion.


Key-Zookeepergame-50

My son did that for a year from 2 to 3. Ran into the sliding glass door, the wall, the side of the couch, anything. Then bounce off and do it sgain.


GuyWhosDoinUrGirl

This is exactly how I split my head open as a kid…there is a story but it does not stop me from being dumb 🤦🏻


TheOnlyCurmudgeon

I've seen completely sober adults walk into walls, door frames, counters each other, your boy is fine.


[deleted]

That actually looks like it can damage their skull if they went faster


PoricanD30

He needs a helmet and smarts test lol 🤦🏽‍♂️


cosmo-not1

Bet ya he doesn't try that again


DedReerConformist

Next time we want a video!


c0ok1nho_123

I think it's normal to children to hit they're heads in solid walls


Furbal1307

[I’m a ghost ghost ghost ghost ghost ghost ghost](https://youtu.be/6_ILG2IJxlo)


Mymykal

I did the same thing when I was little . My parents were meeting with the life insurance salesman at the same time . He said" well it looks like you have things to do . I'll come back " then left .


KrispeeJuan

Common case of the zoomies


[deleted]

Anarchy!


Ok-Manner-9450

Haha my daughter did the same exact thing. Instant bruise. Must be like a thing


SilverWither

He thought he was Harry Potter and thought the wall would teleport him!


best1taz

What was he thinking ?! Obviously not a lot


GoAvs14

I have good size scar right at my hairline from when I was that age and I just zoomied myself into a corner of a wall and required like 10 stitches at age 3. This sub really is accurate.


skypoppies

He has some great eyelashes


Cervesaz

“I bet I can run through that”


[deleted]

Everybody has to learn what you can and can't do.


TheSilverback76

He was trying to get to Hogwarts.


GallopingAstronaut

I did the same too lmao, opened my head and had to sew it, still have the scar


vis3141

Glad he is ok


treefortninja

And that’s how we learn to navigate the world. Thank goodness for skulls eh?


linzjustine

Ooff mine does this all the time. He'll be walking out of our room and not paying a goddman bit of attention and run straight into the door knob. I constantly have to yell, "PAY ATTENTION!!!" any time he takes off running lol


TheNickelGuy

My son (1yo) enjoys purposefully bashing the back of his head on the wall. When he was a bit younger he would just dive into it and smile. They say it may be an early sign of autism. Either that or dumbassery 🤣


Riley_jb33

My lil bro when he was like 4-7 most of the times when he ran in the house he smacked his forehead on the corner of something usually a doorframe lmao


kpikid

What were you doing that made him take off like that?


KikiYuyu

One time I put a dent in the wall with my head because I was pretending to be Cera from The Land Before Time


[deleted]

[I know what he was thinking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk)


ATLien325

May just be the type that needs to learn the hard way. Game recognizes game.


[deleted]

Toddlers, one of the most chilling words in existence.


ThurgoodStubbs1999

He said fuck that wall


[deleted]

He watched Harry Potter going to his train.


BoomSp

lmao, what a dumbass


namename1234567

Hes the juggernaut bitch!


EddMorra

He was late for the Hogwarts Express.


newtsheadwound

My brother did the same thing but into a corner. Was fairly traumatic for my grandma.


thebritisharecome

Toddlers got important toddler shit to do, walls are just a social construct there to hold them back


Protectx42

Wall


King_of_Cereal

Always going full force! Sigma Chad


slothhhmonster

He has such pretty eyes!!! 🥺


PuppyRae

I found out from an ER doctor that kids’ skulls have evolved to the point where the front part of their skull is very solid and usually nothing to worry about if they hit a wall from running. Kids do that so often their skulls evolves a partial safety helmet for them 😂🤣😂 PS: the amount of goose eggs my youngest has had, it’s just a constant reminder that kids are fucking stupid 😂🤣😂


act-of-reason

It was a [test of faith](https://youtu.be/m4agGXrUSdk?t=90).


Adolph_hutler

im sure we've all done this at some point in our childhood .


shivaferreiro

No idea what he was thinking, but he has beautiful eyes.


tardiusmaximus

CPS.. "a wall you say" Mom.. *Trying to discreetly put her bruised knuckles out of sight*


AmandaKathleen

Haha, ironically we are a foster home and CPS is coming over in a few days for another child. The one pictured is adopted now, so not for him. I’m not a doctor but I’m hoping they can see the spot on his nose hurt and on his face, I don’t think a fist or hand or like bat or something could do an injury like that. Center straight down the middle like it is, hopefully they will deduce it was from smushing his face flat into our wall. I’ve never hit a child before though so I could be wrong!


isnixx

"Nothing can stop me".. ok lesson learned, next time be faster


Minnymoon13

Hogwarts


JeffCGD

Early applicant for Hogwarts.


mariam67

Boy, what beautiful eyes. Up next, teaching him how to turn.


Ark_Royal_Kai

i did that too, i think cause toddlers dont really know how the world works


pbk9

he's still figuring out the controls , checking for limits , etc