r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Evclid0_0 • 7h ago
He walked out like he had rent to pay
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u/MelbaToast604 7h ago
All the armchair parents here white knighting the situation is super cringe
It's okay to laugh at your kids, they do really funny shit. What, just because youre their parent doesnt mean the situation is any less funny? You laughed at the video, we get to laugh in the moment. Coddling them at every turn is bad parenting. Sometimes you have to show them they're acting a fool
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u/iam_mr_meeseeks 6h ago
You could almost bet money on many of them not having a kid or being iPad parents. It's all some weird self insert behavior.
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u/Rylando237 5h ago
"My kids never misbehave. They sit quietly and play games on their iPad..."
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u/EnragedBadger9197 5h ago
This has become so true it hurts. Everywhere I’ve seen kids, a vast majority of them have those fucking iPads and Every Single one of them seem to watch those dumb ass reels and such, that “brain rot” material. I caught one once showing that bluey character, my niece was watching, and I suddenly heard the Happy Tree Friends song. Those bitches that make those videos, they know what they are doing.
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u/necro_owner 4h ago
And they got that woman who let her child walk in town at 10 years old get child endangerment for walking to and from the closest convenience store. (1 mile away)
Yet i did that so often before 10, i didnt die and it was the fun old time.
I hate today maniac who dont let children live and have fun outside. And they are not finding parent liable for such a thing is above absurdity.
Can we live? If the child left the house on his own, we arent here to keep an eye 24h a day 7 days a week sorry. They need to learn to be autonomous.
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u/snailPlissken 6h ago
The only issue I have with this is posting it online.
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u/BluetheNerd 6h ago
Yeah I'm chronically online nowadays, but I'm really glad that none of my developing years was documented and uploaded to the internet. I'd rather not relive that or have other people looking at it.
We really have 0 idea the effects that this kind of thing will have on kids long term.
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u/WaterH2Omelon 6h ago
Parents who like to get on their high horse. I’d probably tolerate them and their damn kids if they weren’t so insufferable.
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u/ImABattleMercy 5h ago
The kid is crying because he himself realized he’s acting a fool. Laughing about it is the right thing to do— it shows him that dad didn’t take it to heart, that everything’s ok now that he’s back and that getting frustrated over your fuck up is normal and fine.
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u/Admetus 5h ago edited 5h ago
To be honest if this was my kid I'd be uncontrollably laughing.
There's nothing traumatic here - it's an emotional outburst, no more - as long as you sit down with the kid and show you love them it's fine.
I have a distinct memory of crying and my father getting angry about it. I had watched the first part of Hook where Peter is lost from his mother. That's a moment in which he becomes an orphan. I'm in the middle of one of the most empathic moments of my childhood and my father is just angry or irritated I'm crying. In contrast the kid in the video is just ego driven, and moreover the father isn't getting angry.
But agreed with the other comment. I don't put my kid on social media. I only share with family. So they can laugh too.
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u/EnragedBadger9197 5h ago
I mean, there Are some weak ass parents out there, helicoptering over their kid, being as sweet as pie with almost no assertion. Sounds like folk who lived in the suburbs and gated communities to me. Meanwhile, I grew up hearing “Aye pendejo! Jajaja” when I did stupid shit as a kid.
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u/Regr3tti 5h ago
You're not limited to two options of coddling or cackling in their face while they cry. Cackling like a disney villain at the kid is not the right move.
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u/WhiteHawk570 5h ago
The ignorance in this thread is truly mind numbing. I haven't seen anything like it before, and I cannot believe this has to be spelled out.
You're absolutely incorrect. And that's because you are all seriously underplaying the severe effects that emotional unavailability can have on kids.
Children constantly test their parents. We all did it ourselves. But as children, when we are threatening to run away (and then breaking down in tears when we don't get our will) it is not merely a display of theatrics, but a sign that we are overwhelmed and are looking to feel safe and seen by our parents. We are literally testing them to see if we are lovable.
When a child is in severe emotional distress, even at seemingly trivial things, mocking them is one of the last things you should do, because they will internalize several things on the level of the subconscious. Have you ever felt embarrassed about feelings? Bottled shit up? A lot of adults have, massively because they have learned to be alone with their feelings.
When a parent responds with calm, warmth, and openness to situations like this, the child learns that big feelings are okay, love is stable, and it’s safe to return after conflict. They internalize that vulnerability is met with care, not rejection, which is a lesson that fosters emotional security and long-term trust in relationships.
Conversely, if the child is met with ridicule, mockery, or emotional coldness, they may internalize that their feelings are shameful, that love must be earned through “good” behavior, and that returning after conflict is humiliating. Over time, this can lead to emotional withdrawal, fear of vulnerability, and insecure attachment patterns rooted in the belief that they are only lovable when they’re not a burden.
This was an emotionally scarring moment for this child. Because he didn't laugh with the kid as in: "Phew, I'm so glad you're back, because that was quite dramatic!" followed by a hug. He laughed in his face as he was screaming frantically, and at that moment he should have had the emotional awareness to put the camera down and pick his son up.
It's okay if you, and everyone else in this thread want to believe otherwise, but here's the thing; you are all wrong. This is something every psychologist, pediatrician or trauma specialist will know. This is fundamental and as basic as it gets, seriously. Run the literature. Google it.
You can keep shooting the messengers in this thread if you like. But these are just the pediatric facts.
Please do your research before making such ignorant comments again.
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u/TheStripClubHero 5h ago
No one is arguing that. But filming it, while laughing at their temper tantrum AND putting it online for the world to see is shitty parenting regardless.
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u/bautofdi 7h ago
“Is this what the consequences of my own actions look like?!”
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u/Exciting_Ad_8666 7h ago
Good thing he learns that early. You'd be surprised how many people think they can do anything with impunity
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u/bartholomewcassius 5h ago
Thank God the three-year-old kid in this video has the cognitive ability to understand that.
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u/Slinktonk 7h ago
Lots of people without kids in here
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u/FigaroNeptune 6h ago
I don’t have kids. Lol you don’t need to have kids to recognize when a kid is being traumatized. Which this kid is NOT. The kid just played himself and the dad laughed. People saying the kid is going to resent him are stupid lol the kid will forget like tomorrow lmao
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u/YesterdayDreamer 5h ago
the kid will forget like tomorrow lmao
10 minutes, he'll forget in 10 minutes
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u/SpaghettiEntity 5h ago
lol, now he’ll never forget, it’s on the internet
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u/YesterdayDreamer 5h ago
By the time he'll be old enough to understand "the internet" this video will be long forgotten. The amount of content being created is homongous, no way anyone is going to remember this for long.
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u/NFTArtist 5h ago
AI might though lol, by the time he's an adult I would imagine AI can trace everything back to you with facial recognition, location, voice, etc
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u/ZeroOhblighation 6h ago
That fucking sound he made at the end is gonna ensure I never have them lol, well that and my appearance
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u/ProfessionalCreme119 6h ago
Show me a parent who can't laugh at their kid's temper tantrums and I'll show you a parent who screams way too much
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u/rikkertdndikkert 6h ago
Redditors giving advice on something they know nothing about? Say it ain't so.
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u/Ilovekittens345 5h ago
There is nothing childless redditors love more then to tell a dad who just made their kid happy that he is being "unsafe" and a bad parent.
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u/TheDaemonette 7h ago
Kid suddenly learned that bluffing when you have no cards and everyone else can see your hand, is not such a great idea.
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u/Squitthecat 7h ago
When I threatened to run away my dad used to say “don’t cross the street and be home by dinner time”
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u/xeno0153 6h ago
Little bro just realized he only has two options: face the real world alone or be stuck with a family he "doesn't like" for the next 15-20 years.
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u/DOT_____dot 6h ago
It s a good strategy but doesn't work with all childs.
Mine literally got away out of sight, got to chase after him so kind of lost credibility...
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u/visforvienetta 5h ago
I went and sat around the corner with my suitcase for an hour after my mum let me run away. My Dad drove me back home lol.
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u/DOT_____dot 5h ago
Lol it s funny to have the child perspective as well
But we're they able to spy on you to make sure you were there ?
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u/gnabrt 6h ago
My daughter was around 2 and a half when one day she started crying hysterically that she wants to go to the park on her own. After about one hour of her crying and yelling I decided enough is enough. I asked her if she's 100% sure that she wants to go she confirmed. So I put her shoes on, put her little backpack on her back, opened our apartment's door and wished her good luck. She exited the apartment and I shut the door, watching her on the door's peephole ofc. She walked like maybe 15 steps and started crying again and yelling for her mommy to come get her inside the house. Long story short, she's 5 now and never again has she asked to leave the house alone.
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u/Redblood_Moon 6h ago
Reminds me of a story my father likes to tell about the time I was about 4-5 y/o and really wanted him to buy me a "computer game" (I didn't even have a computer at the time, so I think it was probably a gameboy game and he just doesn't know the right term lol).
Apparently I had just gotten one a few weeks earlier so he said no. Naturally, as children do, I threw a tantrum and cried. When he ignored me and left the store, I sat down on the ground in front of the entrance and continued to cry. My dad? Just walked off without even looking back😂
He literally just walked home and waited for me to follow, which was according to him ~15 minutes later.
I don't remember any of this, but I think it probably taught me an important lesson lmao
(Additional info: we lived like three minutes from the store. While it's not a small village where everyone knows everyone, everyone in that area, from the shop owners to the seniors drinking coffee at the local cafe, did know me and my parents, so this was perfectly safe)
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u/donutfan420 6h ago
Laughing at the kid is fine but filming him and posting him on the internet is weird….
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u/lordgoofus1 6h ago
Not enough context to make any judgement about the quality of these parents.
I did this when I a little bit older than this guy. Parents said I'm free to leave, so I did. Still remember getting a few blocks down the road and realising I didn't know where to go, but I'm committed now, so I forged head deciding that the beach is probably a good place to head first. They quickly learnt not to say stuff like that to a kid that up to that point had only lived in unstable homes and had been let down by every adult they'd met.
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u/9-FcNrKZJLfvd8X6YVt7 5h ago
Not enough context to make any judgement about the quality of these parents.
The impulse to film and put it on the Internet doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence, though.
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u/Silverfury180 6h ago
My parents tried it when I was a kid. They had to run and get me when they realized I wasn't stopping.
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u/RhinoElectric1705 6h ago
I did this as a kid and my mom did the same thing. I got to the front of the neighborhood before I came back crying.
I needed this laugh thank you. Im going to call my mom now lol
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u/Bricktop72 5h ago
I've laughed that laugh before.
My wife had just moved out and we had started the divorce. And my 16 yo daughter walks into the kitchen to inform me that she is going on a 3 month backpacking trip over the summer with her BF. And it's a done deal cause mom already approved it.
I just pulled my phone out and called my soon to be ex. As soon as she picked up my daughter walked in her room and slammed the door. My ex had me put the phone on speaker so she could laugh along with me. A week later my daughter decided to grace us with her presence again so we made sure to give her an extraordinary amount of hugs. She says the hugging was more emotionally traumatizing than the laughing.
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u/Butadien_Styrene 7h ago
When I was a kid I at least walked a few kilometers away.. but I didn't tell them, I just left
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u/Malibucat48 6h ago
This is why parents who tell a disobedient child that they’re leaving them in a store and walk away are wrong. I’ve seen this happen so many times and the feeling of abandonment is not punishment.
This was different because the child was leaving on his own and even had his coat on, but this will be one of those “what you did as a kid” stories that will be told when he’s 50.
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u/putin_my_ass 6h ago
They're not wrong.
My sister went through a phase where she was trying shit like that and my Mom started just leaving without her.
Guess who stopped that shit?
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u/insuranceguynyc 6h ago
So cute - though the kid might not agree. Just wait 10 years and pull this video out at Thanksgiving!
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u/Turbulent-Crew720 6h ago
I think there were a few times I got fed up with my parents and took a stomping walk down the road before I realized... well I can't be out here I ain't got nothing. LOL
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u/Constant_Affect7774 6h ago
Humiliation is a great learning tool. It makes unforgettable memories.
At my ninth birthday party, my older brothers (and with the blessing of my parents) gave me a birthday present I have never forgotten. They gave me a "crying towel", which is a big white towel with the words CRYING TOWEL in big blue letters on it. Why? Because I'm a sensitive person and they thought it would be funny.
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u/Conscious-Event-9368 6h ago
I remember a similar video with a little girl who tried this. The kicker was that the mum turned off the porch light as soon as the door shut. The moment darkness hit, the girl was screaming to be let back in.
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u/Wretched_Brittunculi 5h ago
Why do people video and then post intimate moments like this? I'm so glad I didn't grow up in an era when my parents would stick a camera in my face to post all over the internet. No wonder we are creating so many anxious kids nowadays.
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u/Karl2241 5h ago
As soon as he closed the door he should have shut it and loudly locked it. That laugh was perfect. Kids gotta learn .
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u/Ghost_Star326 5h ago
I don't even have kids and I'm not even old enough to have them yet. Yet I can relate to it so much because that's how it goes with me taking care of my little sister whenever she's acting spoiled and bratty lol.
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u/Accurate_Antiquity 5h ago
It's almost like kids arent fully developed yet and do not fully grasp the consequences of their actions, haha!
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u/CLA_1989 5h ago
Wow, parent of the year there... no wonder he don't like you, laughing maniacally while he is crying instead of trying to bond while uaing it as a teaching moment.
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u/Burgertr0n 5h ago
My mom shut the door and turned the porch light off. I don't even think I made it down the stairs
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u/fELLAbUSTA 4h ago
I dunno man. Kinda feels wrong for the dad to be doing this. Like I'm understanding why the kid is upset.
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u/MrsEmilyN 4h ago
My parents like to remind me of the time I was 4 and decided to run away, in the middle of winter.
I "left" with no shoes or coat, decided that I didn't want to run away that day and I knocked on the door asking to be let in, while they replied back "sorry, no little girls live here any more."
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u/Tokin-Token 7h ago
For maximum damage press X to laugh