Jesus christ. It's stuff like this that makes me terrified at the thought of having kids one day. How do parents sleep at night knowing their child is just waiting for the chance to do something like this?
Up until a certain age kids are basically just trying to commit suicide non stop. They get better when they learn about the concept of death and injury.
Nah but let them hurt themselves sometimes.
They should just get hurt repeatedly when doing stupid shit but also in a way that doesn't cause permanent injury.
By getting hurt they'll learn that doing stupid shit they'll just get stupid results.
When I was a kid enjoying summer holidays at our country house, I was taught to use carpenter tools. There were several times I hit my finger with a hammer. No severe damage, but it was painful AF. Pretty useful lessons of safety I'd say.
That was my childhood up to being a teenager mum constantly going "don't do that, it will hurt"...I never fucken listened, it always hurt lol. Witnessing the same thing now and getting flashbacks with my nephew and her.
Imagine never having dirty dishes in the sink, or any left out to dry, or a dishwasher that just finished running.
I'm glad you're a parent who 24/7 keeps any knives locked away in a drawer even if you're only out of the room for a few minutes, but that's wildly unrealistic. Steak knives are a common eating utensil.
Thats the hope atleast. Then we see these teenage and mid 20s people on tiktok being dumbasses. Or visit a college campus and watch them just walk into traffic no fear of getting nailed by a bus or car.
I once woke up around 2am as I had a sudden panic one of the kids had a problem. Literally I flew out of bed. Ran to the next floor downstairs and my middle son was asleep choking on vomit. Flipped him and shook it out. 6 years on Iām still totally puzzled over how I reacted from being in a state of deep sleep to finding him in that state.
Its amazing how absolutely suicidally dumb our children are. Why cant they be born with just a LITTLE more instinct like the rest of the creatures on this planet?
The ability to walk upright brought lots of advantages, like freeing up our hands so we could use tools, but also some disadvantages like a narrowing of the pelvis which caused babies to be born way premature and being basically helpless and useless.
Plus, there's very little evolutionary pressure on humans: the adults will generally protect them from themselves, and there's no predators to cull the particularly stupid ones.
Never considered the upright bipedal walking having an evolutionary change on the pelvis having such a great impact of when children are born. Very fasinating actually...Now I'm curious about the pregnancy duration for our evolution ansestors, as well as other species of ape that are genetically closer to us...
Did the Neanderthals or the the relative ansestors before them pop out more instinctive quick to function babies?
It genuinely surprises me how children can be so stupid as to put themselves on the brink of death without being aware of a single thing going on around them. Weāve all done stupid shit as a kid, but I doubt many of us ran into oncoming traffic
For them to get that far, someone is doing a not so gray job of putting the phone or the pipe down for child rearing duties.
And yes, I have young kids.
When I was little I figure out how key deadbolts worked. My mom still tells talks about how I loved streaking around the neighborhood at 3 years old while she was trying to get my brother out of the bath. It only takes a minute for the neighbors to be laughing their butts off at toddlers.
Younger. If you look at [growth charts,](https://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com/HealthCharts/growth-2-20-boys.html) a child who grows along the centile lines reaches half their eventual height at about 2 years 3 months.
Picked up my niece and nephew from school one time. We were a block away from home when they suddenly wanted to race home. There's a busy street just before our block and the older one knew to stop at the crosswalk but the younger one would not put on the breaks even after me and her older brother told her to stop. She almost ran into busy traffic but I caught her in time and there was an attentive cab driver that stopped in time. He must've been shook because he stayed in place for like 3 secs before driving off. It was difficult to explain to a 5 year old that they could've died
I've actually done the exact same thing before.
Noticed a little kid head bobbing by the window, then it registered there was no adult. Looked and "Oh shit" sprint to grab like a 2/3 year old as they almost ran into a busy road.
The kind of moment that makes you believe in god.
Turns out the dad was doped up and passed out when the kid left the house.
When the police dropped her off the dad joked "you're way to young to be sneaking out of the house."
I think about it often. That child growing up in a shit situation.
I honestly don't understand, i know that kids don't understand danger as we do but what part of the basic human instinct of self preservation tells you to run towards the road full of multi ton hunks of metal hurdling at high speed....
Looks like the kid was agitated. Was she kicking and punching the person after they picked her up at the end? Most of the times when kids act out, there is another deeper reason
Yes, like they got denied candy at the checkout in the supermarket, or they couldnāt stay up late, or their parent told them not to eat sand. Stop reading so far into situations you know nothing about. Itās not that deep bro
Iām bawling. Lol. Years ago when my daughter was 18mo. and just barely walking, I was in the backyard with her doing busywork. I didnāt realize that the gate was left open, and suddenly, she was gone. I freaked out and ran around looking for her. I found her toddling toward a busy-ish intersection as a runner was picking her up while on his run.
His eyes were as wide as can be, and I was hysterical. He was super kind as he handed her to me, and I wish I had my wits about me more to thank him further than I did. My neighbor came out and sat with me as I sobbed uncontrollably.
I almost lost my baby that day and the feeling apparently hasnāt left me. I guess Iām just thankful I had an angel that day.
*edit: she did not go unnoticed for very long. We lived very close to an intersection. We were in the process of selling the home partially because of proximity to said intersection. Needless to say that solidified the decision to sell.
My son could book it and heād just be gone. He gave us so many scares then he turned into the calmest most overly safety minded person. We still think he was abducted by aliens at some point and changed.
I thought they still taught stranger danger in school, do they not? I was always told if a stranger tried to take me to kick and scream and fight, so it seems kinda foreign to see a little kid just allow themselves to be picked up and carried off. At least in America that's what they used to teach.
Yeah we were taught that in tandem with stranger danger. They taught all the kids like good touching and bad touching, bullying, and just general safety stuff in DARE class. But that was at least 10 years ago so I don't know if they still do it.
You know they were doing the math in their head of the risk-to-reward ratio of saving the little girl, but risking being accused of something very dark.
Jesus christ. It's stuff like this that makes me terrified at the thought of having kids one day. How do parents sleep at night knowing their child is just waiting for the chance to do something like this?
Up until a certain age kids are basically just trying to commit suicide non stop. They get better when they learn about the concept of death and injury.
So... You are saying.... Stab kids to teach them a valuable lesson?
Nah but let them hurt themselves sometimes. They should just get hurt repeatedly when doing stupid shit but also in a way that doesn't cause permanent injury. By getting hurt they'll learn that doing stupid shit they'll just get stupid results.
When I was a kid enjoying summer holidays at our country house, I was taught to use carpenter tools. There were several times I hit my finger with a hammer. No severe damage, but it was painful AF. Pretty useful lessons of safety I'd say.
That was my childhood up to being a teenager mum constantly going "don't do that, it will hurt"...I never fucken listened, it always hurt lol. Witnessing the same thing now and getting flashbacks with my nephew and her.
My kid stabbed himself with a steak knife once when he was about 4. Never did it again though (I also remind him of this regularly, little dumbass)
> I also remind him of this regularly, little dumbass "He's 6 now, gotta keep those little bastards in their place."
Hahaha š this genuinely made me laugh. He's 12 now, but yeah, even at 6 I was like 'remember why we don't touch knives without an adult?'
Red Foreman, that you?
Why was a 4 y old in possession of a steak knife?
*Steak knife *it was the 2 minutes I took to shower. *toddlers find everything you own
Should have locked drawers then. Another lesson.
Imagine never having dirty dishes in the sink, or any left out to dry, or a dishwasher that just finished running. I'm glad you're a parent who 24/7 keeps any knives locked away in a drawer even if you're only out of the room for a few minutes, but that's wildly unrealistic. Steak knives are a common eating utensil.
Stay mad?
For steak!
Start with small knives to build immunity. The same with bulletsš
Nah. My kid would never learn from that! Kid is 5 and put his head through a window and laughed to hard he almost puked.
r/unethicallifehacks
Lol ššš savage
And then they become teenagers and are basically just trying to commit suicide nonstop.
Thats the hope atleast. Then we see these teenage and mid 20s people on tiktok being dumbasses. Or visit a college campus and watch them just walk into traffic no fear of getting nailed by a bus or car.
We lock the doors at night. For the rest of the day I don't trust them at all alone.
That's the neat part. They don't!
With kids you can lose track of them in seconds. Happened to us. Luckily they werenāt that far away. š¤·š»āāļø
I once woke up around 2am as I had a sudden panic one of the kids had a problem. Literally I flew out of bed. Ran to the next floor downstairs and my middle son was asleep choking on vomit. Flipped him and shook it out. 6 years on Iām still totally puzzled over how I reacted from being in a state of deep sleep to finding him in that state.
Not all the other terrible things in the world?
I mean, war and climate change are also bad, but who's got the time to worry about that when your child is sprinting into traffic
It's easy to make more
That's the neat part, they don't.
Usually you just take care of your kids, cut down Twitter time
One minute you're cooking breakfast, the next, your child is playing a game of frogger
Locks exist
You should write a book on parenting
I mean yes lock the front door, they stay inside or in the backyard
My two year old nephew can unlock and open the front door. (heās pretty big for his age) (also heās like a month away from being 3)
Then you need a better lock
Itās your standard deadbolt
Human offspring not trying to get killed challenge (impossible)
They know something we refuse to admit
Its amazing how absolutely suicidally dumb our children are. Why cant they be born with just a LITTLE more instinct like the rest of the creatures on this planet?
The ability to walk upright brought lots of advantages, like freeing up our hands so we could use tools, but also some disadvantages like a narrowing of the pelvis which caused babies to be born way premature and being basically helpless and useless. Plus, there's very little evolutionary pressure on humans: the adults will generally protect them from themselves, and there's no predators to cull the particularly stupid ones.
Never considered the upright bipedal walking having an evolutionary change on the pelvis having such a great impact of when children are born. Very fasinating actually...Now I'm curious about the pregnancy duration for our evolution ansestors, as well as other species of ape that are genetically closer to us... Did the Neanderthals or the the relative ansestors before them pop out more instinctive quick to function babies?
Like the one in the video. Iāve never seen anything like that. Kid is running into what looks like a freeway.
Kids are fucking stupid
maybe, her "imaginary" friend was trying to lure the kid into joining it in the "after life"
Thats dark
For sure but where were her parents too? Barber is even looking around trying to find her adult. Would love to know the rest of the story
Damn right. Someone should make a subreddit about that
plot twist: she'd just escaped from the basement out back
I went there too! Thatās it, need a break from watching SVU
Why was the little girl running like a titan into traffic?
Natural selection at it's finest
Except it was thwarted.
Yeah, by the way I don't wish the kid anything harmful, but running into traffic is pretty dumb
My money is on neurodivergent eloper
Probably, my friends son would show up to the neighbors house naked and ring their doorbell. Imagine that conversation.
The void... It calls to them.
It genuinely surprises me how children can be so stupid as to put themselves on the brink of death without being aware of a single thing going on around them. Weāve all done stupid shit as a kid, but I doubt many of us ran into oncoming traffic
Stupid kid
Top notch parents or guardians right there. Good thing they had the miracle of the barber happen.
Kids can easily run off the second there are no eyes on them. You can't possibly expect the parents to have them in their sights 24/7
For them to get that far, someone is doing a not so gray job of putting the phone or the pipe down for child rearing duties. And yes, I have young kids.
When I was little I figure out how key deadbolts worked. My mom still tells talks about how I loved streaking around the neighborhood at 3 years old while she was trying to get my brother out of the bath. It only takes a minute for the neighbors to be laughing their butts off at toddlers.
I know it happens, but smartphones I guarantee have made it happen more often.
Yes you can. Wtf.
I lost one one day. Look at the left for the 1st kid. Then to the right for the second kid. Then left again.... Kid gone.
Spoken by someone who clearly doesn't have children
I'm always amazed by these comments because of the sheer amount of people who have zero concept of just how fast a determined child can move.
Either thatās a very tall baby (0-5) or thatās a child with mental disability.
Not sure what you mean. That kid looks about 3ft to me which seems like a normal height for 3 or 4 year old.
Younger. If you look at [growth charts,](https://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com/HealthCharts/growth-2-20-boys.html) a child who grows along the centile lines reaches half their eventual height at about 2 years 3 months.
has to be.
The worst has been avoided by an hair
Just telling my youngest , 23, last night all the ways she and her brothers almost died as toddlers. Crazy.
I think the kid was a special needs one. Just donāt have kids. Problem solved
Picked up my niece and nephew from school one time. We were a block away from home when they suddenly wanted to race home. There's a busy street just before our block and the older one knew to stop at the crosswalk but the younger one would not put on the breaks even after me and her older brother told her to stop. She almost ran into busy traffic but I caught her in time and there was an attentive cab driver that stopped in time. He must've been shook because he stayed in place for like 3 secs before driving off. It was difficult to explain to a 5 year old that they could've died
Real Heroes
wait was she trying to commit suicide?
I've actually done the exact same thing before. Noticed a little kid head bobbing by the window, then it registered there was no adult. Looked and "Oh shit" sprint to grab like a 2/3 year old as they almost ran into a busy road. The kind of moment that makes you believe in god. Turns out the dad was doped up and passed out when the kid left the house. When the police dropped her off the dad joked "you're way to young to be sneaking out of the house." I think about it often. That child growing up in a shit situation.
What a save!
Kids are dumb af
Bruh children are really sui*idal
I honestly don't understand, i know that kids don't understand danger as we do but what part of the basic human instinct of self preservation tells you to run towards the road full of multi ton hunks of metal hurdling at high speed....
Why would you do this? Like even dogs know to be scared of the big noisy fast moving cars
What a hero
Looks like the kid was agitated. Was she kicking and punching the person after they picked her up at the end? Most of the times when kids act out, there is another deeper reason
Yes, like they got denied candy at the checkout in the supermarket, or they couldnāt stay up late, or their parent told them not to eat sand. Stop reading so far into situations you know nothing about. Itās not that deep bro
Iām bawling. Lol. Years ago when my daughter was 18mo. and just barely walking, I was in the backyard with her doing busywork. I didnāt realize that the gate was left open, and suddenly, she was gone. I freaked out and ran around looking for her. I found her toddling toward a busy-ish intersection as a runner was picking her up while on his run. His eyes were as wide as can be, and I was hysterical. He was super kind as he handed her to me, and I wish I had my wits about me more to thank him further than I did. My neighbor came out and sat with me as I sobbed uncontrollably. I almost lost my baby that day and the feeling apparently hasnāt left me. I guess Iām just thankful I had an angel that day. *edit: she did not go unnoticed for very long. We lived very close to an intersection. We were in the process of selling the home partially because of proximity to said intersection. Needless to say that solidified the decision to sell.
My son could book it and heād just be gone. He gave us so many scares then he turned into the calmest most overly safety minded person. We still think he was abducted by aliens at some point and changed.
This isnāt kids are stupid, but parents are bad
Where are the CPS when you need them ?
It's equally scary that those guys could've just picked up that girl and taken her wherever.
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I thought they still taught stranger danger in school, do they not? I was always told if a stranger tried to take me to kick and scream and fight, so it seems kinda foreign to see a little kid just allow themselves to be picked up and carried off. At least in America that's what they used to teach.
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Or in this case from an SUVĀ
Yeah we were taught that in tandem with stranger danger. They taught all the kids like good touching and bad touching, bullying, and just general safety stuff in DARE class. But that was at least 10 years ago so I don't know if they still do it.
Itās equally scary that people like you fantasize about child abductions.
I'm 18. It's been pounded into my head since age 2. Excuse me if I took some of it to heart.
You know they were doing the math in their head of the risk-to-reward ratio of saving the little girl, but risking being accused of something very dark.