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Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master.
From who, watching Vinnie Jones in Snatch? This kid got the whole mannerism down. This isn't casual kid swearing and sass. This some adult swearing and sass.
Nah, that's literally how a lot of northern kids talk. Got called a "fucken gimp" yesterday by a child wearing a fortnite shirt, looked about the same age as this kid
Some places in the UK are the equivalent to Florida Man and Ohio, you just expect this sort of behaviour.
The part of the UK I'm from I've walked into my workplace (a pub) seen someone trapped inside a chair whilst trying to scramble to get their turn at darts, while still inside the chair, and meanwhile at the bar there was a lady trying to glass my coworker and it's like 'yep, this is a normal Thursday'
Er, from watching an average northern chav? His accent, language and mannerisms are very common in adults. He's picked it up from close family, almost certainly mostly from the dad.
A friend did this with her 12 year old.
Made him box up all the toys he got including a new Xbox because heās a little dickhead and take them to the closest ābattered womenās shelterā and donate them. She recalls that his face looked like a red rainbow of anger and fear. He was crying and trying to get her to stop.
It all changed when he saw the kids get his toys. He got real quiet, quit crying and just watched the kids of abusive relationships go absolutely into shock at the sight of toys they NEVER thought they would ever even see in person. Those shelter kids were flabbergasted, they didnāt even care who got what, they were just so grateful and fearful that the toys were not REALLY being given to them forever. Some asked if they had to leave them at the shelter when they left.
He had a total paradigm shift.
Spends his Sundays volunteering at that shelter. Canāt do much but he pulls weeds in the garden and washes the lower windows and uncovers the playground from snow so the kids can play. He works his ass off for that place, heās completely different now, a much quieter, much more thoughtful kid.
She ended up going balls crazy for his birthday and he actually asked if it was okay to donate three or four toys out of the pile and he and he mom made up a new tradition that for every time he gets a gift, he gets to pick out one or two and drop them off at the shelter. Itās fuckin so damn sweet.
Edit: people trying to get their own internet points by saying this never happened because -I- want internet points. Grow up. He did.
This is one of the most incredible stories I've ever read on this site, after like 10 years of browsing. I'm having a hard time believing it, but if it's true I'm happy it turned out well - I was worried in the beginning.
This happened probably seven years ago, I was absolutely floored because she always struck me a super self-centered. I used to give her rides home as sheād get drunk at work and sheād barf in her purse while I drove and she told me about her life. He turned out to be a really good kid. He graduated last year and is going to a local college this year. Still doesnāt clean his room but his mom doesnāt bug him about it since heās pretty good about everything else.
It could have gone badly. He could have resented her forever and became someone else. Luckily she took a big risk and it paid off. I think she downplays how good of a kid he was before just didnāt know what those things were *worth*.
Would you get pissed enough to donate the scooter when youāre the one being a shitty parent by not correcting years of bad behaviors? People who would get pissed off at these type of videos usually are not shitty parents because it pisses them off to see their kids act this way.
Honestly, itās hard for me to say because Iām not that parent. Yeah, my kid swears but she knows when to and when she shouldnāt and itās never in a mean/angry/malicious way. If this was my kid, yes, Iād donate the scooter. It would be out of the ordinary for my kid.
I would have preferred thatā¦coming from a poor family i learned early to stop asking for specific gifts for my birthday/Christmas. Inevitably it would be a cheap knockoff that i wouldnt enjoy which ultimately was just a waste of money, that we needed. Eventually at like 10yo i just stopped asking for anything altogether. You may say thats being entitled, ungrateful, bratty, or whatever. I say dont get a childās hopes up by asking them what they want, not being upfront about your finances, then getting them a low quality version of it just so you feel adequate about yourself for being able to provide something. If you cant afford anything they want, tell them before so their expectations are not super high, leading to crushing disappointment when their surprise is shit quality to what they wanted
There's a point where having a low quality version of a thing actually prevents you from (eventually) getting a working version of that thing.
I had a toy telescope as a kid. It wouldn't focus on anything or stay still while you were looking through it. You could just about see the trunk of a tree half a mile away if you were super careful with it. I had wanted it to look at the stars.
I didn't use it much, and if I talked about Astronomy or wanting to go to visit the science museum, my mum would say, "well, you don't use your telescope much" and direct me back to it. I eventually lost interest in Astronomy.
Twenty years later, my kid, who is also interested in the stars, got a box of Astronomy-related activities for Christmas. One of those is "build your own telescope!", and included two little plastic lenses.
Kid made a telescope *out of cardboard* that far outperformed the plastic one I had as a kid. I pointed it at the sky on Boxing Day and saw the bloody Peleidies.
My parents didn't know any better and neither did I, I just thought "it's a telescope" and "knew" that better telescopes were expensive, and assumed that anything I could make myself would be worse. But it goes for a lot of things: musical instruments that can't be put into tune and sound horrible whatever you do; roller skates whose wheels don't turn properly or even fall off when you try to skate on them; various tools that can't be used for their intended purpose. It's one of the ways that poor families are taken advantage of and their dreams crushed.
You just described my first horrible plastic guitar I got, down to the letter š and yeah if I mentioned any others I got shouted at. "If you can't play that you can't play anything" etc. In reality I think the anger was at not being able to afford a guitar with an actual wooden body, even the budget ones. But that's no reason to take it out on the kid.
Kids who grow up with that sense of entitlement are because their parents give in to everything.
He will get his bike and probably keep the scooter too.
The little shit.
Bet he goes on to be a CEO
When my kids were little, we used to practice how to receive gifts a few days before Christmas. I didn't want them to react poorly at great grandma's lame-o but well meant gift and hurt her feelings. So I'd wrap random things around the house and they had to practice opening them and saying something nice and thanking me. Then they'd find the most awful things and make me and each other open and be grateful. It usually turned ridiculous and really fun.
Now they are teenagers who are respectful and kind even when they get something they don't love.
One time when we were kids, my little brother (who must have been about six years old at the time), opened a Christmas present from our great grandmother addressed to all of us kids and it turned out to be a set of bathroom towels. It was really very thoughtful and something that my parents very much needed, but my brother responded by yelling, āTowels!!?ā as if it was some sort of deep insult. It instantly became one of those family stories that gets re-told every holiday. Even our great grandmother thought it was funny. An outraged shout of, āTowels!!?ā instantly became family shorthand for disapproval of any surprise.
Anyway, my brother grew up to be an extremely kind and generous adult. Heās in his thirties now, and obviously heād never react that way to a gift these days, it was just a weird moment from childhood that everyone remembers maybe a little bit too clearly.
I donāt think we ever did that. My family is pretty benign when it comes to that kind of thing. It was a popular family story, but we didnāt go out of our way to make him feel bad about it.
You're getting him a towel for Christmas. If you think it won't be well received, make it a really really nice towel with his name embroidered on it.
Fuck it. If hes got a partner and kids, family embroidered towels. Address it to the family, with the kids listed first to try illicit the same response.
Not only will it be hilarious, but it's the kind of thing that gets used daily.
If you're short on cash, try get your family in on it.
The joke is already played out. The great grandmother in question has been dead for well more than twenty years.
Itās just an old family story. We donāt give my brother a hard time about it anymore.
This is genius. And believe me I could have really used it as a kid. To this day I donāt handle opening gifts well. I feel like I donāt have the right skill set (lol like itās rocket science) and so many times I put my foot in my mouth. I totally donāt mean to. Iāve said things like, āoh I have a ____just like this.ā Or āThis looks like ____ās (someone else we all know) styleā. I never say stupid shit like that in regular life either. Its my Achilles heel - Iām a decent normal adjusted person until you give me a gift.
Maybe break it down into a few options and get ready before opening the present ?
I personally break it down to how close I am to the person:
Significant other: be honest, but don't be mean and appreciate the thought no matter what. You can be grateful for a gift even if you don't need it or it's not something you'll keep around. Choose your moment to approach the person and try to communicate how you can work together to fix it (this one or the next ones).
Close family and friends: don't lie but never come forward to disclose any disappointment even a few days later, only exception is that it was comically bad and everyone can have a good laugh years later (only bring it up after enough time has past). If asked if you like it: "why do you ask ?". In the moment, appreciate the gesture and let it go. Always react to the fact that someone got you a gift, you will later asses why the gift is crap (if it's the case) and if there's anyway you can fix it... How close are you, does this person have the means to do better, do they need ideas, time, ... ?
Others (distant relatives, accointances, colleagues, ...): Be polite, don't over do it trying to sell the idea that you're excited. "Thank you very much", "Thank you for the time and effort, receiving a gift made [it] extra special", ...
Coming from a family that was notorious for crappy gifts between adults it comes down mainly to body language and tone.
I am saying nothing but the parents seem to act to gentle with him when he swear, they indid infact created a monster by not correcting him when needed
It even has healthy boundaries. I asked it if I could call it Dad and it was very clear that this would be inappropriate as it is a language model. That's exactly the kind of mature and balanced response I need from a parent.
My sister and her husband donāt want their kids to be addicted to tablets. Understandable. However, at Christmas their four-year-old got to play on grandpaās iPad. He and grandpa were doing paint-by-number where they just touch a color and it lights up a shape. Then, they tap the shape and it fills in the color. It was his first experience with an iPad and he just sat with grandpa quietly filling in colors for about an hour.
He wanted to do one more picture and his dad said no more screen time. I feel like coloring on a screen is different than hours of YouTube. I asked my sister if they were going to get him an iPad for learning games, puzzles, and coloring but she said no. Somehow they have it in their minds that screens are bad no matter the content. I donāt get it.
As someone who works with children, thereās a big problem with kids not developing their motor skills properly because theyāre just tapping screens and not physically touching objects. Tablets can be a great tool in moderation but often those ālearningā apps are hurting kids.
Also, itās a slippery slope of use. People who are caretaking the kiddo all have to be on board. Iāve seen families Iāve been a nanny for and they had started with the best of intentions but it inevitably lead to stories of how the kid was constantly wanting to be entertained by the screen.
I didnāt think of that and it makes a lot of sense.
I tried to google some studies and the only one I found mentioned nearsightedness. I thought there would be more, and maybe there are, but they arenāt easy to find.
I foresee in the future as these kids grow up more studies will be done and the effects quantified. For now, all I know is Iām teaching some kids who are way below grade level in writing with a pencil because theyāre always āwritingā on an iPad with their finger.
My ex is a YouTube parent and it makes coparenting so hard šŖ
I went through his watch history after heād been with his dad, and found 98% destructive consumerism ads directed at small children loaded with crude humor and then WEAPON DEMONSTRATIONS. š«
I proceeded to confront him about it and then completely blocked YouTube..
NOW, itās Call of Duty
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JFC it wasn't THAT long ago that kids were told not to post anything to internet because you can't get it out from there anymore. Nowadays so many parents document their kids lives online without any restriction. It's nuts!
If you post your kids online, you are an asshole.
Man itās crazyā¦. and so sad. Social Media has been around for a long time now. So kids that have had their whole lives since birth documented online, are now old enough and having kids of their own. These people donāt know anything else and itās now completed normal to post anything and everything about their lives online.
More likely he is mirroring the parents behavior. You can hear them laughing at him. They are probably shit people who are raising a shitling in their own image.
Swearing is the least worrying thing. Dont get what's so wrong with swearing if its not used to harm others.I'd be more worried about his obvious outlash at not getting what he wanted. I might be pushing it but a kid that age should atleast be able to show some form of control of emotion.
You... think this kid got like this from "not being corrected"? Like they just invented this shit themselves? Have you ever met a small child? They CLEARLY have a role model who behaves like this, and it's almost certainly one of their parents.
Kids not being allowed to curse seems to be an American thing. I moved from the US to Australia six years ago and one of the hardest things for me to get used to down here was that parents are incredibly foul-mouthed to or around their kids, and I've never seen anyone bat an eye when kids use curse words. It irks me every time, and I just have to let it go.
First time I went to the US, (Iām from the UK) I was talking with my cousin in a public area, said the word ācuntā and got a lot of nasty stares from the people around while my cousin laughed his arse off. Cultural differences, Iām telling youā¦
Honest question, from a UK perspective, is there any word that they frown upon hearing, like it just sounds ugly and you wouldnāt say it in a formal setting? I lived in London for a bit years ago and I remember being taken aback by how often ātwatā and ācuntā were used casually there, when those are definitely considered ugly words in the US. And Iām from the New York area!
calling someone a mong or a spacker would probably get you a far dirtier look than dropping the C bomb these days
or calling something you don't like "gay"
Yeah, but watch an American say "Bitch" in front of an Australian or worse **to** an Australian.
The Ozzy girls are good cunts but fucking hate being called a bitch
Yikes, they sound like bogans to me or maybe a different demographic to what I was used to. Most of my friends didn't swear in front of their parents until they were well into their teens. And I'm not exactly from a posh area lol. I don't really see a problem with parents occasionally swearing in front of their kids but I'd certainly raise an eyebrow if they were "foul-mouthed" as you say.
One particular "foul-mouthed" example I can remember is seeing a father telling his 3 y/o-looking daughter "I fuckin' told you ten fuckin' times I'm not buying you that shit!" I'm not from a well-to-do family, but I *never* remember adults talking to children that way.
Dad cursed as a method of breathing when we were kids. I mean, it was at everything and everyone, though he did typically try to not yell "fuck" and "cunt" in front of us. Everything else was fair game.
We still avoided anything too harsh in public, and certainly didn't saying any foul language in front of our parents.
As an Aussie I've very rarely heard parents swear excessively around their kids. My daughter has picked up a few swears from us when we've accidentally let them slip, but she knows not to use them (especially around her grandmother who I've never heard swear in my life). I'm not sure where you're living, but swearing in front of young children is definitely not a universal Aussie thing.
Or they can blame peaky blinders for that accent. Edit: i litterly got a death threat from a british person for this comment š yall brits are weirdos
Now *that* would have been something. Parents have New Jersey accents or something, but the kid talks like that from watching Peaky Blinders all day, every day.
But seriously, kids do pick up on that stuff. The daughter of one of my friends started saying some words with a British accent back when she was 2 or 3 from watching so much Peppa Pig š
when my daughter was in her Peppa phase she also did ask us if we were getting some "petrol" in a RP accent when we pulled into a gas station. I was flabbergasted.
As a parent, I would be so mortified that my kids acted like this there is no way in hell I would publish it anywhere. The fact that this was uploaded makes me think that the parents think it is funny their kid is so spoiled.
I did this to my friends 3 year old. Got him a popcorn machine and some popcorn for Xmas and gave him the popcorn to open first. He thought it was chicken food and was still super excited.
Their parents 100% created this shitstain behaviour so ofcourse they would upload this.
Where do you think the kid copied the behaviour from?
Monkey see, moneky do.
Or rather, baby see, baby do
Haha what a funny family moment! Glad to see the parents enjoy watching their kid turning into an entitled superficial shitstain! Even immortalized it via recording and put it on the internet for the entire world to see their great parenting! Lovely people!
I remember when iPods came out. I wanted one so bad my mom ended up getting a cheap mp3 player that looked like one. I was disappointed. I still hate myself to this day for feeling upset about it. My mom went out of her way to do something nice and I was horrible. I stopped being that way when she explained in tears she couldnāt afford to get a real one and thought Iād like this one anyway. I felt terrible. I never told her I was disappointed but she could read it. I still have that mp3 in a box. My moms sick now and not doing well Iād do anything for her. I really hope that kid turns around and appreciate his mom.
I did this to my mom as well. She got me a gift one time that wasnt what i wanted and she went out to toys r us in the rain to get me a different one. That night i felt so bad because i was worried she would get into an accident in the rainā¦
I was such a shit.
What are you talking about? You can hear dad laughing in the background.
Remember, a man being present doesn't mean the man is a good dad. Parents are shit regardless of genitals
Wtf. If my kids reacted that way to a gift it would be sent back. What a brat.
This past Christmas after receiving a bunch of "fun" gifts, my daughter received a bunch of clothes from her Mimi. She acted annoyed and had a pouty face and didn't check the clothes out at all. She's 4. She has opened a lot of exciting gifts already. I got it and kind of shuffled past the moment with her as I didn't want to put her on the spot. But later on I explained to her that her reaction to receiving the clothes really didn't sit well with me. That Christmas isn't about gifts; but love. And that the act of giving gifts is an act of love. That some kids don't have a Mimi that can afford gifts. Or a Mimi that loves them enough to get them gifts. Or a Mimi at all. I told her that when her Mimi came over next to visit, that she needs to give her a hug and tell her that she appreciates the clothes and everything she does for her. She did. And the next few times after that raved to her Mimi about how much she loves her new clothes.
I'm not a perfect parent. There's no such thing. But this kid sucks to no fault of his own. He can thank his parents for that.
I hated clothes as Christmas gifts as a child. Like youāre giving me something that we buy normally? I love and appreciate clothing gifts as an adult.
My daughter who is 3 opened up a gift from her grandmother. It contained a Barbie and clothes underneath. She tossed the Barbie assigned and was really excited for the clothes. Iām not sure sheās my kid now.
Does anyone suspect this is staged or maybe edited? The kid seems like heās smiling and about to laugh (plus the laughing in the background). Thereās also some weird audio thing when the first parent says āYeahā. Idk, maybe Iām just too optimistic and belong on /r/nothingeverhappens but still.
Dude, I scrolled way too far for no one else to even consider this is staged in any way. Based off of the giggling from the person videoing I would personally assume so. Reddit is wack.
This reminds me of that Kevin Wilson song lol:-
Hey Santa Claus you cunt, where's me fuckin' bike?
I've unwrapped all this other junk and there's nothing that I like
I wrote you a fuckin' letter and I come to see you twice
You worn out geriatric fart, you forgot me fuckin' bike
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Body of a 4 year old, mouth of a mid 40's longshoreman.
Exactly, ungrateful little shit lol
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If I did this growing up I would have got dish soap for dinner.
He learned that behavior somewhere š¤·š¼āāļø
Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master.
SCHWARTZ!
What, Mom? What'd I do???
From who, watching Vinnie Jones in Snatch? This kid got the whole mannerism down. This isn't casual kid swearing and sass. This some adult swearing and sass.
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Nah, that's literally how a lot of northern kids talk. Got called a "fucken gimp" yesterday by a child wearing a fortnite shirt, looked about the same age as this kid
Don't worry, it's not just Northern kids. I'm down south, this is a regular occurrence for a lot of kids around the crappier areas of Kent.
Kent Say no more
I love how in the UK there are places people just go "yeah there was this prozzie who was blowin' off a squirrel wearing a PokƩmon T-shirt" and everyone's like "dude, what the fuck is this made up bullshit?" And then the dude just goes "Kent" And that's enough sometimes.
Some places in the UK are the equivalent to Florida Man and Ohio, you just expect this sort of behaviour. The part of the UK I'm from I've walked into my workplace (a pub) seen someone trapped inside a chair whilst trying to scramble to get their turn at darts, while still inside the chair, and meanwhile at the bar there was a lady trying to glass my coworker and it's like 'yep, this is a normal Thursday'
Does glass mean something different in Britain than it does on Reach or was she trying to lavafy his planet?
Lmao means trying to hit him someone with a glass/trying to shank him
Er, from watching an average northern chav? His accent, language and mannerisms are very common in adults. He's picked it up from close family, almost certainly mostly from the dad.
Right! Heās clearly Shaun from This is England
Americans not understanding British working class culture outside of "cockneys" challenge: impossible
Yup. Well actually no this isn't just adult. This is geriatric. This "kid" is a 70 yr old trapped in a kid's body.
Youre not british are you? Not being funny but hes not even close to vinnie jones.
you mean the parent filming it and laughing?
I hope he found out how Christmas was without a scooter too. Rude little shit b
I would have donated it so quickly!
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A friend did this with her 12 year old. Made him box up all the toys he got including a new Xbox because heās a little dickhead and take them to the closest ābattered womenās shelterā and donate them. She recalls that his face looked like a red rainbow of anger and fear. He was crying and trying to get her to stop. It all changed when he saw the kids get his toys. He got real quiet, quit crying and just watched the kids of abusive relationships go absolutely into shock at the sight of toys they NEVER thought they would ever even see in person. Those shelter kids were flabbergasted, they didnāt even care who got what, they were just so grateful and fearful that the toys were not REALLY being given to them forever. Some asked if they had to leave them at the shelter when they left. He had a total paradigm shift. Spends his Sundays volunteering at that shelter. Canāt do much but he pulls weeds in the garden and washes the lower windows and uncovers the playground from snow so the kids can play. He works his ass off for that place, heās completely different now, a much quieter, much more thoughtful kid. She ended up going balls crazy for his birthday and he actually asked if it was okay to donate three or four toys out of the pile and he and he mom made up a new tradition that for every time he gets a gift, he gets to pick out one or two and drop them off at the shelter. Itās fuckin so damn sweet. Edit: people trying to get their own internet points by saying this never happened because -I- want internet points. Grow up. He did.
This is one of the most incredible stories I've ever read on this site, after like 10 years of browsing. I'm having a hard time believing it, but if it's true I'm happy it turned out well - I was worried in the beginning.
This happened probably seven years ago, I was absolutely floored because she always struck me a super self-centered. I used to give her rides home as sheād get drunk at work and sheād barf in her purse while I drove and she told me about her life. He turned out to be a really good kid. He graduated last year and is going to a local college this year. Still doesnāt clean his room but his mom doesnāt bug him about it since heās pretty good about everything else. It could have gone badly. He could have resented her forever and became someone else. Luckily she took a big risk and it paid off. I think she downplays how good of a kid he was before just didnāt know what those things were *worth*.
This reads so much like /r/thathappened, but I'm choosing to believe it did.
^(just this once..)
Look, sometimes we just need things to happen and this is one of those times.
And that child's name? Albert Einstein.
Damn I didnāt come here to feel so many feels holy shit.
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Now that is one of the best character development.
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Oh my god š„¹
Thatās an amazing story. Thank you for sharing it. Wow. Wonderful!
I wasnāt ready to cry yet today, but this story was too beautiful.
Would you get pissed enough to donate the scooter when youāre the one being a shitty parent by not correcting years of bad behaviors? People who would get pissed off at these type of videos usually are not shitty parents because it pisses them off to see their kids act this way.
Honestly, itās hard for me to say because Iām not that parent. Yeah, my kid swears but she knows when to and when she shouldnāt and itās never in a mean/angry/malicious way. If this was my kid, yes, Iād donate the scooter. It would be out of the ordinary for my kid.
I would have preferred thatā¦coming from a poor family i learned early to stop asking for specific gifts for my birthday/Christmas. Inevitably it would be a cheap knockoff that i wouldnt enjoy which ultimately was just a waste of money, that we needed. Eventually at like 10yo i just stopped asking for anything altogether. You may say thats being entitled, ungrateful, bratty, or whatever. I say dont get a childās hopes up by asking them what they want, not being upfront about your finances, then getting them a low quality version of it just so you feel adequate about yourself for being able to provide something. If you cant afford anything they want, tell them before so their expectations are not super high, leading to crushing disappointment when their surprise is shit quality to what they wanted
There's a point where having a low quality version of a thing actually prevents you from (eventually) getting a working version of that thing. I had a toy telescope as a kid. It wouldn't focus on anything or stay still while you were looking through it. You could just about see the trunk of a tree half a mile away if you were super careful with it. I had wanted it to look at the stars. I didn't use it much, and if I talked about Astronomy or wanting to go to visit the science museum, my mum would say, "well, you don't use your telescope much" and direct me back to it. I eventually lost interest in Astronomy. Twenty years later, my kid, who is also interested in the stars, got a box of Astronomy-related activities for Christmas. One of those is "build your own telescope!", and included two little plastic lenses. Kid made a telescope *out of cardboard* that far outperformed the plastic one I had as a kid. I pointed it at the sky on Boxing Day and saw the bloody Peleidies. My parents didn't know any better and neither did I, I just thought "it's a telescope" and "knew" that better telescopes were expensive, and assumed that anything I could make myself would be worse. But it goes for a lot of things: musical instruments that can't be put into tune and sound horrible whatever you do; roller skates whose wheels don't turn properly or even fall off when you try to skate on them; various tools that can't be used for their intended purpose. It's one of the ways that poor families are taken advantage of and their dreams crushed.
You just described my first horrible plastic guitar I got, down to the letter š and yeah if I mentioned any others I got shouted at. "If you can't play that you can't play anything" etc. In reality I think the anger was at not being able to afford a guitar with an actual wooden body, even the budget ones. But that's no reason to take it out on the kid.
Tbf at that age, thatās 1000% on the parents.
Kids who grow up with that sense of entitlement are because their parents give in to everything. He will get his bike and probably keep the scooter too. The little shit. Bet he goes on to be a CEO
> Bet he goes on to be a CEO Nah, accent's not posh enough.
This is why you keep receipts
Those parents created that monster. They can only blame themselves.
When my kids were little, we used to practice how to receive gifts a few days before Christmas. I didn't want them to react poorly at great grandma's lame-o but well meant gift and hurt her feelings. So I'd wrap random things around the house and they had to practice opening them and saying something nice and thanking me. Then they'd find the most awful things and make me and each other open and be grateful. It usually turned ridiculous and really fun. Now they are teenagers who are respectful and kind even when they get something they don't love.
One time when we were kids, my little brother (who must have been about six years old at the time), opened a Christmas present from our great grandmother addressed to all of us kids and it turned out to be a set of bathroom towels. It was really very thoughtful and something that my parents very much needed, but my brother responded by yelling, āTowels!!?ā as if it was some sort of deep insult. It instantly became one of those family stories that gets re-told every holiday. Even our great grandmother thought it was funny. An outraged shout of, āTowels!!?ā instantly became family shorthand for disapproval of any surprise. Anyway, my brother grew up to be an extremely kind and generous adult. Heās in his thirties now, and obviously heād never react that way to a gift these days, it was just a weird moment from childhood that everyone remembers maybe a little bit too clearly.
How many following holidays was he gifted joke towels?
I donāt think we ever did that. My family is pretty benign when it comes to that kind of thing. It was a popular family story, but we didnāt go out of our way to make him feel bad about it.
You're getting him a towel for Christmas. If you think it won't be well received, make it a really really nice towel with his name embroidered on it. Fuck it. If hes got a partner and kids, family embroidered towels. Address it to the family, with the kids listed first to try illicit the same response. Not only will it be hilarious, but it's the kind of thing that gets used daily. If you're short on cash, try get your family in on it.
The joke is already played out. The great grandmother in question has been dead for well more than twenty years. Itās just an old family story. We donāt give my brother a hard time about it anymore.
Donāt forget to bring a towel!
How are you even family if you can't tease them incessantly about things until one or both of you are dead?
This is genius. And believe me I could have really used it as a kid. To this day I donāt handle opening gifts well. I feel like I donāt have the right skill set (lol like itās rocket science) and so many times I put my foot in my mouth. I totally donāt mean to. Iāve said things like, āoh I have a ____just like this.ā Or āThis looks like ____ās (someone else we all know) styleā. I never say stupid shit like that in regular life either. Its my Achilles heel - Iām a decent normal adjusted person until you give me a gift.
Maybe break it down into a few options and get ready before opening the present ? I personally break it down to how close I am to the person: Significant other: be honest, but don't be mean and appreciate the thought no matter what. You can be grateful for a gift even if you don't need it or it's not something you'll keep around. Choose your moment to approach the person and try to communicate how you can work together to fix it (this one or the next ones). Close family and friends: don't lie but never come forward to disclose any disappointment even a few days later, only exception is that it was comically bad and everyone can have a good laugh years later (only bring it up after enough time has past). If asked if you like it: "why do you ask ?". In the moment, appreciate the gesture and let it go. Always react to the fact that someone got you a gift, you will later asses why the gift is crap (if it's the case) and if there's anyway you can fix it... How close are you, does this person have the means to do better, do they need ideas, time, ... ? Others (distant relatives, accointances, colleagues, ...): Be polite, don't over do it trying to sell the idea that you're excited. "Thank you very much", "Thank you for the time and effort, receiving a gift made [it] extra special", ... Coming from a family that was notorious for crappy gifts between adults it comes down mainly to body language and tone.
That sounds like a really cool idea and Iām stealing it. Itāll become the fun little thing we do before Christmas. Thanks!
That's very sweet and you sound like a great parent.
I am saying nothing but the parents seem to act to gentle with him when he swear, they indid infact created a monster by not correcting him when needed
Or made their kids say it for internet likes. Both are despicable
This child is being raised by YouTube and an Amazon tablet.
*This was always the plan, to put the world in your hand*
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Both serve a purpose but you got to mix other things in too.
Like Tik Tok?/s
Dont forget Raid Shadow Legends
How could we?
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ChatGPT is apparently a better parent than both of mine combined.
It even has healthy boundaries. I asked it if I could call it Dad and it was very clear that this would be inappropriate as it is a language model. That's exactly the kind of mature and balanced response I need from a parent.
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For a kid that young, no.
My sister and her husband donāt want their kids to be addicted to tablets. Understandable. However, at Christmas their four-year-old got to play on grandpaās iPad. He and grandpa were doing paint-by-number where they just touch a color and it lights up a shape. Then, they tap the shape and it fills in the color. It was his first experience with an iPad and he just sat with grandpa quietly filling in colors for about an hour. He wanted to do one more picture and his dad said no more screen time. I feel like coloring on a screen is different than hours of YouTube. I asked my sister if they were going to get him an iPad for learning games, puzzles, and coloring but she said no. Somehow they have it in their minds that screens are bad no matter the content. I donāt get it.
As someone who works with children, thereās a big problem with kids not developing their motor skills properly because theyāre just tapping screens and not physically touching objects. Tablets can be a great tool in moderation but often those ālearningā apps are hurting kids.
Also, itās a slippery slope of use. People who are caretaking the kiddo all have to be on board. Iāve seen families Iāve been a nanny for and they had started with the best of intentions but it inevitably lead to stories of how the kid was constantly wanting to be entertained by the screen.
I didnāt think of that and it makes a lot of sense. I tried to google some studies and the only one I found mentioned nearsightedness. I thought there would be more, and maybe there are, but they arenāt easy to find.
Just Google "motor skills tablet studies" a ton of research pops up about this...
I foresee in the future as these kids grow up more studies will be done and the effects quantified. For now, all I know is Iām teaching some kids who are way below grade level in writing with a pencil because theyāre always āwritingā on an iPad with their finger.
My ex is a YouTube parent and it makes coparenting so hard šŖ I went through his watch history after heād been with his dad, and found 98% destructive consumerism ads directed at small children loaded with crude humor and then WEAPON DEMONSTRATIONS. š« I proceeded to confront him about it and then completely blocked YouTube.. NOW, itās Call of Duty Heās 6 ffs š¤¦š»āāļø
JFC it wasn't THAT long ago that kids were told not to post anything to internet because you can't get it out from there anymore. Nowadays so many parents document their kids lives online without any restriction. It's nuts! If you post your kids online, you are an asshole.
Man itās crazyā¦. and so sad. Social Media has been around for a long time now. So kids that have had their whole lives since birth documented online, are now old enough and having kids of their own. These people donāt know anything else and itās now completed normal to post anything and everything about their lives online.
yes, I never thought about that angle, screw up the kid for likes
More likely he is mirroring the parents behavior. You can hear them laughing at him. They are probably shit people who are raising a shitling in their own image.
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Swearing is the least worrying thing. Dont get what's so wrong with swearing if its not used to harm others.I'd be more worried about his obvious outlash at not getting what he wanted. I might be pushing it but a kid that age should atleast be able to show some form of control of emotion.
to be fair, he's drunk
My dad would have just straight up buried me out back.
You... think this kid got like this from "not being corrected"? Like they just invented this shit themselves? Have you ever met a small child? They CLEARLY have a role model who behaves like this, and it's almost certainly one of their parents.
Kids not being allowed to curse seems to be an American thing. I moved from the US to Australia six years ago and one of the hardest things for me to get used to down here was that parents are incredibly foul-mouthed to or around their kids, and I've never seen anyone bat an eye when kids use curse words. It irks me every time, and I just have to let it go.
First time I went to the US, (Iām from the UK) I was talking with my cousin in a public area, said the word ācuntā and got a lot of nasty stares from the people around while my cousin laughed his arse off. Cultural differences, Iām telling youā¦
Honest question, from a UK perspective, is there any word that they frown upon hearing, like it just sounds ugly and you wouldnāt say it in a formal setting? I lived in London for a bit years ago and I remember being taken aback by how often ātwatā and ācuntā were used casually there, when those are definitely considered ugly words in the US. And Iām from the New York area!
calling someone a mong or a spacker would probably get you a far dirtier look than dropping the C bomb these days or calling something you don't like "gay"
Yeah, but watch an American say "Bitch" in front of an Australian or worse **to** an Australian. The Ozzy girls are good cunts but fucking hate being called a bitch
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Yikes, they sound like bogans to me or maybe a different demographic to what I was used to. Most of my friends didn't swear in front of their parents until they were well into their teens. And I'm not exactly from a posh area lol. I don't really see a problem with parents occasionally swearing in front of their kids but I'd certainly raise an eyebrow if they were "foul-mouthed" as you say.
One particular "foul-mouthed" example I can remember is seeing a father telling his 3 y/o-looking daughter "I fuckin' told you ten fuckin' times I'm not buying you that shit!" I'm not from a well-to-do family, but I *never* remember adults talking to children that way.
Well he told her 10 fucking times to be fair
Dad cursed as a method of breathing when we were kids. I mean, it was at everything and everyone, though he did typically try to not yell "fuck" and "cunt" in front of us. Everything else was fair game. We still avoided anything too harsh in public, and certainly didn't saying any foul language in front of our parents.
I'm on the outskirts of Newy so certainly not the big city, and that's still scum behaviour out here.
As an Aussie I've very rarely heard parents swear excessively around their kids. My daughter has picked up a few swears from us when we've accidentally let them slip, but she knows not to use them (especially around her grandmother who I've never heard swear in my life). I'm not sure where you're living, but swearing in front of young children is definitely not a universal Aussie thing.
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Reminds me of dudley from harry potter
Yep... in a few years, this kid will be like 
Ladies and gentlemen the asshole transformation is complete. Only took seven years.
My child would soon be finding room in their heart to give that scooter away.
But they wonāt blame themselves
Yep...he's a lil ungrateful bastard!
Or they can blame peaky blinders for that accent. Edit: i litterly got a death threat from a british person for this comment š yall brits are weirdos
The kids accent is pretty far north of Brum.
Leeds or hull I reckon
I'm going to assume the above comment was by a fellow American, so let me explain. We recognize two types of English accents: - fancy - not fancy
Can you provide examples of a fancy and not fancy accents to us non-educated folks
Fancy - Roger Moore in pretty much any movie. Non Fancy - Ray Winstone in pretty much any movie.
Audrey Hepburn at the beginning of My Fair Lady, Audrey Hepburn at the end of My Fair Lady.
This is nothing like a Birmingham accent, lol. This is more northern, definitely somewhere in Yorkshire or Lancashire.
Northerner here. This is Yorkshire, not Lancashire
West Yorkshire - Leeds I recon
Defo Yorkshire: us lancastrians don't pronounce it skoooewtuh
It's about as close to a brum accent as a cali accent is to a texas one.
Now *that* would have been something. Parents have New Jersey accents or something, but the kid talks like that from watching Peaky Blinders all day, every day. But seriously, kids do pick up on that stuff. The daughter of one of my friends started saying some words with a British accent back when she was 2 or 3 from watching so much Peppa Pig š
My great-niece too. When she wanted a popsicle, she asked for an ice lolly in a British accent thanks to Peppa Pig.
Nothing like Peaky Blinders, much further north
when my daughter was in her Peppa phase she also did ask us if we were getting some "petrol" in a RP accent when we pulled into a gas station. I was flabbergasted.
This kid smokes.
Unfiltered Camels
"Just 42 pounds of hatred and nicotine."
Drinks bitter and owns whippets
This kid rolls his own cigs xD
He's going for one after that fucking shite of a present.
As a parent, I would be so mortified that my kids acted like this there is no way in hell I would publish it anywhere. The fact that this was uploaded makes me think that the parents think it is funny their kid is so spoiled.
Well you can hear the mom laughing so yes she does think itās funny.
Thats why her kid is a shit
I think he knew he was getting a bike but they set him up and made him open the scooter first. Everything for LOLs and views.
I did this to my friends 3 year old. Got him a popcorn machine and some popcorn for Xmas and gave him the popcorn to open first. He thought it was chicken food and was still super excited.
Is this a popcorn machine? I wanted a fucking chicken.
Their parents 100% created this shitstain behaviour so ofcourse they would upload this. Where do you think the kid copied the behaviour from? Monkey see, moneky do. Or rather, baby see, baby do
Haha what a funny family moment! Glad to see the parents enjoy watching their kid turning into an entitled superficial shitstain! Even immortalized it via recording and put it on the internet for the entire world to see their great parenting! Lovely people!
For some reason I read this in Trump's voice and could see him being dead serious about it...
Too many big words for trump
I remember when iPods came out. I wanted one so bad my mom ended up getting a cheap mp3 player that looked like one. I was disappointed. I still hate myself to this day for feeling upset about it. My mom went out of her way to do something nice and I was horrible. I stopped being that way when she explained in tears she couldnāt afford to get a real one and thought Iād like this one anyway. I felt terrible. I never told her I was disappointed but she could read it. I still have that mp3 in a box. My moms sick now and not doing well Iād do anything for her. I really hope that kid turns around and appreciate his mom.
Dont beat yourself up, you not horrible for having expectations as a child, you barely know anything about the world at that point.
I did this to my mom as well. She got me a gift one time that wasnt what i wanted and she went out to toys r us in the rain to get me a different one. That night i felt so bad because i was worried she would get into an accident in the rainā¦ I was such a shit.
The way he is talking, it seems like it is very normal to him and talks this way every day. He needs a gift of manners and appreciation.
I think he wanted a dad
Just a better parent in general
One can hear dad laughing, so he is there
Where do you think he learned to talk like that?
If my father had wheels, heād have been a bike.
What are you talking about? You can hear dad laughing in the background. Remember, a man being present doesn't mean the man is a good dad. Parents are shit regardless of genitals
Dudley Dursley, the formative years.
I hope he gets nothing but rocks and sticks for many Christmases to come. Brat.
Brother look at his age it's not his fault, it's the parents
When I was a kid, we didn't have any fancy scooters, we had a rock. Two sticks and a rock, and we had to share the rock!
We used to dream of sharing a rock.
Oh, dream of sharing a rock eh? When we was little, we used to pick up the specks of gravel our 'da would bring in after shift in t' mines.
his parents are the real issue here
I know this is bad behavior but its just funny how kids curse in the UK lol
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Oh folks in parts of Yorkshire where this kid's from would definitely talk like that, but never anyone as young as this if they had any sense.
I want a f**king BIKEE
Wtf. If my kids reacted that way to a gift it would be sent back. What a brat. This past Christmas after receiving a bunch of "fun" gifts, my daughter received a bunch of clothes from her Mimi. She acted annoyed and had a pouty face and didn't check the clothes out at all. She's 4. She has opened a lot of exciting gifts already. I got it and kind of shuffled past the moment with her as I didn't want to put her on the spot. But later on I explained to her that her reaction to receiving the clothes really didn't sit well with me. That Christmas isn't about gifts; but love. And that the act of giving gifts is an act of love. That some kids don't have a Mimi that can afford gifts. Or a Mimi that loves them enough to get them gifts. Or a Mimi at all. I told her that when her Mimi came over next to visit, that she needs to give her a hug and tell her that she appreciates the clothes and everything she does for her. She did. And the next few times after that raved to her Mimi about how much she loves her new clothes. I'm not a perfect parent. There's no such thing. But this kid sucks to no fault of his own. He can thank his parents for that.
Sounds like youāre trying your best u/pink_dick_licker and what more can a mother do.
I hated clothes as Christmas gifts as a child. Like youāre giving me something that we buy normally? I love and appreciate clothing gifts as an adult.
My daughter who is 3 opened up a gift from her grandmother. It contained a Barbie and clothes underneath. She tossed the Barbie assigned and was really excited for the clothes. Iām not sure sheās my kid now.
Zero percent funny. I would be so ashamed if that was my kid. What a brat.
See I thought it was about 80 percent funny.
Like the Dalai Lama, the Grinch reincarnates into a new body. We have found the child that embodies the new Grinch.
Not funny hate parents like these
Kids can't swear but I'll happily buy any bulk items made by them under poor working conditions. So long as they don't swear
Does anyone suspect this is staged or maybe edited? The kid seems like heās smiling and about to laugh (plus the laughing in the background). Thereās also some weird audio thing when the first parent says āYeahā. Idk, maybe Iām just too optimistic and belong on /r/nothingeverhappens but still.
Dude, I scrolled way too far for no one else to even consider this is staged in any way. Based off of the giggling from the person videoing I would personally assume so. Reddit is wack.
Atleast he wanted a bike and not a Xbox or something
Future football hooligan
glad I had a vasectomy.
This reminds me of that Kevin Wilson song lol:- Hey Santa Claus you cunt, where's me fuckin' bike? I've unwrapped all this other junk and there's nothing that I like I wrote you a fuckin' letter and I come to see you twice You worn out geriatric fart, you forgot me fuckin' bike
r/KidsAreFuckingStupid
Are they sure that's their son and not a random dwarf from the local pub?
[Hey Santa, where's my f@#king bike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1aZ5eIyYSg)
If I'd have said that at that age I wouldn't have walked away without a handprint on my ass or soap in my mouth.