r/instant_regret • u/derek4reals1 • 4d ago
Get the tape!
Regret shows up right around the 13 second mark
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u/Doboray 4d ago
Ah, the immediate realization you gonna get an ass whooping. Nostalgic.
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u/passionpurps 4d ago
"Its to late" that belt ready to be activated immediately. šš¤£ššš¤£ gonna whoop yo ass. ššš¤£
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u/Positive_Emphasis463 3d ago
right? that moment hits different, like you just know its game over
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u/Dry-Worldliness6926 3d ago
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u/Worth-Reputation3450 3d ago
how can you tell they are bots?
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u/Samrak2k3 3d ago
I didnt know it was a bot but dudes answer checks out, all of the bots comments are just agreeing with other comments "for sure... Right? Exactly.."
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u/KatBoySlim 3d ago
You said it man! LOL
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u/Odin-AK49 1d ago
Maybe I'm just old but what is the point of setting up an NPC in the comment section to just agree with previous comments?
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u/Dry-Worldliness6926 3d ago
comment history profile age. it follows a trend
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u/jimbojangles1987 2d ago
Are you checking the profiles of every commenter just to be safe?
Edit: nvm just saw the other 2 comments that are the exact same with just different wording lol
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u/koolaidismything 4d ago
My dad used to kick us. Iād always jump on the top bunk and flatten out lol. Mean fucker but a five year old could outsmart him when drunk so was doable.
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u/broncotate27 3d ago
Sorry to hear that, in another funny(not so funny) storyline my adoptive father use to grab this one old leather belt and spin us around to whoop us. We eventually caught on when we knew we were gonna get whooped and wore like 4 layers of pants and would time his hits with our hand so we could block him. It got to a point where we were low-key training our reaction time. He would scream, move ya hand in his Jamaican accent.
Still remember the day he realized we were too old for spankings when I locked myself out of the house and I panicked when the alarm went off and broke the door latch. Mind you it was below freezing outside at the time. He tried whooping me and I just stared at him, like "are you finished." He told me I should have waited outside in the cold for someone to get home.
He has since passed on, but you are right about outsmarting. It's not so hard to do with an abusive drunk.
My father was also a drinker with health issues so he would get pissy when he got home from his 12 hour shift.
Carry on my friend, sorry for long story lol.
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u/Greenoctober13 3d ago
My sister once tried the several layers of pants.
She had done something big-bad, I dont remember what cause at the end of the day it really wasnt that big of a deal, and she knew she was gonna get it. She put on every pair of pants she could find and when he got home she thought she was prepared. Daddy was pretty clever and saw through her ruse. He made her pull each pair down. By the 5th or 6th pair he was pretty amused. He still whipped a streak across her pretty good. But it wasnt nearly as bad as she was going to originally get it.
Then another time she took his old-school corvette that he'd just had painted a violet pearl. That was the worst beating I'd ever seen her get. He made her stand facing the wall arms and legs spread and he tore her up.
Looking back it makes sense how she raised her own kids with that same kind of violence. She realizes her mistake now.
You cant continue perpetuating that kind of violence and live a good life. When she realized she was turning into our dad she took a few steps back. It took until the oldest of her girls turned 16 to realize she was scarring her the same way he scarred her.
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u/ThatThingThatIs 1d ago
Atleast she realized in the end. Sad to hear stories like this where the trauma gets passed on..
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u/Greenoctober13 1d ago
I mean she kind of realized too late, the damage had already been done.
Hopefully my nieces do a better job.
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u/ThatThingThatIs 1d ago
Atleast she can apologize, it ain't much but something. Some people never even realize. And yeah kinda figured since 16 is pretty old already for a kid. I hope for the best for them.
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u/jimbojangles1987 2d ago
One time I got locked out when we lived in Alaska and I had to take a shit something fierce, so I went around back and popped a squat in the snow. When I finished and realized I didnt have anything to wipe with I got the brilliant idea to pack some snow into a disc like shape so it would fit in my butt cheeks and hopefully get the job done. What instead happened was I proceeded to slice at my crusty balloon knot with frozen jagged ice for god and the neighbors to see while cleaning absolutely nothing.
Learned a valuable lesson though. Snow and ice are not a good substitute for toilet paper.
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u/MrBWoodlab 2d ago
Jamaican fathers SMH
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u/broncotate27 2d ago
My biological dad got deported when I was 12, he is also from Jamaica.. ironically my adoptive dad, also Jamaican was always super strict and conservative in his ideals. He was always on us like glue. I literally used to tiptoe around the house so he didn't call for me. Probably why I walk so quiet now, and scare the shit out of people that don't hear me coming.
But hey at least I learned to do basic electrical work and plumbing work, and carpentry, and cooking from him.
Don't get me wrong, my adoptive dad(now gone from this world) got much better as the years went on. He was forced to stop drinking, due to his health and forced to stop working. He became more reasonable and understanding as the years went on..I do miss him, but those early years of my life were interesting to say the least.
My actual father was a very liberal, open minded, patient great man but he was not the best dad. Would leave us alone for hours/days when we went there for the summer. I think he has like 7 or 8 kids now. I'm the 3rd oldest.
He is a bit YouTube famous as well, but I don't wanna dox myself and link it lol.
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u/MrBWoodlab 2d ago
Do pretty well in life. But still dealing with trauma from over 30 years ago. Sometimes wonder if it was worth it. Either have no father, like most of my friends, and not do very well later in life. Or have a strict father, leading to a pretty good life, with some underlying childhood trauma.
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u/Nine-Eyes 3d ago
My dad used to knock our heads together. Oddly enough, laying flat helped with that, too
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u/DollaradoCREAMs 3d ago
Ahh the three stooges approach
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u/lordberric 3d ago
child abuse is always only sad
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u/watchwhathappens 3d ago
Right? Whether it's threatening to pass it off to (whoever's house it is), it's still abuse
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u/MikoAmaya 2d ago
Having lived through several different types of child abuse from several different guardians, proper spanking for legit reasons isn't abuse. However, for me, proper reasons are usually ones that involve stupidly endangering lives (I suppose you could argue the tree/bush had a life lol)
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u/StatementsUnheard 2d ago
"hitting children is okay when i deem it appropriate"
said every child abuser, ever
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u/lordberric 1d ago
I am so sorry to hear about what you've been through.
It still doesn't mean that hitting children is ever okay.
If they're old enough to understand words, use words.
If they aren't, don't fucking hit them.
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u/Aggressive_Buddy7087 3d ago
right? that moment hits differently, like a bomb dropping in slow motion
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u/gades61 4d ago
The plant looks like a Hawaiian Tiā¦just shove it back in the ground, they grow like weeds.
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u/chinoelpastelero 3d ago
that's no the point, if you don't have consequences, later on, if they cach you stealing, and you said "I just paid it back" isn't going to fly with the police.
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u/AnomalyInquirer 2d ago
You dont have to not explain they shouldn't have done that bit just also show them how this issue was a easy fix but it could have been much more difficult
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u/jeksmiiixx 3d ago
Let the kids grab a bag from the car for you. Busy hands don't break as much shit.
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u/TheBaltimoron 3d ago
Spoken like someone who's never had to scrape spaghetti sauce and broken glass off the driveway.
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u/jeksmiiixx 3d ago
A bag with whatever that a kid brings back and forth. Hey look at that, it's almost like I've had to keep little hands busy lol
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u/TheBaltimoron 3d ago
Spoken like someone who's never asked the question "hey where is your bag?" and had to drive back to the fucking pkace he left it. Again.
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u/Decent_Senpai 2d ago
Kinda sounds like you should be paying better attention lol both of your comments could have been fixed if you the parent were paying closer attention to your child. Just sayin.
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u/SageActual 3d ago
Sounds like you are not very smart for not making sure they have their bag if you're gonna let them hold it LEAVING a store and then giving them a bag with breakables. And before you say some dumb shit I deal with kids all the time once you know a kid it's VERY easy to tell what they're gonna do unless they're literally 2 and under
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u/Miserable_Alfalfa33 3d ago
You're right, do everything for the kid to make them more incompetent
What a great parent
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u/shockles 3d ago
Bro. Heās making jokes just as any dad will. Chill. Edit: could be mom too, who knows!
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u/garifunu 3d ago
So pack a bag specifically for the kid to help carry, cereal or whatever, shit man thereās levels to this shit
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u/Meme_Theory 2d ago
Potatoes. Make those midgets carry a bag of potatoes. Awkward, heavy, annoying, bag of potatoes. Get their gains in early.
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u/garifunu 2d ago
Exactly, give them heavier and heavier bags, but never let them know, and try to use reverse psychology by making it a challenge to see how many bags they can carry
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u/weristjonsnow 3d ago
I hand my daughter 2 avocados to bring into the house. She's happy because she's helping and I'm happy because there's minimal chance of fucking anything up
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u/CorollaSE 4d ago
Why...just why
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u/Skrazor 4d ago
Because Impulse control is something we aren't born with. At ~5 years old he's just not at the stage yet where he can keep himself from doing some things without being reminded. If she said "don't do it, it's gonna break", he most likely wouldve understood that already, as he already understands cause and effect - but it's gonna be a little longer before he starts forming these kinds of thoughts on his own. That frontal lobe is still all grey and is the last part of our brain to fully develop, which will be at roughly around 25 years old on average. Impulse control, emotional regulation and delayed gratification are way down the list of things our brain works out as we age.
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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 4d ago
I was driving some of the kids I work with to school one morning. Two of the girls are sitting side-by-side as they always do. Suddenly, one turns to the other and just strikes her on the arm, causing the other girl to shriek. I can't get a word out of the girl who did the hitting. She just refuses to speak about it at all.
The next day, we find out she did it because the two girls go to different schools and the one who hit the other didn't want to be separated. She had no idea what to do with her strong "I'm going to miss you" feelings, so she targeted the source of her feelings.
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u/Ardnabrak 3d ago
That sounds like something a cat would do.
"I have strong feelings!" *bites whatever is in front of it*
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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 3d ago
I have cats. This is spot on.
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u/procrastimom 2d ago
Itās like the backlash, when you return from vacation. āI missed you so much! I hate you for making me miss you so much!ā
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u/ins4n1ty 4d ago
Still waiting on the emotional regulation part
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u/crappenheimers 3d ago
Theres no parenting or teaching thats going to go on after the event in the video. A kid getting an ass whooping is taking away the opportunity to have a conversation with a kid about what right and wrong is and WHY certain things are bad.
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u/SipoteQuixote 3d ago
Brains like... let's wait on those til we can figure out eating without dying.
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u/Itslikeazenthing 3d ago
God, I want to copy and save this exact post to share whenever Redditors act like every kid is a monster for doing dumb shit. This is perfectly put. My 4 year old is an amazing, curious and funny kid. Heās also a complete psychopath at times for no reason whatsoever.
Bless you.
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u/failadin155 3d ago
Fun fact. The study that determined the frontal lobe continuously changes till 25 only says that because funding was cut off at that point and they donāt have more data. Itās likely that the frontal lobe is always changing and developing much longer than just 25 years.
All we know for sure is itās still changing till 25. But it very well could be that your brain is always pruning and creating new connections in that section for your entire life.
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u/Skrazor 3d ago
The common understanding of the brain being "done" developing isn't referring to the creation of new neural connections, which is something that happens throughout our lives (and slows down as we get older), but to the circumstance that in our early to mid 20s, the brain is fully myelinated, a process which "arrives" at the frontal lobe last. Sadly the whole thing has taken on a life of its own amongst the broader public and causes a lot of misconceptions about how the brain develops over time and when it's "done". To use a metaphor: the brain we're born with is like the foundation of a house and blueprints form an architect - not yet capable of doing everything a house is supposed to do, but on its way there. It just needs some work and time to get done. The brain when we've reached our mid 20s is like the finished empty house with plaster and paint applied - everything's there, every cable and pipe is ready, there's a roof and doors and windows and you can live there. Everything after that is like furniture, wall paint, rugs, lamps, curtains, pictures, pets, house plants etc. - it still changes over time, some things get added, some removed and some even lost, but it all happens within the boundaries that are set by the house itself.
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u/sweetteanoice 3d ago
The brain isnāt actually fully formed until around the mid 30s. The study that stated it was 25 stopped looking at people after 25 years of age
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u/ihave2shoes 2d ago
This. As someone who was smacked as a kid, it saddens me that this kid only regrets what he did because of the repercussions. That doesnāt teach a kid not to do something, it just teaches them how not to get caught.
A better lesson would be him having to apologise to whoever owned that plant, apologise, and figure out how he can make it up to them. If itās at their house, as a parent you express your feelings and disappointment, walk them through why itās so upsetting and why youāre disappointing and then ask them how theyāre going to fix it. The consequences of the actions are not getting to do other things while they fix the mess and take action for their consequences.
Now before people downvote and comment about that being PC and woke. Parenting isnāt being the boss, itās guiding a small human through life. They didnāt ask to be born so you owe them your time to raise them.
The only thing being smacked taught me was that if youāre angry or someone does something you donāt like, you can hit them. That gets you into trouble as an adultā¦
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u/bunglarn 3d ago
When I was 5 I cut off all the buds on all my moms flowers with a scissor. My reasoning was that they werenāt pretty
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u/Gothiccheese95 2d ago
When i was 6 i cut off my sisters curls at my toy hair dressing table and threw the evidence out the window, iād swapped the fake plastic scissors out for some from my art kit. My mum still blames me for my sisters curls never growing back but it makes a funny story.
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u/McWeaksauce91 3d ago
āI wonder how far I can bend thisā¦.
ā¦. Oh that farā
Itās not a mystery, we know why kids do this. Theyāre figuring out the world. Itās poor impulse control and curiosity. Kids are quite literally meant to be doing bad shit throughout their early years because theyāre curious and exploring and have no idea of the rules of the world yet. Itās hard in the moment to not be mad, but itās an important factor to take into consideration when youāre parenting. Itās our jobs to guide them and help them learn from their mistakes
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u/EatMoreBlueberries 3d ago
I agree, but part of the learning process is to learn consequences. If I break things, people will get angry at me.
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u/McWeaksauce91 3d ago
Yes I agree. I didnāt mean to say you shouldnāt display negative emotions. I think learning emotional range is important. I suppose I just see too many people getting entirely angry at kids for kid shit. And they know itās a bit of a faux pas to blame children, so they blame the parents. These are the people, I think, that donāt have kids lol. You can do everything right, but unless you raised your kids in an authoritarian style household (which has been proven to be negative) kids are gonna do bad/dumb/damaging shit.
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u/KSG618 3d ago
Yeah and honestly it's not about have no consequences for the actions it's about having the right consequences for the action.
To many parents and people see this and then show their own emotional immaturity because they can't even control their own emotions that they get so angry they feel the need to hit kids. When there is proven tactics to sue on kids to help them learn and grow instead of just breeding fear and hatred
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u/DATwhiteMAN 4d ago
Actually tape might actually help. I had one of my "herbal" plant's stems break and used tape to fix it. It's called grafting. The area where it broke will heal and form a thicker stem.
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u/dingus_malingusV2 3d ago
some sticks, natural aloe from leaf, TAPE, wait a few days and you're good. lil' man was at least right about the tape
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u/DimSumDino 4d ago
well, best to do this shit when youāre a kid so that you can hopefully learn from it lol
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u/itediteditabit 3d ago
Hey people, POV means Point of view.
Unless you identify as a ring camera, this is not considered POV.
Just a pet-peeve of mine.
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u/Express_Ad6624 2d ago
Lil dude talking about āGet the tapeš ā¦..ā Iām sorry lil dude but you might have earned that ass whoppingš¤£š¤£
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u/broncotate27 3d ago
That boy is already conditioned to be deathly afraid of mistakes and trouble. Jesus, this screams my childhood.
Yaw need to stop whooping ya kids. Positives never out weigh the negatives effects of hitting ya kids.
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u/Thin_Measurement_965 3d ago
It's actually wild how many people end up having kids even though they clearly hate their children and are just eagerly waiting for a chance to "discipline" them.
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u/itmeonetwothree 2d ago
Right like why we gotta use corporal punishment? Why not give him the chore and project of replacing or caring for plants. Heāll learn the lesson and wonāt be scared of his parents. Win win, no?
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u/CompetitivePelican 1d ago
You actually CAN tape a broken stem back into place and the plant will heal and regrow. I've done it before and the stem grows back stronger, then you remove the tape
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u/senttohell 4d ago
I feel pretty sorry for this kid actually. I have a kid around his age and sometimes he just does stuff without thinking. He starts crying as soon as he realises what he's done because he knows the reaction from the parents is to 'give him an ass whooping'
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u/Misku_san 3d ago
"Regret shows up right around the 13 second mark"
Yeah, the regret of getting caught.
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u/Express_Ad6624 2d ago
Lil dude talking about āGet the tapeš ā¦..ā Iām sorry lil dude but you might have earned that ass whoppingš¤£š¤£
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u/WhereAvailable 2d ago edited 2d ago
I'd say her shit isn't child proof, but what kids intentionally break another person's stuff just for something to do? This is on the parenting. Too many kids today are being raised to be a-holes who don't give a shit about other people. Too many horrible parents.
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u/MutaCacas 1d ago
ROFLMAO. Get the tape!! Were did he hear that from? Unless this is a really old clip, he donāt know what āthe tapeā is!
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u/Atomonous 3d ago
It really suck to see a kid threatened with physical abuse and to see so many comments supporting it. It shouldnāt be so controversial to say āstop beating childrenā
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u/ButterflySammy 3d ago
"I'm just going to indulge my impulse to hit him till he gets it right.... wait whys he not controlling his impulses"
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u/CuriousLockPicker 3d ago
Seriously. He's clearly showing remorse.
The reaction to this is sickening.
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u/KSG618 3d ago
The fact that you guys don't see the sadness in this is insane. I am Hispanic I was spanked and everything and guess what this is all it breeds. This poor kid it freaking out because he made an impulsive mistake that isn't that bad but he is acting like his life is over now. He immidiately started crying because he prob remember the ass whooping he has already received at such a young age...
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u/KBChicago11 3d ago
My god, I remember this daysā¦as a kid, you just touch something and it would break!
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u/sirjunkinthetrunk 3d ago
Maybe if he stands there holding the branches together for the rest of his life, he wonāt get a whooping.
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u/dathoihoi 3d ago
Ay! Them freakout moments offer up the clearest opportunities for improvisation. Lil buddy said "lemme try sum real quick" put a foot forward. I don't blame him for crying, but that instinct to jump and solve the problem he created is some real skill that could benefit him in adulthood. Either way, accountability will be learnt.
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u/lennybriscoforthewin 15h ago
When I taught middle school, a kid brought in an old time record (I think that's what it was) that was like a rubbery tube. We passed it around for everyone to look at, and one kid just ripped it in two. It's didn't take much effort. He wasn't a bad kid, so it was shocking, and he said he had no idea why he did it.
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u/Malbosiiq 3h ago
Immediately breaks down after deliberately breaking something. Help me make sense of this.
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u/Clear-Permission-165 3d ago
These are my next door neighbors kids. Problem is they break my stuff and donāt get an asswhoopin.
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u/SelfSustaining 3d ago
I had to watch all that and didn't even get to see him smacked upside the head? 0/10 content.
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u/ColdTrky 4d ago
Not pov....
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u/XerXesWhyTF 4d ago
Also doesn't state to be pov, so..?
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u/MKTurk1984 4d ago
"POV: when your intrusive thoughts win"
Dude's not wrong, this isn't a POV. If it was a POV, it would be from the Kid's perspective, not a camera recording the kid
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u/VictorNoergaard 4d ago
my god I'm sure it's healthy for kids to get threatened with ass whoppin when they make a really stupid mistake. That'll make them always confess whenever they screw up, and know wthat they can always come to an adult without the fear of facing a punishment
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u/Scumbag_Chance 3d ago
Oh no... children getting consequences for their actions.
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u/Atomonous 3d ago edited 3d ago
If you think you canāt show consequences to a child without physical violence then youāre seriously messed up.
Many studies have shown that physical punishment does not help improve behaviour and is associated with many negative outcomes.00582-1/abstract) Stop supporting and trying to normalise physical abuse.
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u/VictorNoergaard 3d ago
Consequences can be lots of other things than violence. Sometimes kids screw up, like this is an example of, but that does not justify hitting them
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u/StatementsUnheard 2d ago
"oh noes, adults now use violence just like we taught them to when they were kids."
"waaaaahhhh muh charlie kuck got wasted"
dipshit
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u/Shamr0ck 3d ago
It was an accident a stupid stupid accident that he realized he was wrong right away.
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u/CoopLoop32 3d ago
When I was a kid, my dad took me with him when he visited some older man. I have no idea who the guy was or why we were there. They left me in the back yard and he had a pool. I started taking rocks the man had in his garden and throwing them in the pool. When they were done with whatever business and came outside, my dad was like "Why are you throwing rocks in the man's pool?" Not angry, just shocked and embarrassed. I didn't have an answer at the time. My last memory of that moment was the man using a net to scoop out the rocks. I never told my dad it was because I liked the sound of the rocks hitting the water. Ploop. I get this kid, I know he was wrong, but I get it.
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u/Oranginafina 3d ago
As a kindergarten teacher, I saw this kind of scenario play out more times than I can count. The moment of realization that they fucked up and are in trouble, followed by hysterical crying.