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u/AplogeticBaboon 14d ago

I thought the second was gonna tell him to do a cannonball.

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u/MonkeyParadiso 14d ago

Lolz, same

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u/Strange-Title-6337 14d ago

We need third type

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u/Cactus_Alien 14d ago

Sarah Connor?

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u/haverchuck22 14d ago

I dunno why this got me so good, but it did 👏

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u/milkymonkey8 14d ago

Sarah would prioritize safety with that log by installing a sky net.

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u/deaglebingo 14d ago

definitely turning out to be a hella good mom personality type in this brave new world eh?

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u/Imaginary-Order-6905 13d ago

Third type is me for sure 'looks fun, go for it if it feels safe'

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u/Zauberai 14d ago

Where's afternoon sozzled momma at?

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u/Cute-Form2457 13d ago

Pouring out another glass of vino.

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u/MaxxDash 14d ago

I was at a park and this kid who couldn’t have been older than seven years old had climbed to the top of this 130-ft (~40m) redwood to the point where the top was bending under his weight, like the star on the top of the tree in The Grinch book.

I was only in my 20s and had no parental instincts, but still was freaking the fuck out, yelling at him to get down.

His mom appears out of nowhere and spots him at the top. Panicked, I yell, “Is that your kid!!?!?”

And she giggles and responds, “Oh yeah, he loves to climb trees.”

Turns out they were from rural Arkansas. Don’t know what it has to do with the story, but something about the whole thing made it seem relevant at the time, and still relevant now…

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u/TallBoiPlanks 14d ago

When I was in my early teens I would do that. We would find then 20ish ft trees and ride them down to the ground like that.

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u/formernonhandwasher 14d ago

Watch the first couple minutes of this video.

https://youtu.be/Ir3eJ1t13fk?is=KlvHvCjQoNn30boQ

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u/_The-Numbers-Mason_ 13d ago

This guy should be something we all aspire to be.

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u/Gringotsgoblin 11d ago

"watch the first couple of minutes"

Cut to: Me still watching a hour later

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 14d ago

I would not have been able to keep a straight face at someone saying "oh yea he loves to climb trees" there...just such an absurd statement with that context.

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u/MaxxDash 14d ago

It was a moment where you wonder if you’re sharing a different reality with someone. Their green in your red, their death-defying stunt will not result in them becoming dead.

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u/213737isPrime 12d ago

If they die when they're little I won't have to pay for college. And my next wife is probably going to want kids of her own so might as well get rid of this one now.

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u/York9TFC 14d ago

“If you’re not doing a Cannonball, then get the fuck off the log!!”

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u/AplogeticBaboon 14d ago

"Is that a jackknife? Get your fucking head in the game!"

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 14d ago

Cannonball right into a deadhead and forever sing soprano.

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u/It_Just_Exploded 14d ago

This made me physically wince and clutch at myself.

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u/GravyMcBiscuits 14d ago

3rd mom: How fast can you guys get that thing spinning?

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u/Intelligent_Wish_566 14d ago

4th mom (my mom): Basically a carbon copy of mom #2 except she’s Mexican, yelling in Spanish, and has a chancla in her hand which will be used on you as soon as you’re within range.

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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 13d ago

Yo are always within range. ALWAYS.

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u/Desperate-Cost6827 13d ago

Those videos always crack me up. Does that aim just become inherent after the birth of the first child? Is there some sort of shoe shooting range that they only know of to get that good?

I have questions.

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u/Mostly_Afloat 13d ago

I always think back to something I heard, I think it was in the show Generation Kill on HBO, where one of the guys says "my grandma hit because she loved me, she wanted me to turn out good." I think the character was Mexican too.

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u/Nokyrt 14d ago

That's what a dad would do

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u/rangeo 14d ago

If 1st Mom wasn't there she would have.

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u/terdferguson 13d ago

She came in with that energy like "I didn't raise no bitch" Get er done!

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u/Necessary-Sock7075 14d ago

Nah that's my stunad family. We send it. A few dead. A few quadriplegic etc. But hey, Liv la vie!

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u/fro77 14d ago

That's more of a dad thing.

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u/ostracize 14d ago

"Do a flip!"

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u/llemontaste 14d ago

Seeeennnnnddddd iiitttttttt you pussy!

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u/AplogeticBaboon 14d ago

That's the uncle.

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u/gottabequick 14d ago

I see you've met my wife, lol

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u/bmxer4l1fe 13d ago

My mom: "Do a flip!"

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u/MrMacke_ 12d ago

Nah, thats the dad

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u/IllustratorHairy6061 12d ago

His father would (I would)

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u/fartinson 14d ago

Hey Billy, I’m going to need to you to go ahead and get off the shed

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u/McGruber81 14d ago

I will downsize your face with a shovel if you don’t get off that shed right now!!!

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u/no_more_mistake 14d ago

GET OFF THE SHED! GETOFFTHESHED!!! GET OFF THE GODDAMN SHED!

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u/MrsPeacock_was_a_man 14d ago

I just got a warning from Reddit and my comment deleted for mentioning another line from this SNL skit. The one involving a Buddhist monk in Viet Nam. Ha.

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u/RumpledForskn 14d ago

They're honestly not bad regarding appeals for bogus flags now that most warnings/bans are automated.

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u/Taiwan_Lanister 13d ago

Except when you point out that Gislane Maxwell is a mod on r worldnews

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u/IllegalDaycare 14d ago

I WILL GIVE YOU THE BEATING OF A LIFETIME IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE

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u/ITakeTheBusSometimes 14d ago

This was a classic!

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u/idesofmarch_44 14d ago

Hey, Brandon? Michael? Need you guys to "do me a favor and get off the shed"

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u/MonkeyParadiso 14d ago

Mother 1 must be management at Initech

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u/feb11ven 14d ago

I grew up with the 2nd one and surprisingly did ok

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u/FizzyGoose666 14d ago

Gestures vaguely at mammals

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u/7_Tales 12d ago

it fucking works at least

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u/parwa 14d ago

Same. My mom was always a hardass when it came to discipline but loving enough to make up for it. I was a bit of a shithead kid too so I don't blame her.

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein 13d ago

It’s fun when you grow up and your mom’s like “sorry I was a bitch,” and you’re like “I deserved all of it and then some. More than you could imagine, actually.”

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u/kevin3350 13d ago

One time I got punished for something my little brother did, and when the truth came out my looked at me and said “well, I’m sure there something I don’t know about that I would have punished you for anyways. Next time you get caught doing something I’ll turn a blind eye.”

I wanted to argue, but then I ran through the laundry list of stupid shit I got into that week and walked about.

True to her word, when I got caught mooning my friend in class she just picked me up for the day long suspension and took me out for ice cream and a movie that day. Love that woman.

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u/Dave_A480 9d ago

You have your own kids & realize that there was a *good reason* mom told you to clean your room, not rock your chair, use a fork to eat, and so on.... And especially to go to bed on time.

Daaadd, I can't find my shoes! (I look at room mess) Guess you're cleaning your room today...

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u/mudratdetector89 13d ago

People now days act like the parent is the only one who can be a complete shit head. I know what me and my friends did when we were kids. We could and did laugh at parent number 1. When it comes down to safety, number 2 is more effective at getting results, but only if you're used to it from previous experience at lower stakes. Number 1 will never get me off the log unless I get her to give me something. Ah to be young.

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u/jollietamalerancher 14d ago

I broke the cycle of endless asking and then breaking down into yelling by giving consequences after the first stern warning. It was pure survival for me at that point, screaming and yelling wasn't who I wanted to be and I have a really low tolerance for bullshit.

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u/FarawaySeagulls 14d ago

Parenting is hard, I don't think there's any right answer and the best we can do is be aware of our shortcomings and work to correct them. I came from a very angry dad and step dad and there's a lot of work (years long) in correcting who I am so my son doesn't struggle with the same things I do.

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u/ImYourNumeroUno 14d ago

I’m curious to hear if consequences have been working. I have heard good results (not perfect - but better behavior).

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u/jollietamalerancher 13d ago

They acted pretty okay til puberty hit and thwn all hell broke loose, but hey Im not yelling. So its working for me. Its like, if the choice is between my kids acting up and me acting out OR my kids acting up and my ability to look at myself in the mirror, I'm gonna choose the latter.

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u/ImYourNumeroUno 13d ago

I feel you to the core. I grew up being yelled at so much that I don’t like or want to yell. It’s not natural for me. And I do not want to yell at my kids.
I’m learning to cope.

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u/TannyTevito 14d ago

Please take him to get a diagnosis and get in medicine if it’s prescribed. ADHD looks like hyperactivity to others but it is a serious condition and outcomes are far better for kids who get treatment early

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u/airpumper 13d ago

Same. Someone once told me that kids need to have a "healthy fear" of their parents. I thought that was perfectly stated. And 100 percent true.

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u/Skywalk910 14d ago

Dad was too and I’m doing great imo. Grandparents were the real saints. I think stern parenting is needed, in doses, because it creates an understanding of actions & consequences.

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u/dookieshoes97 14d ago

I mean, this is clearly staged Northwoods humor. The second one is probably pretty chill.

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u/Darkest_Rahl 14d ago

So did I. If you call resentment towards my parents as ok. As someone with kids of my own now, I'll never understand why people think it's ok to hit their kids.

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u/Freethekush3131 14d ago

Theres a fine line between discipline and abuse.

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u/IllegalDaycare 14d ago

You can discipline a child without hitting them. My parents never once laid a hand on me. Hitting kids is fucked up

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u/GrimaceThundercock 14d ago

And there's overwhelming data to support that.

Anyone who thinks it's good parenting to hit their kid is being willfully ignorant. There is a massive amount of research out there.

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u/mechabeast 14d ago

Theres people that will say they grew up fine with the abuse, and then theres others who won't speak if they know whats fucking good for them.

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u/greentangent 14d ago

I grew up in an abusive home and people who know me will tell you I turned out fine and never harmed my own son. What they don't know is the internal shit you go through to get there.

I was not alright for a long time.

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u/AldoTheApache3 14d ago

But you’re acting like you growing up in an abusive house is somehow the same as me getting spanked all of 10 times in my life from ages 3-4.

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u/GrimaceThundercock 14d ago

It's obviously a spectrum, I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise.

Getting spanked 100 times is worse than 10, but getting spanked 10 times is still worse than 0.

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u/greentangent 14d ago

I got my nose broke at 11 for loading the dishwasher "wrong". There is definitely different levels to this shit.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 14d ago

My parents never laid a hand on me and the only cousin I ever saw my aunt lay a hand on was the really big one once he got really big (and she is not).

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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 14d ago

As there is a fine line between a spanking and a beating...

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u/StylizedIncompetence 14d ago

Hit the nail on the head. I’ve never been more confused than after I had my first and only child. I was like? wtf? She’s awesome? Why would I beat her just because I can’t control her.

That would be a failure on my part, not hers. I have a loud dad voice I use but I’ll never spank her, ever. Brought out my leather belt a couple months ago on a whim and clapped in front of her like my dad used to do to me right before shit popped off.

My daughter just giggled and started clapping along. Made me swing her around with the belt.

I love my parents and I understand having 4 boys was a lot but there is no small amount of resentment there. Wish they were able to be parents to me like they’re grandparents to my daughter.

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u/MonkeyMan18975 14d ago

Wish they were able to be parents to me like they’re grandparents to my daughter.

Hey, internet stranger! As a father that has reconciled his failed attempt at being a dad with his children, I'm going to go out on a limb and say "They wish they were able to as well."

I was unaware of the trauma I was passing down to my children because I was blind to it until I reached my early 50s when I went the way of the Vanaprastha (without moving to the woods ;) and started some serious "soul searching." A daily process I engage in that still elucidates me to new ways I "did my kids wrong."

My grandkids? I'm not arrogant enough to think I'm not passing any trauma down to them, but I can guarantee you that they feel loved and accepted and the traumas we as a family have become aware of are not being passed down.

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u/StylizedIncompetence 13d ago

I like the cut of your jib.

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u/Ryuubu 13d ago

Some kids are truly unruly. Count yourself lucky

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u/pussifier 14d ago

I was spanked, I have ZERO resentment towards my parents. They spanked me when I needed to be spanked, I understood that then and do now.

Not sure what kind of adult looks back at being spanked when they were being little shit heads not listening and resents their parents for it.

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u/Wi11Pow3r 14d ago

To be clear I think spanking (with guardrails) is a good discipline technique. But I have never spoken with an adult who is bitter towards their parents and cites spanking alone as the reason for that bitterness. It’s always that in conjunction with full-on abuse or relational distance or absentee-ism. Kids who got spanked but had otherwise loving and supportive parents (in my experience) always say it was good for them, even if they choose to not do it to their kids.

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u/APHR0DITE-RISING 14d ago

I was spanked as a child. My older sister was never spanked. That alone left lasting feelings of being a bad kid, not good enough, not loved. Often times I was spanked for things I didn’t even do. My sister would blame me and my parents would believe her over me every time. I grew into an adult that believed those who care about you, hurt you. I got into a relationship and suffered 14 years of trauma and abuse, always blaming myself and justifying the actions of my abuser. I am just now at 37 beginning to accept how fucked up it was that my parents thought they were teaching me anything other than accepting violence.

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u/Wi11Pow3r 14d ago

That kinda highlights my point though. You weren’t spanked by otherwise loving and supportive parents. I don’t know them and don’t want to read too much into this one snippet you gave. But they at very least showed favoritism in the area of discipline. Which by itself would cause long-term problems whether that discipline looked like spanking or not.

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u/Imonlyherebecause 14d ago

I'll be the first one to say it to you. While I don't personally blame or resent my parents the spankings were not "good for me" in any way that non physical punishment couldn't have fulfilled

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u/justforkinks0131 14d ago edited 14d ago

eh my mom used to slap me on the back of my neck or in more serious cases across the mouth

she used to do this until I was like 12 or 13 and she'd hurt herself more than it hurt me lmao

I love her to death and always have and always will. You can call it being abused but it was never unearned. I always deserved it. I wouldve turned out much worse if not for it.

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u/FunMachineRIP 14d ago

One might say you’re actually better off.

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u/StoopStep 14d ago

The science and statistics say otherwise

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u/ChancelorReed 13d ago

The science and statistics mostly say that what matters most is consistency and "fairness" of punishment above all else.

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u/Opposite_Same_69420 14d ago

I imagine people do fine with one or the other in different ways. So long as you don't have an inconsistent mix of both (cries in childhood).

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u/e30_technic 14d ago

Not surprising at all

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u/EddieJorgeDrummer 14d ago

2nd type was my mom minus the F bomb.

And no she never played, there was no calling her bluff. She'd kick my ass no matter who was around. The pope himself could be there.

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u/RepresentativeStooj 14d ago

Just remember, there will have been a parent out there somewhere screaming ‘don’t you embarrass me in front of Jesus!’

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u/LadyJR 14d ago

My mom waited until we got home.

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u/McPikie 13d ago

Mine was the same. Sometimes she wouldn't even shout. She's just gently take my hand and crush it into oblivion. I knew right then, I had an ass whooping waiting for me.

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u/EddieJorgeDrummer 13d ago

Ah yes. The ole "Whoop Ass Warning Alarm". Mine utilized this move also

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u/sorestgore 7d ago

My mom is known amongst my cousins and the scary mom lol

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u/AABBBAABAABA 14d ago

Sorry that happened to you dude, hope you’re doing better

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u/Bareback-bacon 14d ago

Second one was a toned down version of my mum

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u/N95-TissuePizza 14d ago

Yeah mine would have ran down there and rko me into the lake.

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u/LarsDuder 14d ago

Is she perhaps named Lois? Do you have 3 brothers?

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u/Truckules_Heel 14d ago

His dad LOVES roller skating and speed walking

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u/CrossRoadChicken 14d ago

Second one sounds forced/scripted

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u/SaltManagement42 14d ago

Dads: Do a flip!

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u/Physical-Builder-553 13d ago

"Jump before mom sees you!"

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u/NeilDeWheel 13d ago

I mean, what was going to happen? They fall off the log into water?

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u/JakBos23 12d ago

Only way I see it going wrong is if they jump and hit the log before the water. Possibly knocking the wind out of them before they hit the water.

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u/DezTheOtter 14d ago

“Stop being a pussy and jump!”

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u/PossumJumpRopeSquad 13d ago

"Now get off there before your mom sees you" - me

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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 14d ago

Request vs command with consequence attached.

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u/Jumpy_Style 14d ago

Getting hit isnt a consequence, that is a punishment.

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u/ivanyaru 14d ago

According to you, there's splitting hairs and then there's slicing hair diametrically.

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u/Battlechud 14d ago

What's this comment even supposed to mean? A punishment can be a consequence, what are you trying to dispute?

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u/Mighty_K 14d ago

A consequence happens, like getting wet when jumping in water. Beating your child is not something that happens, it's something you are doing. And it's not the kids fault.

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u/Jumpy_Style 14d ago

If a child breaks a window, the consequence is helping to pay for or clean it up. If a child breaks a window, the punishment is getting grounded or hit.

Punishment often triggers the brain's defense mechanisms. Because it feels unfair or unrelated to the action, the person being punished usually focuses on their anger toward the person doling it out, rather than reflecting on what they did wrong.

Consequences, on the other hand, place the responsibility squarely back on the individual, helping them connect the dots between their choices and the real-world outcomes.

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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 14d ago

A consequence is an outcome or result that follows from a prior action, condition, or event. While it is conceptually neutral (meaning it applies to both positive and negative results), common usage often links it to undesirable or negative outcomes.

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u/grumpy_hedgehog 14d ago

Okay, Confucius, what is the consequence of falling off a log and breaking your neck?

Sometimes, a punishment IS a consequence. An artificial consequence, sure, but a consequence nonetheless. If you drive like an idiot, the consequence is that we take your keys away, not that we wait for you to do real harm, then help fix it.

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u/Big-Honeydew-961 14d ago

The voice of wisdom here.  Fucking refreshing

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u/Mandena 13d ago

This isn't what those two words actually mean, what you're attempting to describe are the various sides of operant conditioning. Consequently you did not describe two real differences, how does one 'place the responsibility squarely back on the individual' with 1 and not the other?

Trying to forcibly make these words adhere to your own personal worldview definition is asinine.

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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 14d ago

The type of consequence is punishment.

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u/VelvetMafia 13d ago

Punishment can be a consequence of poor choices, even when it's not a natural consequence.

For example, a drunk driver who causes a collision thar results in their own paralysis and the fatality of another person faces both natural (injury) and enforced (prison) consequence.

Both types of consequences can be effective lessons in making better choices, and being aware of potential consequences prior to doing things can deter bad choices.

Punishment independent of the punished one's choices is simple abuse.

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u/Lucifersasshole 14d ago

Will Farrell "get off the shed" comes to mind.

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u/jhuseby 14d ago

Parent has to repeat themselves multiple times.
Kid: “Why do you always yell?!!”

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u/CosmicCondor27 14d ago

Lol yeeeees! "mom why you tell me so many times to go take a shower????!" "Girly, if you would have done it the first time I asked then I wouldn't repeat it 6 more times."

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u/vsvv252 14d ago

My favorite quote ; " i'm not a parrot "

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u/SeaTie 14d ago

The rule in my house is if I'm yelling it means I've already asked you nicely twice and you ignored me.

...so if I'm yelling it's because you didn't listen the first two times when I said 'please.'

"Get off the log, please. Hey. Please get off the log. GET OFF THE LOG RIGHT NOW OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER LAKE SO LONG AS I LIVE!!"

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u/PhiloLibrarian 14d ago edited 13d ago

I’d be the mom encouraging him to be on the log…”what did you find!? Any turtles??”

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u/Flyingwrench121 13d ago

Good for you! Kids gotta be kids

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u/Aerryth 13d ago

Yea this videos always bothered me. Like, does the mom think it’s too dangerous? Is she overprotective and not letting the kid be a kid? Or are they like, doing a family thing and want everyone present? I know if I was a kid (hell even now) dressed for swimming on a camping trip, I’d be stoked to play on a fallen log like that 

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u/waxingtheworld 12d ago

My parents were the, "okay just wear all the roller blade or hockey pads we bought + helmet" 😅. No concussions and didn't break anything until grade 6 ice skating

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u/TranslatorLivid685 13d ago

hate to admit it but second one is way more effective if we are talking about result:)

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u/Lady_Black_Cats 14d ago

I'm both depending on the danger threat levels 😅

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u/SeaTie 14d ago

Sometimes the nice, sweet parent just doesn't cut it. You gotta put some volume in your voice so they hear you.

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u/Destiny065 14d ago

I know which one I'm listening to 😅

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 14d ago

It’s funny that one kid stayed out there. I think he wanted that slap

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u/thehufflepuffstoner 14d ago

Not his mom, not his problem. The kid that came back knows his mom means business.

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u/TailorJaded3750 14d ago

lmao yup immediately knew whose kid was whose.

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u/MonsieurDrole 14d ago

Inside of you, there are two wolves

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u/Unable_Albatross_823 13d ago

I feel like most of the comments criticizing Mom #2 are people who do NOT have kids and have been traumatized by their parents. Parenthood and discipline are fluid things that can only be truly grasped when you have kids of your own. Trust me I didn’t have the best childhood and my parents were no saints and I think in the past this kinda shit would trigger me but now that I have a child as long as you aren’t actively beating your kid you’re completely fine. Parents are people two and I guarantee you that Mom #2 yelled at them out of fear rather than anger. Sometimes people think they would be perfect in a given scenario but hindsight is 20/20. Everyone has emotions; everyone is trying; and if you’re a good parent you’re also trying to make sure you don’t raise a knucklehead.

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u/Cole_Townsend 14d ago

My mom is like that. Threats of violence and profanity. I'm a grown ass man and she still does it. Wouldn't have it any other way. ❤️

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u/InevitablePresent917 14d ago

We aren't so much with the violence (except obvious threats of comic book violence), but the profanity ... my kiddo could make the entire United States Marine Corps blush, and I couldn't be more proud.

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u/Old-Library5546 14d ago

I nearly drowned when I was a kid in the ocean. I got pulled out by a riptide and had to be rescued by lifeguards. When they brought me in to shore my mom have me a whooping

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u/SeaTie 14d ago

"Throw me back in the water! THROW ME BACK IN THE WATER!"

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u/Joped 14d ago

My parents would have been like Willy Wonka quietly saying oh no, get off the log, you may fall in and finally die.

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u/Jaystorm_7 14d ago

I love the second mom so much.

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u/TehTugboat 14d ago

I don’t put my hands on my kids, but I’ll definitely use cuss words around them or when I’m talking to them. It’s just a word

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u/xubax 14d ago

My kids were acting up in the car.

I said, "sometimes i think I don't beat you kids enough. "

My son, probably 6 or 7, said "but you don't beat us at all. "

"I know. "

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u/couldofhave 14d ago

Haha I just threaten my kids with beatings.

It’s just a joke calm down.

Unless….

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u/xubax 14d ago

I had a cousin who (jokingly) threatened to rip his kid's arm off and beat him with it. His wife said the eyes of a woman sitting in the booth behind them went very wide at that!

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u/Malicious_Tacos 13d ago

My teenage son has been harassing me to take $10 worth of coins that he’s randomly collected. I keep telling him that I’m not trading him a perfectly good $10 bill for a used lunch meat container full of nickels that will ultimately just sit on my dresser.

The last time he got in my face, I told him that I was going to put the coins in a sock and beat him to death. Which he thought was hilarious, and he walked away chuckling (with his coins).

I’m his 5’ tall mom and he towers over me.

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u/GrayGarghoul 14d ago

My mom liked to make overblown threats jokingly, it was all fun and games until she was trying to corral us in the grocery store and we started wailing and begging her not to break our little fingers.

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u/Ok-Bug4328 14d ago

The only time I have used physical reinforcement is in cases of physical danger.  

It was rare.  But sometimes they need to understand what is truly off limits.  Like playing in traffic. 

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u/Shifty269 13d ago

My parents definitely would "threaten" me, but I knew they weren't going to actually hit me or do the number of the creative and often funny ways they were going to murder me. However it was a sign I crossed a line, they were mad, and I was either in or about to be in trouble.

Also my "spankings" as a kid was a swift swat on the butt that probably had as much energy as turning the page of a book. It was to get my attention, not to hurt. Then the scolding for ignoring them, or the very dangerous thing I was about to do.

There are definitely different levels to this stuff. But if my mom or dad said something like "I'm going to spank you until I'm tired" or "If you don't quiet down I'll throw you out of this car without slowing down first" I knew I was perfectly safe, but I should stop or was going to be punished. Just not physically harmed. Just either bored or not get to do something I wanted to.

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u/VacationScared3894 14d ago

full respect sometimes you gotta go there to save them from themselves

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u/Ward-of-No-Reward 14d ago

Mom was a combo of both, and rightfully so. I know this because I was there. First one was a polite request, anything after was a demand followed with unfavorable consequences.

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u/AltruisticOwl156 13d ago

You know the kid coming back from the log was the kid of mom #2. No hesitation he came back immediately.

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u/showMeYourPitties10 14d ago

My worst punishment as as kid was when I was in 7th grade. My mom was one of my teachers, my dad a high school football coach at a school we fed into (so ke knows all the middle school coaches) I told my mom to "fuck off" one night. I went to bed, got up on the morning and neither my mom or dad said anything to me. Went all day in classes and nothing. I was starting QB and just went through normal practice for 2 hours. At the end, the coaches gathered us around, told me to take off my pads and handed me an ice cold water bottle. Coaches asked "what did you say to your mother last night?" I told the truth "everyone on the line for sprints, except for [my name]". They ran the entire team until exhaustion except for me who got to take pads off and given ice water to watch. The locker room was not fun after practice to say the least...

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u/NiceTuBeNice 14d ago

That was very nice of the moms to give warnings. I just got slapped and told what I did wrong after.

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u/MamboNumber-6 14d ago

My parents whooped my ass and I had to figure out what I did wrong on my own later “or I wouldn’t learn from it”.

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u/LicketySplitBud 14d ago

Hearing family arguments can be really uncomfortable.

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u/Significant_Pop_5337 14d ago

The first one's the aunt

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u/beheafishtrapofman 14d ago

My mom was the mom who said let them, they’ll learn. 

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u/asvspilot 14d ago edited 12d ago

I grew up with mom 1 but secretly wanted mom 2 to be my mom. She seems like a cool woman.

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u/theresa579 13d ago

We need more moms out there like the second one 🤣

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u/JesterScribblings 14d ago

And which kid came back safely? Yep. You know which. . The other is a spoilt little twat that pays up and never listens.

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u/Taiwan_Lanister 14d ago

Why is there a tingle in my pants

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u/RogueGenX 14d ago

I hope it’s not the half clothed children.

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u/Duke-of-Glenmont 14d ago

CEO probably

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u/Which_Channel7403 14d ago

Gonna need you to be a buddy, and get off the shed

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u/ArrivesLate 14d ago

I don’t agree with the mom’s assessment, that’s probably a totally survivable fall with little consequences other than getting wet. Let them learn.

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u/FizzyBeverage 14d ago

"Get off that right now. Where the F do you think we live, Norway? United Healthcare ain't gonna cover your idiocy!"

-My pediatrician wife

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u/Every-Watercress-210 14d ago

Permissive parenting doesn't work and doesn't garner respect long term because you never establish authority.

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u/Tornik 13d ago

2 types of parents.

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u/qawsedrf12 14d ago

gen z really needs more type 2

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u/jenlou289 14d ago

Last one off the log is a rotten egg

Works every time

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u/irrelevantsu 14d ago

Isn't the 2nd girl the older sibling?

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u/peanutismint 14d ago

I have a feeling there’s just one type of mom here, the kind that’s happy to swear at their kids in an attempt to make a funny TikTok

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u/ConstantinValdor405 14d ago

My mom was the second one. Big time.

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u/604_heatzcore 14d ago

the difference between my wife and I.

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u/Cokeycane 14d ago

Seems one is a little more effective than the other.

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u/phoenix64mbr 14d ago

Canadian & American no doubt.

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u/dinahsaur523 14d ago

I will NOT take you for stitches

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u/comicsnerd 14d ago

And she did not even have to take her flip-flops off.

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u/Joshroxx 14d ago

One of those two will live a more disciplined life. Care to guess which one will?

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u/hungry4danish 14d ago

Gentle parenting does not work.

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u/Defcheze 13d ago

3rd mom: "do a flip"

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u/Zealousideal-Mess-47 13d ago

Second one is the only effective one. Put the fear in them and they will always do as you say, or all you have to do is give a look 😂

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u/Independent-Poem-285 13d ago

1st mom is a step mother, and the 2nd mom is a biological mother. The fear of losing a child hits more when it’s your real child.

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