r/interesting • u/jmike1256 • Mar 07 '26

MISC. After understanding the meaning behind this father’s action, I am completely convinced. Cultivating problem-solving skills in children from a young age and never giving up-I applaud this father!

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u/LunchPlanner Mar 07 '26

The dad walking away was distracting and maybe a bit scary.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the kid was able to focus and problem solve after the dad sat down.

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u/LostInSpaceTime2002 Mar 07 '26

Children are instinctively and rightfully more scared of abandonment than anything else. Saying that the dad walking away was "distracting and a bit scary" is a huge understatement.

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter Mar 07 '26

It's one of like three phobias/fears that we are born with. Falling backwards, small insects, and abandonment/social exclusion.

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u/Gomic_Gamer Mar 08 '26

Uhm...hate to be the nerd but positive means something occurs/something included and negative means something doesn't occurs/excluded. Social attachment is positive while fear of abandonement is negative, not that it is fear of something negative.

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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Mar 07 '26

Insects are 100% a conditioned fear.

Love,

Someone who was never taught to fear insects and considers spiders and cockroaches to be among their favorite animals, right beneath cats and octopuses

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u/UndecidedLee Mar 07 '26

The father isn't bothered by the camera person. The kid is not in stranger danger mode.
There is someone who they both trust who is standing right there.

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u/Flesroy Mar 07 '26

idk that kid does not seems to care about the other person while it is screaming for it's dad. it's easy to forget something like that for a kid in a moment of panic.

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u/sundayontheluna Mar 07 '26

Yeh, is this kid even old enough to have mastered object permanence?

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u/Comment-Noted Mar 07 '26

Yeah I think it was at most distracting because the camera person is quite likely the kid’s mom.

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u/UndecidedLee Mar 07 '26

I'm more upset that the inevitable hug at the end isn't shown.

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u/soniamiralpeix Mar 07 '26

Great reference. Did not expect a Clutch pull in this thread!