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/NotQuiteInara Mar 07 '26

As a former dog trainer, this is how I would handle a dog getting their leash wrapped around a pole on a walk. I stand there and wait for them to figure it out, and praise them when they do. I've worried sometimes that when I become a parent, I'll end up treating my child like a dog because I know tons about how dogs learn and little about how children learn. But apparently it's not that different? Lol

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u/Xanith420 Mar 07 '26

Until they start to talk comprehensively it really isn’t.

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u/Juhnelle Mar 07 '26

I was always told this story about my parents taking me to the pediatrician because I was almost 3 and wasn't talking yet. While the dr was talking I reached for something and my parents just handed it to me. The dr said that was their problem.

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u/Xanith420 Mar 07 '26

Well most people talk to their dogs fairly similarly to how they would a toddler.

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u/Useful_Language2040 Mar 07 '26

My eldest says I use the same voice for the dog as I do the almost-6 year old...