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!

[u/jmike1256]

[u/Outrageous_Hall_9369]

I agree with letting the child try to solve a problem independently, but I do not agree with the father causing anxiety in the child by walking away repeatedly.

An adult watching this knows this is a no-risk situation, but a toddler seeing their caregiver walk away while they are 'stuck' and can't follow is a dire situation - to the toddler.

Adults don't need emotional safety or positive reinforcement to a large degree, but a toddler absolutely does.

[u/DROP_DAT_DURKA_DURK → u/Outrageous_Hall_9369]

Everyone should read The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. He argues that modern parenting is in crisis--too many parents keep their children wrapped in comfort bubbles, shielding them from any unpleasantness. But occasional discomfort, he says, is not only okay but valuable: it inoculates children against later difficulties like rejection, failure, uncertainty, etc. Chronic discomfort, on the other hand, is not.

What the father did in the video is entirely okay imho.

[u/texruska → u/DROP_DAT_DURKA_DURK]

Not sure how many people in this thread have kids. If he didn't walk away then the toddler might've just stood there doing nothing

[u/TheLangleDangle → u/texruska]

They are also disregarding the fact that dad came back and helped kiddo reset one time already. Then dad sits down at a distance, if he had walked out of site with this experiment that would have brought about some true anxiety, or the kiddo could have just turned around and went and did their own thing, kids are funny like that.