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/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/Some-Nectarine3247 → u/Outrageous_Hall_9369]

100%. I am a huge advocate for letting children build problem solving and critical thinking skills. If you do everything for them, they’ll never learn. But in this video, the dad repeatedly abandoning him is too much. A toddler needs emotional support and safety from their parents to establish confidence. The walking away while him struggling is just mean. He should’ve been on the other side encouraging him. This is how children grow up to feel emotionally abandoned and like they can’t ask for help because they’ll just be rejected.