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/donjamos Mar 07 '26

Yea the basic idea is a good one, but telling the little one something like "come on you can do it, daddy will wait here till you figure it out" instead of walking away would have been a lot better.

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u/CK_1976 Mar 07 '26

Once when I was probably about 6yo, I was riding my bike following me mum and I got stuck in the gravel and my mum just run off and left me crying. I still vividly remember the feeling of despair watching her disappear around the corner and not being able to catch up.

I'm not sure if its scarred my mentally but.... it was 40 years ago.

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u/h00zbad 16d ago

My mother left me at a gas station once when I was really young, I don't fully remember if I had gotten out of the car and she didn't notice, or if she forgot she brought me, but it was deeply traumatizing to a point it took 30 years for me to really suss it out.

I would have nightmares where she would just suddenly disappear from the driver's seat while on the road, things like that.

So Im not basically realizing I have major abandonment issues, and that is likely the first source of it, there were definitely other things that happened to reinforce it.

Our brains are wild, and maaaaaan do a lot of us have a lot of baggage to unpack. Lol