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Fr00shy t1_iu7n57s wrote

Sometimes celebrating their birthdays is more like a pat on the back that you were able to keep them alive another year.

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ToothlessGrandma t1_iu85ohe wrote

Once your parents reach 75-80 and you start taking care of them it's the same feeling all over again but with the kids.

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izwald88 t1_iu8w0ta wrote

Hahah, yup I'm waiting to someday find 85 year old father dead underneath one of his tractors.

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Significant_Ant_2607 t1_iu8x5bw wrote

This literally happened to my 78-year-old great uncle this year.

Crushed to death under one of his farm machines, because he didn't follow the basic safety precautions.

The exact same basic safety precautions that he taught all of us.

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MyStationIsAbandoned t1_iu8xtgk wrote

That's rough. Sorry for your loss. Pretty gangster way to go though. Could only be taken out by a giant metal machine.

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ejolson t1_iu95wh0 wrote

That is actually a serious silver lining

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sea-haze t1_iuavcd4 wrote

Another term for parenting a toddler is child-death-duty.

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toastspork t1_iubf4rw wrote

Hell, Fridays we'd break open a bottle of wine as a pat on the back for keeping them alive for another week.

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LilbitBlanche t1_iu7g8k1 wrote

“No no no no no..”

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wufnu t1_iu7u3ro wrote

Reading this comment, I can feel it running down my spine...

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ravenous_fringe t1_iu7apo0 wrote

Hey, tough guy comments, this ain't the let him learn about flame age. This is protect from harm while he learns how his fingers grasps things age.

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MarioToast t1_iu7qu0a wrote

This is the age where their own sneezes blow their mind, they're not gonna remember "fire hurty".

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LilbitBlanche t1_iu8i4bt wrote

This is the age where falling asleep in the car seat and waking up in Target is straight up sorcery and quantum physics.

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VentureBro t1_iu9xsrk wrote

Agreed. Should probably wait a few years before letting that baby drive.

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Azuras_Star8 t1_iu7yn4i wrote

He will remember fire hurts. But this isn't the way to introduce that lesson.

This child should be nowhere near fire.

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EstorialBeef t1_iu8jd91 wrote

I still remember my parents orchestrating teaching my and my sibling 'fire burns", at about 5/6 they took us to a fireplace store (we did need/have one), eventually I touched hot glass of an on display one and cried, my sibling the copied me lol and parents took us both out to get us ice-cream, stopped crying and lesson leaned.

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Weary_Ad7119 t1_iu9xuku wrote

You have no damn clue.

My two year old daughter very much knows, "stove hot. No touch." and repeats it nearly every time she's helping me cook.

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toastspork t1_iubfrva wrote

We used some ASL sign language with our kids, before they could speak. It helped quite a bit. The usual stuff, appropriate to what they'd be experiencing. Milk, more, I love you, diaper...

We used "hot" to also mean "sharp" and just plain "dangerous", because babies aren't long on subtleties.

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tester33333 t1_iu7l5ak wrote

This is my every day for years 😂 my youngest is two now so he knows better about some stuff, but he also thinks my worried face is hella funny so he will run scream-laughing toward windows

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ChinthaChettu t1_iu8gs8p wrote

You are raising a psychopath😂😂

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jmpires t1_iu8vlnc wrote

Becoming a psycho is the only fitting vendetta against dickhead parents who use a fucking muffin for birthday cake

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Weary_Ad7119 t1_iu9xizm wrote

This is peak Reddit, "I'm an angry neckbeard who is lonely" comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

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Sengakuji t1_iu7n5gg wrote

Who won the candle race?

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cmdrsamuelvimes t1_iu98fbs wrote

Baby got close for it to hurt and her reflex reaction withdrew the hand before it burned. Dad then came in and missed and started to hurt on the candle but before he can withdraw mom smacks down on dad's hand smushing him on to the candle and into the cake. Baby cries.

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EndZoner t1_iu86nnf wrote

The child attempted to harness the power of the sacred flames. Their parents were of the opinion that they were not ready for the affinity. The Prepubescent Being of Prophecy will test that heretical hypothesis!

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Popcorn179 t1_iu8n5pq wrote

As a father to a now 18 month old. I can confirm. They are practically hard-wired to try to kill themselves. Give them a room full of toys, they will go straight for the power outlet. Leave a door open for a second, they will bolt straight in there. You have to be constantly vigilant.

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AlfredPetrelli t1_iu8vk3m wrote

Most animals instinctively know that fire hurts. Here we are as toddlers trying to grasp it.

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NotThisTime1993 t1_iu7oiga wrote

I’ve never understood why people insist on putting fire in front of infants

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calzonegolem t1_iu8ncb0 wrote

This is parenting. Protecting them from the dangerous situation you put them in.

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okcup t1_iu8vaaa wrote

I can’t stop giggling, gonna send this to my partner. Your comment is way more accurate than the post.

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Freddit- t1_iu8hggq wrote

As a father of two I wonder daily how such an idiotic, hopelessly stupid species like our own was able to survive.

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Moochingaround t1_iubfful wrote

This gives me hope, that it isn't just ours.

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Freddit- t1_iubg0nl wrote

It’s not. Our young are so fucking stupid. Just no survival instincts whatsoever.

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Moochingaround t1_iuboivw wrote

Ours are approaching puberty, it's not getting better yet. They find new and inventive ways.

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MyStationIsAbandoned t1_iu8y0ry wrote

man. baby humans are probably the most helpless baby-anything on the planet, huh?

it seems like most baby animals are born with the needed instincts to just survive basic things like not setting itself on fire

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Useful-Feature-0 t1_iu9kzee wrote

There's some truth to this. But the other aspect is that human parents are the most deductive and predictive parents on the planet, and all that intellect leads to extreme vigilence - which is good, because we accept 0 offspring loss.

If human babies were less protected after weaning (left alone for hour stretches, able to explore dangerous things) -> most would still survive.

We just don't accept the most model lol

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Sloeberjong t1_iu8fc2z wrote

Not sure what they were expecting. This is something I would totally expect my daughter to do and I’d just not light a candle, because it’s completely useless.

On the other hand, this is how they learn…

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soggyblotter t1_iu8xa2x wrote

Gotta let em fuck around n find out

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thecichos t1_iu7vunz wrote

record scratch

But each parent pulled to themselves and broke the toddlers arm

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HotBoatMan t1_iu8q7vh wrote

This was literally me on my first birthday, but no one was able to stop me in time

It’s on that good old VHS somewhere

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PM_ME_TRICEPS t1_iu8z12n wrote

What a cute little baby. Look at that face! I wish I could touch fire with such a neutral expression.

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Literally_-_Hitler t1_iu95cjt wrote

Typical first child reaction. When you have your third you won't even bother filming or stopping them.

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Lonnie_T t1_iu9javu wrote

Toddler: "how can I attempt to harm myself today?"

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Vindovilles t1_iu8kmem wrote

I love how people who don't even want kids are giving their stupid ass advice as to what the parents should do

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CristabelYYC t1_iu97ixg wrote

We aren’t parents but we were all once children and we remember it!

Not a pilot, but if I see a helicopter in a tree, I know someone fucked up.

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andhowsherbush t1_iu8wgmf wrote

when I was really little my mom made me some mac and cheese and after she took the pan off the burner I slammed my open hand on it and that was the last time I intentionally put my hand on something that hot. She just gave me a look like I was a idiot.

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Redgreen82 t1_iu8zocl wrote

We have a home movie of my sister's first birthday 36 years ago where she reached for the flame and then started crying hysterically. The family is divided on whether she is crying because she touched it or because of all the yelling for her to not touch it.

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CaeciliasFeet t1_iu98deq wrote

Haha I used to hide so I could eat pure salt in peace, no not sugar, salt

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Holiday_Classic_472 t1_iu98mgy wrote

Yes when kids are toddlers it's mainly about keeping then alive til bedtime

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bobbyluy t1_iu7du7g wrote

Dinner and a show, why not.

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rowejl222 t1_iu89b0g wrote

I thought this was my friend’s kid as this is something she totally would do

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nutfeast69 t1_iu8dt8u wrote

Reverse quest for fire

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YoRt3m t1_iu8l0c9 wrote

This kid will grow up to save his people from the Egyptians.

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Azulanze t1_iu8ql1t wrote

Everyone has to do it at least once to learn. I learned my lesson as a baby when I used a radiator to try and stand up while I was learning to walk. Hot is bad.

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[deleted] t1_iu8sd9o wrote

It would be helpful if it had burned to know, fire is hot.

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Wbcn_1 t1_iu8wylw wrote

I remember when I finally accepted that my son was going to damage my Eames chair eventually and I couldn’t get upset when he did.

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BirthdayWooden t1_iu8zqdo wrote

Looks more like the inspiration for the ceiling of the sistene chapel

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turikimaru t1_iu95q0e wrote

A test of your reflexes... slaaappee.

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hughiesghost t1_iu9kh8r wrote

Fuck that kid. I want that Eames chair.

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Bleachsmoker t1_iu9mmsv wrote

Parents, stop doing this. My nephew decided to grab his candle on his first birthday as well. He burned his hand a little bit and cried for an hour. Your baby is not going to learn how to blow out a candle in one day so you can get a nice Facebook pic. Wait till next year, maybe. I just had a daughter and on her first birthday I will hand her a fan or something. Babies plus fire = bad. I couldn't imagine letting her get burned like this.

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Weary_Ad7119 t1_iu9ybe5 wrote

🙄

My two year old blew out her candles and counted them while doing it. She also know don't touch on the stove and will regularly repeat it while saying hot.

Reddit, as a whole really doesn't have a clue about kids.

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Bleachsmoker t1_iua6r50 wrote

There is a big difference between a one year old and a two year old.

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Thijs_NLD t1_iua9g9x wrote

Should be in r/kidsarefuckingstupid

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Rellmein t1_iuacazv wrote

That kid does not look happy

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rell7thirty t1_iuaw4gn wrote

Hope the baby is ok but real quick, this looks like the baby has pyro powers and lit it with the help of the sorcerers teaching it.

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Supersized24 t1_iu8n45c wrote

On my first birthday they let me play with the candle. That's the first time I learned fire was hot.

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aroumani t1_iu8rnkx wrote

This kid is a scientist

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zephyr-zoo t1_iu93i53 wrote

*first time parenthood

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Stevexnyc t1_iu9la56 wrote

It will never learn. Learn to see the loser at a early age.

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Dmartinez8491 t1_iu9wpjg wrote

Mine never did same. Pretty calm and chill but so am I. Kids take after their parents so it says a fair amount

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topgun2582 t1_iubl8vo wrote

That's your DNA reaching for the hot flame.... let that sink in.....

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Aldoc3 t1_iu837ca wrote

Looks like someone is about to learn a valuable lesson.

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Caedes-chan t1_iu8mnty wrote

Let it touch fire once, it won't do it again

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sapporo12 t1_iu8pszx wrote

I say let the kid burn themselves they won’t do a second time

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twentyattempts t1_iu8kv7r wrote

Oh, just let the little one learn the lesson

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socokid t1_iu8nfow wrote

Why is the baby not in a high chair?

This entire picture is ridiculous and that cake is headed for the rug in 3... 2...

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zaxmaximum t1_iu8s6jb wrote

I'm in the camp that would let this experience happen. I'm there if it gets out of hand, and I would say that not to do it, but I wouldn't stop it.

A couple reasons:

  1. Fire is hot and shouldn't be touched, and a moment of discomfort will teach that lesson

  2. It helps demonstrate that I say "No" for a reason

My goal as a teacher is to have my advice/lesson be applied in the moments when I'm not there to reinforce them.

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meowman911 t1_iu922sn wrote

Dad here. Unless you end up raising some kind of super savant everything you wrote about your goals as a teacher literally amounts to nothing for kid this age. The kid in the picture looks like a 1 year old. They don’t comprehend and remember concepts well. Regardless if it hurts. Don’t do this with infants and young toddlers unless negligent parenting is just your style.

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jimmytheqlder t1_iu89aqx wrote

now she wont know why though

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jizzlevania t1_iu8ovoo wrote

Kind of bad parenting in a pic. Kids hand is closer to the flame than her parents hands are to her arm, indicating her parents weren't planning for the grab, which is fucking dumb. But what's a little baby burn when you have might get a perfect pic for the gram?

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NumbFuzz t1_iu7z3oe wrote

here baby, have a cake with burning candle. Oh no! Stop! proceeds to grab baby instead of blowing out the flame....

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tempski t1_iu8ghkt wrote

I guess people will do anything for internet points, even endanger their kid.

How do I switch timelines?

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Myrddin_Naer t1_iu8emoi wrote

Why not just let the kid burn their hand a little? It'll heal in a few days, and they'll never touch fire again.

Also they will start crying either way.

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OldLevermonkey t1_iu8b1qi wrote

What, allowing a child to get into a situation where they could hurt themselves and then over-reacting?

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Industrialpainter89 t1_iua1cmz wrote

I don't understand why you're being downvoted. The kid doesn't know a candle could hurt them, the parents that gave em one definitely know better.

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OldLevermonkey t1_iuaqwsl wrote

Everyone has rights, but no-one has responsibilities.

A parent of a very young child has the primary duty of care. People don't like being reminded of that.

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Amorphophallus-T t1_iu82m02 wrote

Nahh, you gotta let them. So they know to not do it again ;)

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QorstSynthion t1_iu7kteg wrote

thats ... one hella depressed lookin kid ...

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Teddy_Icewater t1_iu7t2w9 wrote

Just let the kid burn himself, it'll only happen once lol

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu83y9b wrote

And the scar will only be there permanently

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Teddy_Icewater t1_iu9fhxp wrote

Yeah we all have our burn scar from where we held our hand over a candle as a kid *rolls eyes

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu9lm5b wrote

I really hope you don't ever have kids

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Teddy_Icewater t1_iu9n8ri wrote

Lol just imagine how damaged and scarred they would be compared to all these helicopter mom babies. Truth is I just look at these things logically. Chance of actual harm from a candle, 0. Chance of learning why mom and dad don't want you touching the candle, 100%.

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iuaknyk wrote

Actually for a child that young, not possible to teach it anything and it won't just touch the fire and back ofd it'll grab it and get burnt and scarred before it backs off and even then it'll just do it again because it's not possible for it to learn at such a young age

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SirMoke t1_iu8447b wrote

A solid reminder

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu84787 wrote

you're right though, beat the shit out of the child when they're young and they'll learn their place

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SirMoke t1_iu9oeqo wrote

Not if you abortion them first. Saves you a whole lot of trouble with things like this.

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Admetus t1_iu812ow wrote

Depends. Warn first. "HOT! Touch it. Ouch!" Then if child tries, you give them a good prompt. "HOT! Don't touch! Ouch!"

Now, controversially, some parents will then let the child have free will and find out what it means to put your hand in the flame. Yes, there will be blister burns. But that will be a lesson learned for life.

I once touched a soldiering iron. I learned to be careful of soldiering irons for life. 🤭

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LightsoutSD t1_iu80qoq wrote

Stupid parenting in one pic.

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capt-bob t1_iu81vbv wrote

Do you have kids? There is an extended period of severe sleep deprivation if you don't force it all on your partner.

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LightsoutSD t1_iu824bn wrote

I have 4 and you’re an idiot if you don’t realize that the baby doesn’t know it’s supposed to blow the candle out and will probably try and touch the fire to see what it is. Don’t use less sleep as an excuse for lack of common sense.

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jagdtiger721 t1_iu7rbbn wrote

I was about to say let him touch it. He'll learn really fast.

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Bad_but_Learning t1_iu7vhr5 wrote

Whenever I'm watching younger family members I let them do stuff like this, only momentarily. Enough for them to feel the pain, but not long enough to have lasting effects. I then repeat something like, "Hot!" or "Owie!" then exaggerate pain with a loud wince or inhale. I repeat it until they understand.

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apropos-username t1_iu8518q wrote

I feel like this isn’t your lesson to teach them. If you’ve been left to babysit, you should be keeping them away from any danger, not taking it upon yourself to teach them about pain.

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phoenixlogix t1_iu8fpwq wrote

that isn’t really your place. unless the parents instructed you to, don’t try to teach them a lesson or something

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Beans508 t1_iu79re9 wrote

I'd have let him. Theres only one way to learn not to do something when you're this little, and thats to fuck around and find out (within reason of course)

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Individual_Ad2579 t1_iu7hegz wrote

Holy shit I hope you don’t have kids

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Beans508 t1_iu7i3hf wrote

I don't. I never want kids.

Was never interested in keeping cum as a pet.

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ZsaFreigh t1_iu7tj7o wrote

Eww. That means you're cum too.

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pardonmyignerance t1_iu82s87 wrote

Aren't we all? Or did my biology teacher lie worse than our fucking history teacher?

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AnnoyedHippo t1_iu7ck24 wrote

>(within reason of course)

You think a child under 1 year old is able to grasp the concept of fire and learn it is extremely dangerous? You think letting it touch fire is within reason?

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Beans508 t1_iu7czcu wrote

Yes? It would put his hand near it and get a pain response and pull away. Its a candle not a stove. Lmao

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AnnoyedHippo t1_iu7dihu wrote

No. It would put its whole hand into the flame trying to grasp it, harm itself permanently, and be left with still no concept of what fire is or why it's in pain.

Congrats, you permanently burned a child, subjected it to extreme pain, and gained nothing for it.

You need about another decade of maturing before you should be allowed to breed.

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LastChanceMCAT t1_iu7efic wrote

He's on reddit, I don't think being "allowed" is the limiting factor here.

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AnnoyedHippo t1_iu7jkpz wrote

I introduced my then girlfriend to Reddit. We've been married for 5yrs, and we have 1 son.

There are dozens of us.

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu7lb5f wrote

A child under the age of 4 is literally incapable of making memories so that is the dumbest you can do you'll scar him and still won't understand

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wilderop t1_iu7o7jl wrote

My 2 year old remembers things. I know because after he bumps his head while running he is more careful. However; I would not let a 10 month old touch fire.

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu7uicm wrote

That's not possible, at the age of 3 and under your brain is not developed enough for that

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Tall-Cantaloupe608 t1_iu7l4ug wrote

That kid is literally incapable of making memories letting him learn is impossible

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not-the-droid- t1_iu78qhk wrote

Let the kid learn.

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AnnoyedHippo t1_iu7caes wrote

Sitting stance and size... I'd say the child is about 10mo.

There is nothing that kid would learn from touching fire except that it didn't pick up the fire. There would be no concept or grasp of why they're in pain. No cognitive connection of the pain to the fire. No real lesson.

Letting them learn is predicated on the idea that they can objectively learn the lesson. If they can't, stop them.

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JustTVThings t1_iu7py3p wrote

Based on the cake put in front of it by its parents with 1 lit candle in it, I’d say the child is closer to 12 months old.

Not that this would make it able to learn any better.

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82ndGameHead t1_iu7dsp6 wrote

Yes, let the child that's barely a year old learn!

Such expert parenting!

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not-the-droid- t1_iu7fbv2 wrote

Better to learn on a little candle than on the stove.

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BirdEquivalent158 t1_iu7l8by wrote

Can relate to this one personally. I was that kid, and the stove luckily was cooling down and not red hot. I'd prefer the candle if I had the knowledge to make that decision then

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mOdQuArK t1_iu8zj4r wrote

I have a distinct memory of my mother giving me one strong warning to not touch the glowing burners on the electric stove, then watching while I did so anyway. Then reinforcing the lesson with "what did we learn?" while running cold water on the burn.

This kid seems a little too young to get the right lesson, but sometimes kids are just little assholes who won't really learn boundaries until they experience severe enough negative consequences. It's the parents' job to make sure those negative consequences aren't severe enough to cause permanent trauma.

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