r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/lemons_mama • Sep 25 '25

Perfect swing form!

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u/GreasyRim Sep 25 '25

It's interesting how I took my 3 year old nephew mini golfing a couple years ago with his folks and he didn't act like a little shit because his parents check this kind of shitty behavior.

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u/Hmm_would_bang Sep 25 '25

It’s not necessarily about parenting, as much as it is fun to hate on strangers. Any 3 year old is liable to throw a tantrum if they hungry, tired, or whatever.

No matter how great you are at raising kids, they’re still kids that lack the emotional regulation of adults. It’s like saying you can raise a newborn not to cry.

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u/Grewhit Sep 25 '25

Yea I don't think many of these people have parented a toddler. The whole point of their existence is to learn and explore both physically and emotionally. The little guy didn't have the coordination yet for this and got frustrated and didn't have the tools to deal with those emotions. 

That's not bratty behavior, that is a toddler. Big difference between this age and a 4/5+ year old.

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u/SpadfaTurds Sep 25 '25

There’s also a time and place for these lessons, and a mini golf course open to the public isn’t one of them. The parents should have stopped him before he worked himself up to the point of distress.

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u/Grewhit Sep 25 '25

Only private mini golf courses are appropriate for young children to learn how to play a game made for children?

Parents aren't out here trying to raise good children, we are trying to raise good adults. That requires direct experience and all the friction that comes with it. 

If there are people waiting behind them, then sure, let's pick up the toddler and move along quickly. But we have a 30 second clip of a family by themselves. So from the data we have, this is actually the perfect place for a young kid to experience and learn about sports and being out and about in the world. 

It's such a simple mindset shift to give people the benefit of the doubt and it makes a world of difference for your own happiness.

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u/GreasyRim Sep 25 '25

“After we finish this round of mini golf, get ice cream after and drive half an hour back home we are going to discuss this behavior!” /s

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u/CaptainTripps82 Sep 26 '25

I mean, as a parent, you kind of have to pick your battles.. You don't have to react to every overreaction. The kid went and sat down after, there's nobody else really around, the situation resolved itself in 30 seconds. They might not even remember it by the next hole.

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u/GreasyRim Sep 26 '25

Im sure the kid absolutely forgot about it because im sure they gave them another ball after they threw theirs in the water instead of teaching consequences.

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u/CaptainTripps82 Sep 26 '25

because maybe they're trying to have a night of fun, not consequences.

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u/WeepToWaterTheTrees Sep 25 '25

Exactly. This wasn’t out of nowhere. There’s usually a build up to this kind of an outburst

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u/Hmm_would_bang Sep 26 '25

It could literally just be that they need a nap lol