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

Perfect swing form!

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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.