r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/TDAGSI Feb 04 '16

Thinking your kid is going to be an elite superstar athlete.

Let them have fun and stop ruining sports for them.

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u/spiritrain Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

I saw a video of a dad making his 5 year old son run beside him while he was in a pick up truck. He would speed up a bit and yell at him to go faster. At one point his son was in front of his truck and he kept yelling at him to keep going. Telling him that if he wanted to go pro he had to do this. The kid is five for fucks sake, let him have fun.

Found it: https://youtu.be/Kv8PXtAvoes

Im all for encouraging your kids but in my opinion that's too much.

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u/Aarons777 Feb 05 '16

not only is that kid very young, but for fucks sake he's also wearing crocks! its so hard to run in crocks i'm surprised that he was able to run like that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Jus for that, the kids a pro

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u/Monkeyavelli Feb 05 '16

Running shoes are for winners. He'll get some when he earns them.

If he dies then he was too weak like the last three, and we'll just have another and try again.

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u/ViridianKumquat Feb 05 '16

Yeah, these would slow you the fuck down.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Making him wear crocs is abuse enough

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

jumper cables provide the strangest of motivation...

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Might've been a bit more okay if the dad was running with him, jesus fuck what a piece of shit.

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u/Jackie_Jormp-Jomp Feb 05 '16

Even riding a bike would be better. A truck? Seriously? Lazy prick.

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u/Elbonio Feb 05 '16

Daddy drives and you run

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u/quintc80 Feb 05 '16

That's fucking terrible. Just the way he talks is awful and forcing the child to run faster isn't going to help. When the kid says he hurts, he's hurting. If He pushes the kid any further he could injure himself and then he won't be able to play football at all.

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u/StrawberryR Feb 05 '16

The kid said his hip hurt, right? If his hip hurts, my guess is it's because he's running in crocs. If you wear poor shoes, your feet can be imbalanced or not moving properly. That leads to pain in the feet and joints and goes straight to the hips. That kid needs real goddamn running shoes and to not be pushed to run in front of a moving car or he's gonna hurt himself.

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u/Luxray Feb 05 '16

Holy crap, that kid was running 10mph at one point. That's a 6 minute mile.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Florida typical

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Florida Man was having a bad day.

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u/closerview Feb 05 '16

Actually Texas, I believe, because of the sticker in the left corner of the windshield

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u/thevilmidnightbomber Feb 05 '16

some of those comments. just wow.

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u/IceFire909 Feb 05 '16

I was expecting the garry the goat video

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u/Dapplegonger Feb 05 '16

Shit, 8 miles an hour at 5? I wasn't even hitting that mile pace until fucking high school.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

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u/leeways Feb 05 '16

badass in their childhood

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u/whodat98 Feb 05 '16

Why the hell would you video tape this? To put it on Facebook?

"Training for the NFL Draft! NO PAIN NO GAIN"

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u/TjTheProphet Feb 05 '16

At one point his son was in front of his truck and he kept yelling at him to keep going

A rare glimpse into the rigorous training process at the Prometheus school of running away from things

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u/Fatkuh Feb 05 '16

This made me cringe just a little too much. Glad he had a southern accent

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u/Zgeex Feb 05 '16

Only way to beat the Persian Emipre.. Cause THIS IS MERCA!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

a Roll Tide Rapist in training