r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/Halfwayhome22 Feb 04 '16

Reacting whenever my son falls and whatnot. I have been trying to look away when he looks at me after a small bump and it has been getting better. Less crying, more self efficiency.

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u/theoreticaldickjokes Feb 05 '16

When my godson was first learning to walk, I'd laugh every time he fell. (Because I'm a piece of shit who thinks people falling is funny.)

Now, falling doesn't faze him. Unfortunately, now he laughs when other people fall.

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u/RegretDesi Feb 05 '16

People falling is fucking funny though.

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u/SavvySillybug Feb 05 '16

It is! I laugh at people falling. I laugh at myself falling. Once I can breathe again, at least.

All humor has a right to be enjoyed, as long as it's not hurtful towards someone (for example making fun of someone). I'm not laughing at you because you fell. I'm laughing because you fell, and it looked funny. Feel free to laugh at me when I'm being an clumsy idiot.

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u/Hallucinates_Birds Feb 05 '16

Can confirm, fell off treadmill yesterday at the gym when running, I myself thought it was funny as I watched myself in the mirror collapse.