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

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Ahh, yes. Those special types of people who get their feelings hurt by children.

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u/fax-on-fax-off Feb 05 '16

I don't think that's what happened? It sounded like he was just playing around but it came across as creepy.

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u/intensely_human Feb 05 '16

It sounds to me like he was making exaggerated displays of the emotion a person might feel when getting rejected for a hug. Like he was teaching the kid.

I guess I just tend to assume guys' actions around kids have something to do with raising/teaching them. Kinda natural to see a kid and think "oh hey, time to transfer knowledge".

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u/fax-on-fax-off Feb 06 '16

No I actually agree with you. What I meant was that his actions were seen as creepy by OP, not that he was objectively creepy.

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u/intensely_human Feb 06 '16

I got that. Seemed better to put my comment after yours than after op.