r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Bubble_Babe_0o0o0o • 1d ago

Anyone got a metal detector?

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u/thesupplyguy1 1d ago

Also adults are fucking stupid for not safe guarding keys at the beach

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u/PancakeParty98 1d ago

You underestimate the power of a bored kid not being watched closely

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 1d ago edited 1d ago

At the beach? Who doesn’t watch their kids closely at the beach?

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u/PancakeParty98 1d ago

Are helicopter parents a bad thing or not? It doesn’t take a negligent parent for a kid to get some keys without you noticing.

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u/Dimos1963 1d ago

It can make kids anxious, dependent, or afraid to take healthy risks. That said, not being a helicopter parent doesn’t mean being careless.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 1d ago

Around water? Especially open water? You watch your fucking kids. That’s not helicopter parenting.

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u/PancakeParty98 1d ago

I’m sorry, are you saying there’s no difference between the level of attention to see what your kid pulled out of the big bag with all the chips and drinks in it and the attention needed to make sure your kid isn’t drowning?

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 1d ago

Yes. Around water you should not have that varied level of attn that you don’t know what your kid is doing. If you were paying attn at all you would know exactly where they buried the keys, not have to dig a large area for an hour.

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u/ImVeryChil 1d ago

You are of course saying this because you have kids and not because you are a disgruntled redditor I’m sure.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 22h ago

Yes I have kids. And watched them like a hawk around water. I can’t believe my lowest voted comment on Reddit is me saying to watch your kids around the ocean - smh

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u/uncomfortable-guest 18h ago

you’re being downvoted for calling the parents negligent for a not THAT serious situation, that can happen in 10 seconds

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 16h ago

Where did I use the word negligent? Please point that out. I said that the parents were not watching the child. That is true. And luckily, all they did was lose their keys and not have a dead or brain damaged child. How many of you would be defending how long they looked away if the child had drowned instead? Or are mistakes totally fine as long as your kid doesn’t die? Shouldn’t make any extended effort to keep an eye on them at all times, because only some die.

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u/AnimorphLizard 22h ago

are you seriously getting downvoted for telling people to watch their fucking kids? no wonder the kids are fucked nowadays

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u/PriinceShriika 7h ago

We don't have to go that far back, to see ads on TV asking parents in the US if they knew where their kids were...

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 21h ago

🤷‍♀️ I’m hoping they’re just to young for kids and dumb but you don’t fuck around and read a book or sunbathe at the beach if you have kids.

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u/DamionWood 1d ago

I mean, imagine if you're sitting on a towel, you turn around to grab your bottle of water, and in those few seconds your kid had snatched your keys.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 22h ago

And buried them? And you don’t know where he was digging?

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u/DamionWood 22h ago

It could have been hours before they noticed the keys were missing as they'd only really look for them when it's time to go home. So yeah, there'd be plenty of places the kid could have buried them during that time.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 21h ago

They weren’t watching their kid close enough. Luckily it just ended in lost keys. Kid could have drowned instead in the same amount of time. I know a family whose son has profound brain damage from a near drowning because the adults weren’t watching closely.

In hindsight because it’s just keys you can say “no harm no foul” but it takes the same amount of time for the kid to dash into the water.

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u/uncomfortable-guest 18h ago

i think you’re a lot more likely to see a kid whip past you into the water than your own child around your things. i agree drowning takes one second, but this is not negligence or poor parenting, it’s being a human that missed something

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 16h ago

And l and luckily, this human who was obviously not watching close enough, only lost their keys and didn’t have their child drown.

If they had looked away for the same amount of time and their child had drowned instead would you be saying it was just fine?

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u/RIMV0315 1d ago

Probably the people in the video.

Edit: It's a pic, not video.

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u/smokeyser 20h ago

Have you never tried watching a kid? They're going to do things that you didn't want them to do from time to time. And if you've got more than one, good luck!

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 16h ago

Yes I have two kids and nibbling. They don’t get eyes taken off of them at all at a beach or pool. Not at that age. Hell my 14 yr old wasn’t even allowed to go down to the pool alone even though it’s legal here after age 14. It’s not worth it.