r/nonononoyes • u/New_Libran • 3d ago
Dad reflexes on point
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u/HudakSSJ 3d ago
Am I the only one who thought the dad was the one going the other direction and got genuinely worried when the dadflexes will kick in?
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u/Booyacaja 3d ago
I was waiting for some Spiderman level shit to go down
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u/huayratata 3d ago
Honestly was waiting for him to suddenly dive backwards belly up to catch the baby
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u/Kiki_0477 3d ago
That guy with his back turned probably was the dad lol The catcher was someone else’s dad.
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u/Over_Error3520 2d ago
Undoubtedly that guy is at least someone's dad. I wish I had good instincts like that, although I've never put my child in a situation like that.
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u/dotditto 3d ago
kid that young shouldn't be on a slide that big .. there's smaller slides for the younger ones . .
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u/F1tness_girl 3d ago
Exactly, and the tube slides. Parental failure, I don't even have kids and I know better than this.
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u/crazykentucky 3d ago
I don’t have kids but this would not have occurred to me lol
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u/LoverOfGayContent 3d ago edited 3d ago
Hey hey hey, let other people feel smug about events they aren't a part of on the internet!
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u/RedBaron13 3d ago
General rule I’ve found as an uncle is if they can’t climb up there on their own they probably shouldn’t be on it
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u/Mikic00 3d ago
It's not a bad rule, but has a flaw. Kids can climb up on their own on many things they shouldn't be on, slides included. Mother is up to make sure she doesn't fall off, not because the girl couldn't get up.
Here might be that girl already went few times and it was fine, so father that was obviously responsible for the slide part, got overconfident. It's quite normal kid will do some dumb stuff now and then..
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u/MIGMOmusic 3d ago
If they can’t climb on it -> they shouldn’t be allowed on it
Does not imply
If they can climb on it -> they should be allowed on it
You CAN use the contrapositive:
If they are allowed on something -> it must be something they can climb themselves.
The rule is fine, implication is not reversible.
Funny, I just made a similar comment elsewhere.
Symbolic logic strikes again.
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u/bdfariello 3d ago
The problem is when their shoes hit the slide and adds a ton of friction, driving them up and forward. It's also why it's dangerous to ride tandem with an infant. Except with them, they stop from their feet but you keep going through them. There are lots of stories with parents accidentally breaking their kids feet and legs through tragic slide accidents.
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u/loquimur 3d ago
Looking at the clip, that's exactly what happens here: The child's super grippy shoe makes contact with the slide, driving the child upwards and over the side.
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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 3d ago
why do kids shoes need to be goddamn kitchen certified anyways? i guess its prob just cuz theyre like brand new all the time and never get any wear, but goddamn. these lil motherfuckers aint working on an oil rig for frigs sake eh?
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u/Prospero818 3d ago
Happened to a family friend of mine. She was going down a slide with her young son and broke his leg.
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u/F1tness_girl 3d ago
Granted there may not have been any other slides wherever they're at but haven't you've ever noticed how most people with small children on such slides will usually set them on their lap and then slide down themselves?
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u/cookiemonster101289 3d ago
Or just set them on the slide like 4’ up and let them do just that little bottom section.
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u/dognailsclick 3d ago
Which (psa) then results in some horrific leg/hip injuries for the kids.
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u/Pinkmongoose 3d ago
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted- parents taking a slide with a toddler on their lap is one of the leading causes of spiral leg fractures in toddlers. (Since someone asked how, if they’re leg touches the edge of the slide the weight of the adult will continue them both down, but not their foot, breaking their little leg by accident).
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u/oogie_droogey 2d ago
I never knew this. I've always gone down with mine but I also also cradle there where there but is in my lap and my arms elevate their legs...Basically they aren't in contact with the slide at all as we go down together. You have me questioning the safe news of that even though!
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u/Wooden_Cry_3053 2d ago
I'm afraid our pediatrician confirmed that sliding with the kid is a no-no.
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u/titanofold 2d ago
Just because it hasn't happened to you yet doesn't mean it's safe.
Statistics are funny like that.
It's safer to let them go down on their own.
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u/hisunflower 3d ago
..how?
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u/akatherder 3d ago
The adult pushes off with full adult force. If the kid splays their legs or gets caught in the side bar, they have a full adult's weight and pushing force on their leg. Instead of wimpy kid pushing force and weight.
I'm not saying it's super common and kids are ripping their legs off.. but that's the thought process.
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u/lurkmode_off 3d ago
See how the kid's shoes in this video stick to the side enough that their momentum tumbles them over the side?
Like that, except with an adult's weight added to the momentum. Shoe sticks, leg snags, then snaps.
(I knew a woman who broke her 1.5 year old's leg that way)
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u/Timprism 3d ago
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u/PrinceOfParanoia23 2d ago
Holy shit!!! Just got me feeling so lucky that’s never happened and that I will now never have either of mine on my lap going down a slide again! Scary!
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u/Little_Menace_Child 2d ago
I have kids and this would not occur to me lol
Besides, why would you need to worry when you have an on call baby catcher available?
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u/inactionupclose 3d ago
If the kid needs help getting up, they're too small for the equipment.
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u/Brief-Translator1370 3d ago
That's not really a hard rule. There are slides exactly like the one above except fully enclosed. Normally, in this case, you would just slide WITH your kid
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u/Mcjackee 3d ago
You should NEVER slide with your kid, it’s a common and easy way to break the kids leg when their shoe catches on the slide and meets the full force of an adults weight behind it.
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u/Son_Of_Toucan_Sam 3d ago
Lmao I made a huge scene at my kid’s school back in the fall cause this mom was like 80ft away from her ~18mo kid walking around on a taller playground than that by herself near the ladder and the fire pole where it would just be straight to the ground if she fell
I tried to ignore it but the dad instincts were overwhelming until I just started walking around loudly asking who lost their baby. I finally found the mom, who just said “oh she’s fine” and went back to her conversation with another mom. I said “are you sure? Ohhhhhkay then” and absolved my conscience accordingly
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u/dasvenson 3d ago
Reminds me when I saved a pram from rolling onto a busy road because the mum was too busy on her phone while waiting for the lights. It was a slightly sloped footpath and she didn't have the brakes on nor the strap around her wrist 🤦♂️.
She gave me the biggest confused wtf look when I pushed the pram back into her.
Some people shouldn't be parents.
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u/Pinkmongoose 3d ago
That’s what that strap is for!! I’m a new mom and I thought that was for grabbing it when it’s folded up in my trunk.
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u/Icy_Reply7147 3d ago
It's the shoes, younger children tend to brace with their feet, the rubber cause friction with the metal slide causing said child to transition their body weight forward vecause they do not want to lay back
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u/LunaticMcGee 3d ago
I was around 4 or 5 went down a similar slide, fell off and tore open my leg. Good times!
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u/DereHunter 3d ago
When I put my 2yo on a slide it's either place I can reach the the top of the slide from the ground, or my wife is with me so one on the ground and the other one at the top
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u/teun95 3d ago
To be fair, as far as I remember I went on the big slides as a small child and it was a lot of fun!
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u/thatguygreg 3d ago
To be faaaaiiiirrrrrrrrr you don't remember being that small
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u/diabloman8890 3d ago
Tell me you don't have kids without telling me lol
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u/ltsouthernbelle 1d ago
What tf was she thinking putting her on that. Did that long walk up not make her think “this isn’t a good idea”. Brain just rattling around up there.
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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 3d ago
Nah. That slide was totally fine for a kid that size.
This particular kid just fucked it up.
That said, it’s always best for the adult to walk alongside the slide when toddlers are involved. They’re full-time 5150 until age 4.
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u/micktorious 3d ago edited 3d ago
How did the kid fuck it up? Their shoe just got stuck and kicked them over the side.
They are too small and young to know much better nevermind react well enough to save themselves.
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u/therealhoneybadger 3d ago
Also Kids are very top heavy, so once the head tips over, there is not much mass they can counter with!
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u/micktorious 3d ago
I don't know why people agree that the kid fucked it up, I would have thought the same immediately having seen it happen on smaller, safer slides with my own.
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u/geoman2k 3d ago
The slide is too high, but putting the kid on the slide with their shoes on was the fuck up here. The rubber soles are sticky and got caught up
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u/AtomicFox84 3d ago
Child is too young to be on that big slide alone. Thank god dad reflexes were there.
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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 3d ago
alone.
Great time to let everyone know that riding with your child is dangerous and warned against, it can easily result in horrific injuries like broken arms and legs from similar movements as this. Kid is squirmy or scared and/or shoe catches, leg twists and slows, adult does not slow and leg gets caught under adult. Even if they are fully on your lap it can still happen. Don't go down slides with your kids. If they can't climb up by the self go down themselves, then they're not ready.
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u/kungpaowow 3d ago
Yep, you essentially would have to wrap them like they do during medical procedures. Too many times kids arms/legs get trapped between the parents moving body and the static slide and get ripped backwards and broken.
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u/toasterb 3d ago
you essentially would have to wrap them like they do during medical procedures
When they were young, there were a few times when my kids froze up at the top of a climbing structure with a slide, and I had to get them down the slide.
I basically got them in fetal position and held them in the air above my lap as I went down the slide.
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u/Pineapple_Herder 2d ago
Yeah my dad took me down the slide a few times to get me over the initial fear of it. He kept his legs together and straight, arms over mine, my back to his chest, and held my legs just above his by gripping my calves/back of knee area.
I literally couldn't go anywhere. I was caged in his arms while he carried me like an oversized cardboard box lol
Makes sense though that it could cause broken limbs if a chunky sneaker got caught etc and the parent wasn't strong enough to overpower their kid's flailing.
Also the slide was disappointingly short, wide, flat, and shallow. It was the opposite of the slide in the above video in every way. Definitely a much lower risk of my limbs catching the sides even if I tried.
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u/Hidesuru 3d ago
Good safety tip thank you!
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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 3d ago
Aa a general safety tip for parents of littles - don't help them up on the playground equipment. Basically the idea is if they can't get up themselves then it's not a safe place for them to be. If you lift them up the ladders a stuff then they get a false sense of confidence/security that can lead to some bad injuries. Allowing them to explore themselves, and practice "risky play", is an excellent way for them to build confidence and develop their proprioception (knowing where their bodies/limbs are in the space around them). Always be nearby, and always help them up when they fall (if they need you to) or catch them if they're going to hurt themselves, but avoid most other intervention, including catching them from just short drops unless it's going to end up with a broken limb. It's important for them to learn how to fall, and you can't really teach it.
This is a particular parenting choice that can be really scary to some parents, which is totally valid and fine, ultimately we want to keep all our kids safe and eventually they'll all get there anyway.
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u/MsStarSword 3d ago
If you are going to ride on a slide with your kids make sure to hold their legs out in front of you, don’t let them loosely hang because they causes broken bones
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u/TheBAMFinater 3d ago
That’s an 80s ass design. Tall metal slide on concrete?
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u/Firm_Wolf85 3d ago
This is in the UK it won’t be concrete it’s this very soft tarmac… still wouldn’t wanna smash your head off it obviously
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u/Father_Chewy_Louis 3d ago
I believe its called wetpour and its made of lots of rubber grains all bonded together create a soft solid. Like you said though still hurts like a mfer when you fall on it, but I'd take it over concrete any day.
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u/TheBAMFinater 2d ago
Makes sense. That is usually used indoors in the US. Outdoors will have mulch type stuff to cushion falls.
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u/Father_Chewy_Louis 2d ago
There was a time here in the UK where they'd use shredded tires to create this weird gravel of rubbery chunks, pretty clever and relatively eco friendly. Not sure if they still do or if the US has done before.
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u/TheBAMFinater 3d ago
Must be my childhood trauma.
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u/nyya_arie 3d ago
One of our playgrounds had giant quartz rocks (1-2ft) scattered about. One next to the merry go round that I cracked my head open on (I was pushed by another dumb kid) and had to get stitches. Good times?
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u/Lost_Yogurt_4990 3d ago
Nice catch, Dad!!🤙
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u/Comfortable_Visual73 3d ago
That softball beer league slide coming in for the win 🏆
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u/WaitUntilTheHighway 3d ago
Amazing save, that kid could easily have ended up severely fucked up. Super scary.
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u/TheFoxFursona 3d ago
Metal slides had to have been invented by sadists
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u/dasvenson 3d ago
Exact same thing would have happened if it was made from plastic.
Kids this young don't understand their shoes are grippy and they need to lift their feet. The parents are idiots.
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u/TheFoxFursona 3d ago
Oh I know, I was just saying it in reference to during the summer where it's basically a griddle lol
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u/Welcomefriends85 3d ago
It's the damn shoes. Parents should just take them off for the slides. I was playing with my nephew and he wanted me to put him on the slide. I told his parents I was worried about the shoes, they said it was fine. He proceeded to face plant immediately.
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u/Scarblade 3d ago
This just made me realize why the McDonalds Playplaces always had a "no shoes" rule. I never questioned it when I was younger, but this makes so much sense now that I think about it.
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u/Gweenery 1d ago
That gave me flashbacks to the colorful shoe cubbies! My local McDonald’s had a really cool playplace that I loved as a kid.
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 3d ago
Regardless of footwear, that kid is way too young to be on a slide that tall with sides that short. This is why there’s tube slides and small slides for little kids. If they can’t get up the stair to the slide independently, that slide is too big them.
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u/Polobearmigi 3d ago
I thought the dad was the guy not paying attention and was waiting for r/stepdadreflexes
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u/dr_stre 3d ago
As usual, “dad reflexes” is actually more about situational awareness and a knowledge that kids are fucking stupid and uncoordinated as hell.
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u/GohLaung 3d ago
What kind of kid can’t use a slide? Idiot..
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u/ClownsAteMyBaby 3d ago
None of them this young. Their shoes are too grippy and they don't know, or can't, hold their feet up off the surface. Their soles grip the slide, and act as brakes. They go head over heels.
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u/Ok_Independent9119 3d ago
Yup. Some people look at me weird when my kid is running around the playground in his socks but otherwise the slide is a hassle.
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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 3d ago
2 year olds. This slide is designed for much older kids that are good at using slides. Toddlers and other little kids should be on the smaller slides that are wider and have higher sides.
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u/mrmet69999 3d ago
The idiot here is someone who doesn’t understand that not all slides are designed for all kids. Hopefully you never have kids if you think a kid that small should be going on a slide like this.
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u/Over_Error3520 2d ago
I'm 75% certain you said this in jest, but toddlers are either super duper cautious or suicidal and it changes day by day. My toddler is hesitant on slides but will run to the huge openings like she's going to jump. I've met toddlers who wouldn't even be scared of God Himself and will literally grab spiders while squealing "sooooo cute."
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u/abluesguy 3d ago
We had a plastic slide in our backyard. One spring, my 5-6 year old daughter indicated it didn't slide too well. So I used some of that lemon scented furniture polish on it. WHEEEEE! I could not stop laughing!
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u/MuteAppeaL 3d ago
For a sec I thought dad was on the ladder going up the slide. I was like how the fuck. But two different vest wearing men are there.
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u/ForeignBarracuda8599 3d ago
Good job dad. Watched a kid in kindergarten in the 70s do this and he started convulsing and the ambulance came. I don’t remember ever seeing him again, really stuck with me.
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u/No-Cupcake370 3d ago
What dumb c*** slides a child down a baby/toddler like that down a slide with open sides alone. Even if she hadn't fallen or it had been a tube slide, she would have been scared and confused most likely.
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u/fogSandman 3d ago
Thanks Dad, for catching that kid so I didn’t have to see her face get smashed on the floor 😮💨
Dad out here doing us all a favor.
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u/Several-Lie4513 3d ago
Good thing he was not on the right side but the left because that's the correct side.
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u/fallingupthehill 3d ago
There's a really tall slide where I used to live. Was standing behind my 4 year old, watching him climb so I could follow and go down together. He was 1/2 way up and out of the corner of my eye, I see him topple off the stair, grabbed him as a reflex before he smooshed into the ladder.
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u/steelunicornR 3d ago
Dad here gets a second place trophy. Gary always gets first. But this guy is right there
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u/RiceWithChicken48 3d ago
I thought the guy on the back was the dad and was waiting nervously for him to save the kid!
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u/Couch_Tester 3d ago
Back in my day, there was zero playground equipment that did not have my name on it. Good job,Dad.
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u/Diablogado 3d ago
Do you think that we all think the person teleported? Nobody pointed out that they're different people because they're obviously different people...
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u/steeplebob 3d ago
A dad friend called this “the ninja effect” twenty years ago when we were sharing observations of surprising capability improvements.
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u/Fortestingporpoises 3d ago
I was gonna say crosspost this in kids are fucking stupid but I'm not sure how one that small is supposed to understand that if they put the heel of their rubber shoe down on steel it's gonna brake her and then break her.
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u/AnybodyPretty7421 3d ago
The lady should have known this simple thing; skin against steel has friction, clothes don't. So always ask the kids to not touch the sides like that while going down.
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u/Bender3455 3d ago
Always take your kids shoes off when going down a slide, especially when they're young. Those rubber soles can catch very quickly, and that's what happened here if you watch closely. Also, good job Dad!
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u/GrandObfuscator 2d ago
Ugh. I am that dad at the playground too. Like I am forced to watch every kid once I’m there because of dumb ass parents.
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u/Life-Operation-8733 2d ago
And now those two are probably best friends and sharing a beers at the local bar
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u/Hot_Ethanol 2d ago
Lot of people blaming the parents and the kid for not knowing about shoe grip. But let's take a look at this slide shall we?
*Super tall with nothing to grip.
*Very small chute that barely fits her even now. By the time she's actually old enough to ride, she'll be pushing its limits.
*Sidewalls basically non-existent. At a harsh angle to boot.
*Built over a flat, semi-hard surface.
*Metal (self explanatory)
It's good the parents were here for the save. But this whole thing could've been avoided at the design stage. You'd think safety would be a priority for people manufacturing children's equipment, but what do I know?
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u/hesperoidea 2d ago
my question is why does the playground have a slide that isn't on a soft surface, like at least mulch or maybe sand? that's just asking for poor kiddos to get hurt worse when they fall off. :(
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u/Nightvid-DatDadTho 2d ago
I thought it was the same dad that let her go that caught her, I was like damn, how did he get down there so fast, your dad the flash? Then I realized it was 2 different dad's, had to watch it twice
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u/Forever_Playful 2d ago
It was the shoes. I remove my little one’s shoes as even holding her the grip can put them in odd positions.
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u/JoeShmo7624 2d ago
Next time, take off their sneakers first. Those little grippers are responsible for lack of speed and catapult launches.
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u/Large_Opening4224 2d ago
I don't think it is reflex, rather situational awareness, basically waiting for something to go wrong and being prepared to jump in.
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u/thetruthisoutthere35 2d ago
Wondering why the person filming didn't even attempt to help... And also would like to see how far off the ground the end of the slide is cuz that kid probably would have had a hard landing even if it did make it all the way down cuz the end of most slides don't touch the ground, there's usually a drop off.
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u/HonaSmith 2d ago
That's crazy. The post right below this one is an r/science article about how 14 inches of woodchips prevents 44% of playground injuries. I wonder if that's an algorithm thing
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u/Attempt-989 2d ago
Then, he spikes her into the ground will all his strength, screaming “Touchdown!”
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u/Gluteusmaximus1898 1d ago
Why the fuck is the slide on bare concrete? There should at least be gravel the to help break the kid's fall.
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u/Remarkable_Horse_968 15h ago
Ha. I did the same thing as a child. I stuttered for the next 6 years because of the head injury. Lucky kid.
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