It’s frustrating how quickly people jump to criticize the parents or label the kid as “an asshole.” Not every moment like this is a sign of bad parenting. Sometimes kids, even when they've been told not to do something, need to experience the consequences firsthand in order to really learn.
Regardless, Team Bird
Bird ftw
They need to learn to be kind to animals and to not mess with mom.
Hopefully this was a learning lesson for her.
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Also the intention can be more playful than mean
What the attention was does not matter to the animal.
EXACTLY! My brother, 54 now, had to learn this lesson as well. And trust me, he was told over and over again to leave the geese alone. He did not, they pecked his little ass, and he's been very respectful of them ever since. He was 8 then, he's 54 now. lol
But it’s usually the animal paying the price. Living beings aren’t some sort of lesson object.
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BEING A DAMN PARENT MORON FFS!🤦🏻♀️
Every generation must learn for themselves that the stove is hot.
Exactly. You can be told the stove is hot, but can you really believe it's hot unless you feel the heat yourself? 🤔
Reminds me of the time I was looking after a friends’ kid. Took him for a curry. Poppadom and dips time, I said “you shouldn’t have that one, its very hot”. After a few minutes of “hhoooo!” said the wisest thing I’ve heard from that age “that’s why I like you, you warned me but let me do it anyway”
… hardly a hot stove, given it was someone else’s kid, but I was willing to let him FAFO with the hot sauce…
Yes! I have a vivid memory of this from my childhood, reaching to touch the coil burner. I knew my parents said to not touch because it was hot, but I had no idea that level of hot even existed!
But not at another living being’s expense!
No, of course not. The saying or proverb about the hot stove has been around much longer than I have. It only means that we learn from personal experience more effectively than we do from advice or an explanation from others.
It most definitely IS!!! STOP making excuses for bad behavior!!
Exactly! This kid is young and still learning and may not have been meaning to upset the birds. Parents can't pre-teach every scenario and this whole incident happened in a few seconds, not even enough time for a parent to intervene.