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u/ApolloniusTyaneus 5d ago
Giving up your spot because the kid is crying? Do you want Karens? Because that's how you get Karens.
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u/Silly_Revolution3056 5d ago
Agreed... Next time other kids will just cry harder and also to get spots... smh
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u/Dividingbyinfinity 5d ago
Lol! Yeah, that's what most parents realize with their first child. "Oh wait, they are just testing boundaries." Walks away from crying child because they didn't get a third cookie. "Sorry kiddo, Imma let you process those feelings."
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u/suddenlyupsidedown 5d ago
Have literally said to my kid "I'll let you process your feelings for a bit and come back"
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u/External_Macaroon687 5d ago
That's so mature. I tell mine to shut the fuck up.
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u/Maleficent_Memory831 5d ago
Too many words. It might cause the child to grow up and say things like "process my feelings". Dad just used to say "I'll let you cool down".
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u/devnullopinions 5d ago
Kids can be sad and cry without having a tantrum.
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u/greenzetsa 5d ago
Sure, but the result should be the same: "You're sad you couldn't do the ride? That happens sometimes, I'm very sorry. It's ok to be sad, it's not ok to demand that other people who were in line before us give up their opportunity so you can do it. Let's be sad for a while, and then we can go do something else. "
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u/Nose_banana 5d ago
Doesn't say she was tantruming tho. Crying over a missed opportunity is a normal reaction for a child.
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u/Shikabane_Sumi-me 5d ago
Yeah people think Karens just came outta nowhere. They didn’t. Karens are the grown up spoiled kids who never got told no and always got their way.
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u/MyWordsNow 5d ago
We never should have gotten rid of dodgeball
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u/AngelicAssassin06 5d ago
And bring it back with a bonus wrench.
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u/modsaretoddlers 5d ago
You've never heard of a mace or something? Hell, back in my day, we called it Dodgegrenade.
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u/Larnek 4d ago
Make bullying great again. Some people just need some checks and balances in their life.
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u/kykid87 3d ago
No bullying, people just need to get their asses kicked to prevent acting that way
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u/B-Train_ATL 5d ago
There are all sorts of journalistic ethics about putting people on blast that all went away when anyone with a phone got that power.
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u/LengthInevitable6442 5d ago
This, I gotta tell my two and half year old "tough shit bro" daily to try to get him to understand the world don't revolve around you (unless he's at Grandma's 😅)
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u/Dependent-Stranger44 5d ago
Yeah the real issue here is that the child's parents have clearly never told her "no", and she's going to carry that entitlement with her in life if she doesn't manage to learn that you can't always get your way, and we have enough people like that already.
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u/Nunya13 5d ago
They could have told her “no” before, and she still could have cried because she didn’t get the last ride.
Kids don’t exactly exemplify consistent emotional intelligence even if they aren’t spoiled.
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u/famine- 5d ago edited 5d ago
I have learned children that age have the same ability to emotionally regulate as a peanut does. None lol.
My daughter (3) probably cries a half dozen times a day because she was told no.
What a lot of these people don't seem to understand is children have no frame of reference for how sad / frustrating something is.
It's all brand new and it is likely one of the saddest / most frustrating experiences they have ever had.
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u/Euphemisticles 5d ago
I mean you can also just be sad about something and not actually be holding a grudge against anyone. Kids also don't have fully developed brains so it is super easy to make them cry, I do it all the time.
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u/famine- 5d ago
Yes, of course, because children are the paragon of emotional stability and regulation.
What a stupid take, it's not entitlement at that age.
It's literally a lack of understanding the world around them and an inability to emotionally regulate.
It takes time for them to learn you can't do/have x because of y, and also learn to deal with the emotion that comes with it.
Adults can easily regulate because we have a frame of reference. Oh that sucks and we move on.
Children haven't built that reference yet, so what we perceive as something that should be minor, they think it is one of the worst things to ever happen to them.
Guess what, it probably is one of the most emotionally difficult situations they have ever had to deal with because they have only been alive for a few years.
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u/CjTuor 5d ago edited 5d ago
So I looked it up... seems the rage is caused because the man and his buddy posted the video of the child crying on his tiktok with a sound mocking her. He is entitled to the spot, but he's not entitled to film a stranger's child and insult her for his channel.
https://www.tiktok.com/@myrightmiddletoe/video/7204139712309660974
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u/DastardlyDjr 5d ago
Okay, that's just gross. If one of my friends posted a video of them mocking a crying kid, even over something dumb, I would see it as a red flag.
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u/Civil_Confidence5844 5d ago
It shows that not only is he the childish one (it's normal to cry when disappointed, especially as a child), but he's also an insane weirdo who is petty af and just plain mean.
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u/CloudNest_ 5d ago
Yeah, keeping the spot is one thing, but filming a kid and mocking her for TikTok is a whole different level of weird.
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u/Vegetable_Voice4901 4d ago
Surely if you’re happily childfree you should be out having fun, not enjoying children crying. That is weird.
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u/BigDragonfly5136 5d ago
Yeah that’s actually gross.
Kids get upset by things that seem stupid or silly or like they shouldn’t to us as Adults, but it’s literally how being a kid works! It’s a big deal to them because everything is a big deal to them because the were so young. You aren’t required to stop them from crying by giving in, in fact letting them process the emotions is how they learn and grow, but shaming a kid for crying is gross and only makes you look like less of an adult
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u/LizFire 5d ago
Yep, he's an asshole.
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u/MasterUnlimited 5d ago
Agreed. But for the filming and posting part. Not the keeping his seat part.
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u/Illustrious-Gain-369 5d ago
Oh hell nah fuck that bitch, I ain't taking his side anymore. Motherfucker I can't believe how easy it's to be manipulated woth half information. God damn.
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u/Nicklename 5d ago
If only more people on the internet could come to this conclusion.
Does this content make me angry? Is there any information that could change my mind? If so, where could I find that information? Does the person sharing either the information or the content stand to gain something from sharing, even if it's just "likes", "followers", "karma" or attention?
It is an absolute rush of drama queen energy to just weigh in on some lopsided point but we the people have to do better.
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u/KittenHeartsGirls 4d ago
A lot of manipulative people tell half truths in real life too. I think a lot of us just are not used to it when it happens online.
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u/icantsurf 5d ago
Even with half the information I don't know how anyone sees this as anything but him being a technically in the right but kind of a dick. As if showing kindness to children is somehow a foreign concept to many people.
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u/Hoodedmastersin 5d ago
Me reading the background
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u/preteen-wartortle 5d ago
Right, cool. Not even proof that she was crying about the seat or that he was asked to let her go (which frankly seems unlikely anyway—why would he be asked to give up the last seat to a young girl if her friend/family can’t ride with her??)
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u/Wotnd 5d ago
Looks like it’s the F1 simulator at the Museum of Scotland, less of a ride more of a poor graphics racing video game with a controller inside a fake F1 car.
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u/jordanbtucker 5d ago
Well, that should have been the headline then.
I really hate this rage bait culture.
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u/Heavy_Law9880 5d ago
"YoU hAvE nO rIgHt To PrIvAcY" guys are incoming.
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u/PringlesDuckFace 5d ago
I mean, legally it's true. Filming someone in public and making fun of them is allowed. Still makes you a dick though.
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u/CorrectPeanut5 5d ago
I wish tik tok would detect kids in vids and make the users attest they are the parent/guardian. Put some teeth in it if they commit perjury.
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u/Over-Inside-7254 5d ago
Yeah, depends on the kid, depends on the adult. If the kid was an entitled brat, I'd have sat there. If they were sweet and wanted to be with family, I'd have gotten up. Mocking a child is an immediate "get 'im".
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u/CommunicationOver882 4d ago
I was going to say it's okay for children to be sad and cry when things don't go their way. It teaches them, through experience, that even if they don't get what they want, they will recover and other things will come along.
What wouldn't be okay is for the parents to demand that someone give up their spot in line or try to shame the people who don't want to give up something for their kid. But this isn't what happened.
It's absolutely awful that she was mocked and her image was made public. The people responsible are cruel idiots, and the people watching to give them views and reward them are all assholes.4
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u/_okOKAY 5d ago
It would have been nice if he gave it to her, but he was not obligated to. He paid for it, he was in line, and he was ahead of her. Parents should be teaching the kid better. The media will probably make the guy look bad anyway, but that is just how media and content work.
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u/SexyLunas 5d ago
Being kind is great, but nobody is entitled to something just because they asked for it.
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u/macguini 5d ago
It's important to teach kids the meaning of "no."
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u/arthurdentstowels 5d ago
"I'm not going to reward her crying to get her way, and neither should you."
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u/mechengr17 5d ago
I was on dude's side until I learned he and his buddy filmed it for tik tok and mocked her for crying
Kids dont handle disappointment the same way as adults. Its also possible the kid was tired and hot at the end of a long day.
Dude didnt have to give up his seat, but he became the ah when he mocked her for crying
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u/Critical-Cost9068 5d ago
It would not have been nice, it would have taught her a wrong life lesson, which is much more consequential than some ride.
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u/FITM-K 5d ago
It's not wrong to do kind things, nor is it a stranger's job to teach kids any life lessons one way or the other.
In this case, the post is misleading anyway — the guy didn't go viral for not giving up his seat, he went viral because he filmed the child crying and posted it to TikTok to mock her.
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u/Dick-Fu 5d ago
It still would have been conventionally nice, you're arguing that it wouldn't have been helpful
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u/Mammoth_Reach_6366 5d ago
People thinking one act of kindness would teach her the wrong lesson clearly have no children and have no idea how all of it works.
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u/CjTuor 5d ago
If i were her parents I would be furious he used video of my kid crying to make social media content without her consent.
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u/hoginlly 5d ago
Yeah as a parent I'm happy teaching my kids they can't always get what they want, and other people are allowed to use things they want, that's a key lesson.
But if someone started videoing my kid or put a video of them online I'd lose my shit
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u/_okOKAY 5d ago edited 5d ago
Fair enough. But most likely its not a real picture. It is either a random image or an AI generated one for a random social media post.
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u/Legitimate-Heat2777 5d ago
No you don't understand, if someone doesn't give you something that's theirs just because you want it, they're bad and you're a victim. Like how owning a home and renting part of it out makes you bad and not paying your bills and getting kicked out makes you good, according to the average redditor.
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u/Overclocked11 4d ago
This ragebait is so fucking stupid. All these pointless articles - we need to move on from this kinda slop as a society.
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u/throw7661 5d ago edited 5d ago
(Note: I've edited this in an attempt to be more accurate)
Additional context:
- This was the last ride for the day.
- It wasn't a roller coaster, it was some F1 racing sim. Only one person at a time.
- The exhibit had a sign clearly stating when it would be closing and warning people to consider it before waiting in line.
- The little kid didn't ask the man to give up his ride, the kid's parent did (according to some websites others disagree)
- The actual video was posted by the guy. It wasn't an onlooker or the parents. And the video was very much mocking the children.
So two things:
One, as a parent, I can tell you this is absolutely stupid. Any kid so young as to cry over missing something like this is too young to appreciate it. Take her to Chuck E. Cheese or whatever and age will be even happier.
Any kid who is old enough to be deeply hurt by this, should be old enough but to cry and to explore other ways of getting what they want. Like .. Coming back the next day or finding another place that has it or a similar attraction.
I have a young daughter. She lacks the ability to regulate her emotions well (she's young, and she is getting much better with age. As you would watch). She cries a lot. I imagine this girl is a lot like my daughter. Giving her what she wants is not helpful to her. Also, the bar for what makes her cry is ridiculously low. And also, the lasting negative impact is basically zero. In minutes or even seconds, she has entirely moved on to something new.
If anyone is to blame here, it is the parent for creating this situation. The sign made it clear that this was a risk. Followed closely by the staff/company that runs this and created a system where little kids might be sad.
Not the other people.
Two, while all of the above is exactly how I feel...the guy can still be a complete prick.
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u/hereforthefeast 5d ago
Your context is missing the most important part - the video was taken/uploaded by the guy and his friend mocking the little girl for crying. So he is, in fact, an asshole.
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u/Erect_SPongee 5d ago
Posting the additional context and then missing the most crucial piece like you mentioned feels like an intentional move from the parent comment to rally hate
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u/NlghtmanCometh 5d ago
I agree. It’s like they are rationalizing the behavior of a toxic influencer. They buried the lead and spent a large body of text whining about the parents.
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u/nickytheginger 5d ago
That changes it for me, he's a jerk. You can say no to a kid,but laughing and filming their tears is an asshole move.
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u/brumblefee 5d ago
I dunno, I didn’t read anywhere that this was even a huge meltdown. She cried, kids cry when disappointed sometimes - the parent most likely handled it from there.
Did this need the internet mob to adjudicate? The only reason we know about it is because the influencer posted it.
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u/Maleficent-Wall-5399 5d ago
Fucking weirdo films and posts a child on the internet without consent and reddit is focused on how entitled a 4 year old is.
I hate this generation.
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u/Background_Shock_957 5d ago
"One, as a parent, I can tell you this is absolutely stupid. Any kid so young as to cry over missing something like this is too young to appreciate it. Take her to Chuck E. Cheese or whatever and age will be even happier."
this is a crazy line bruh, grown adults be crying over the exact same thing
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u/FakeTaxiCab 4d ago
Idk who upvoted that bullshit comment. Crying is normal. Especially for a child.
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u/devnullopinions 5d ago edited 5d ago
The parent didn’t do anything wrong here to simply ask if he’d be willing to. The guy says no, the child learns a valuable lesson about not always getting what you want, and everyone goes in with their day.
The only problem with that scenario is that the “man” on the ride later posted a TikTok mocking a little girl for crying quietly. Little kids are still learning how to handle their emotions and crying is a natural thing for little kids when they are disappointed or sad. But sure go on blaming the parent for having the audacity to simply ask.
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u/FITM-K 5d ago
If anyone is to blame here, it is the parent for creating this situation.
No, if anyone is to blame here it's the guy who filmed someone else's child and posted it online to mock them. Maybe the parent shouldn't have been in the line but this would have been nothing but a disappointing moment like all kids have, and instead she's immortalized crying forever on the internet without consent.
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u/Civil_Confidence5844 5d ago
There's nothing wrong with crying when you're disappointed, especially as a child. She's not "too young" for something just bc she cried. Wtf?
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u/famine- 5d ago
Also, the bar for what makes her cry is ridiculously low
Oh man, do I feel this.
My daughter's (3) world ended last night and she ran to mom crying last night, yelling dad is mean to me.
For context, she was trying to share chocolate with the cat and I explained we can't share chocolate with the cat because it will make them sick.
All was right with the world 5 minutes later when we calmed her down and gave her some cat treats to feed the cat lol.
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u/SamsonFox2 5d ago
I am a parent, and I don't think there's harm in asking. If you get a "no", you are just "OK, let's move on" and deal with the kids later.
Insisting - yes, it can be obnoxious, but asking?
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u/Round-Walrus3175 5d ago
Blaming the parent for taking their kid to a ride that might close before they finish the line is absolutely wild work. Stuff happens and children cry about it lol. And the idea that if she isn't grown up enough to not cry when she is disappointed in missing a ride, she wouldn't have deserved it in the first place is a little bit gross and unnecessarily repressive. There isn't anything wrong with crying when you are disappointed. The assumption that all children are using it as a tactic (she wasn't) is a toxic mentality that creates emotionally rigid and maladjusted adults.
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u/TinyRose20 4d ago
My kid would have cried too.
Would it have been a nice thing to do? Sure.
Was he obligated? Absolutely not. And it's then on the parents to teach the kid to deal with disappointment.
Eta: turns out he filmed the kid and published her crying. Guy's an asshole.
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u/DodgeChargerMan9689 4d ago
Do people not get this is how you are supposed to TEACH children that the world isn’t always about what you want.
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u/cerendiptyy 4d ago
I would never expect someone to give up their turn on a ride just bc my child is crying about it...
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u/jffadvisors 4d ago
Teach your kids about the reality of the real world. Lesson 1: you are not entitled to something someone else has just because you want it
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u/EuenovAyabayya 4d ago
The venue should give rides to everyone they allow to get in line.
Cutting off the line is their job. It's what those chains are for.
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u/JMFW_2020 4d ago
My kid cries during that 10 second phase between episodes of her show. Claims that the show is broken. All that to say, you should not always put a lot of significance behind your kid crying.
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u/Storyteller_Valar 4d ago
Kids need to learn that crying is not a weapon to get whatever they want.
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u/Cynical68 4d ago
When your child throws a tantrum you do not reward the behavior. If he had given up his seat she would have learned that she can get what she wants by crying.
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u/Arendyl 5d ago
The fault lays with whoever is operating the ride.
You are supposed to stop letting people into the ride, and let everyone already in the line have their turn before closing it down for the day.
Making people wait, then arbitrarily telling someone the ride is closing right before they get on is such a dick move lmao.
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u/jaybee2 5d ago
My thought is that it shouldn't be too difficult to estimate how many more runs the ride will make before the intended shutdown time; based on that, employees should be able to estimate when to close the line entrance. I mean, skew the estimate to favor the workers and the park shutting down the ride before the intended quitting time. Done.
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u/Dazzling_Winner_773 4d ago
I have 2 little girls. Ages 4 and 2. Generally they are wonderful kids. But like any 4 and 2 year olds they throw tantrums, can be comically unreasonable, and randomly uncharacteristically selfish (very out of the norm, but it still happens).... If either of them started screaming that some random person was getting something they wanted and demanded it from that person just because they are having a selfish moment.....they would be immediately removed from the situation after like one attempt to correct them and that random person is getting an apology either way. Seriously.... Giving into that shit is how you make bad kids and worse adults. If you disagree, screw you. You are a bad parent.
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u/Liviasmitth 5d ago
He's doing what the parents should teach the kid ... crying doesn't make you right
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u/Fun_Organization3857 5d ago
No. He had every right to say no. He had 0 right to film and then mock a child.
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u/WiseSalamander00 5d ago
this and the woman shamed for no giving her windows place sit makes me feel like we are in that black mirror episode where everything in society was awarded by social media points
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u/Merijeek2 5d ago
Parenting Pro Tip: You can do a little work at the beginning and have a smooth 18 years or you can be lazy and give in which leads to 18 years (if you're lucky...) of absolute shit.
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u/MaximusHomerdrive 4d ago
I was playing Mario Kart one time and one of the players was named Adam_Age5. I assumed his mom made it letting people know to take it easy on her boy.
The first chance I got, I blew him up while yelling, "Take that, Adam_Age5!". Then I hear my husband say, "You're 40, what is wrong with you?".
Aren't we all just kids at heart?
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u/RelaxPrime 4d ago
Oh they wanted the guy to give up his spot and yet no one's mad at the billion dollar amusement park that won't just run one more train?
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u/Dobi_tricks 4d ago
everyone complaining about him, should ask themselves...why they are not complaining about the ride provider who ended the line right before a little girl ...
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u/obliviious 4d ago
Terrible parenting to even ask, ridiculous white knighting to suggest he should have.
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u/Cetiketat 4d ago
I mean, the kid is a kid, sure, but I think whoever got there first should get their turn. That’s what a line is for
Even if the kid starts crying, that’s for the parents to deal with and calm them down. Why should some random stranger have to give up their turn just to calm someone else’s kid
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u/AdFlat1014 4d ago
The kid would have the same fun by giggling keys or throwing around a hot wheels, ffs that was a simulator for grown ups. The man probably organized his whole week for having that moment of relax
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u/Dipcrack 5d ago
Letting a kid have whatever they want if they are crying is how you get kids nobody likes.
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u/KRTrueBrave 4d ago
I'm with him, would do the same
it was his spot and he gets to decide if he wants to give it up or not, if he doesn't want to that's his right to do so
would it have been nice for the kid if he did give up his spot? sure, but point still is that he gets to decide, not the kid, or the parents, or anyone else but him
unless he broke some of the establishments rules (which I would assume he didn't) then he simply doesn't have to give up his spot just ciz a kid is crying
edit: just heard that the guy uploaded rhe video and it was in a way that was mocking the child, that part is bad, like really bad, the whole it's his spot and thus his decision if he gives it up or not (especially since apparently the parents asked not the child) still stands, but mocking the child is just ass
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u/icansmellcolors 4d ago
Kids crying because they don't get their way is a parenting thing, not for the stranger who got the thing the kid is throwing a fit over.
It's not like he took her spot from her and then pointed and laughed at her.
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u/Western_Strength5322 5d ago
He should be allowed to tell that lil girl "welcome to the world"
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u/Informal_Process2238 4d ago
I was waiting over an hour for a parade a Disney beside my four year old nephew. To make sure he could see we staked out a spot on the edge of the curb. Moments before the start of the parade a harried woman appeared and stood in the street right in front of us. I don’t know if the woman knew or not but the cast members clear the street pushing everyone back and patrol the path diligently.
knowing she was about take our spot and push us out I asked her to please not stand in front of us in the street, she made a big show about being outraged etc etc to the point a few cast members noticed and took action.
The cast escorted her away to another viewing spot but not before she uttered the southern phony utterance “bless your heart” I calmly called her an ignoramus thanked the cast and watched a parade with my nephew.
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u/Popular_Duck_3059 4d ago
Thoughts ? There shouldn’t even be thoughts for this ! He lined up for that ride, he deserves that ride, just cause the kid cried the spot should be given to her? Then if he cried as an adult will they give him what he wants? 😑
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u/Fede2121 4d ago
That's perfect, we have to teach children how to handle frustration. Because then they reach adulthood, face the realities of the world, and bad things happen.
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u/tackleboxjohnson 4d ago
Kid is young, has many chances to come back. Man might have cancer in his butt and this is his last visit
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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 4d ago
This is how lines work.
As for the assholes here saying stuff like "fuck kids" - yeah, fuck you. If the kid was ahead of you in the line the kid would go first.
Honestly the hatred for people based on their size/age is just revolting and people doing this are assholes.
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u/chikenbimbap 4d ago
Was in a long line for a famous potato spot and all of us were there to watch a movie and have that as a snack. We're next in line and this lady comes up asking if she could go in next since her child is starving and crying like its out fault. I just turned my back slowly then she dissappeared.
Lady if ur child is starving go to a spot where theres no line im not sacrificing the whole line for you. There were probably 7 food spots in the are where there's no line.
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u/Civil_Confidence5844 5d ago edited 5d ago
This is why you teach your children patience. If someone does something kind, like giving up their place in line, you thank them for doing something they weren't obligated to.
With that being said, I'm one of those ppl who would've let the kid go in my place lol.
Edit: yikes, he/the person he was with recorded it? Why tf would you record someone's child crying and make fun of her? He's a weirdo and a loser.
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u/Jaded-Analysis-9547 5d ago
According to his tiktok video it was the last ride of the day. That is probably why she is crying, but why did he put someone's else's kid on tiktok?
EDIT: the voice over "fuck them kids and fuck you" was unnecessary in the video
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u/Capt_Furret 5d ago
Dood this is exactly the same shit as the lady that didn't give her window seat on that flight. Just cause there's a kid crying I ain't gonna give up shit.
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u/Strange-Effort-3441 4d ago
There are enough kids that grow up like that and are taught to manipulate and cry their way to success, no ty.
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u/Sasha2027 4d ago
Thoughts is that fuck the kid's parents. That's why we get entitled brats and Karens. And I've had it with the damn phone. People use social medias as a sort of gotcha "look at this AWFUL person who had the AUDACITY of refusing to give up THEIR spot to MY child".
Kids have to be taught that they don't get everything they want in life just because they ask, and that crying isn't going to change that. They have to be taught to regulate their emotions instead of throwing tantrums. Parents who try to shame people for not inconveniencing themselves for their kids is honestly something that pisses me off. Same people who cry about their kids disrespecting them when they grow up.
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u/wideHippedWeightLift 4d ago
Give it to a different child and tell the kid "that kid gets to be happy and you don't, because your parents were rude. Don't be like them when you grow up."
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u/ruthless619xxx 4d ago
She learns that not everything goes your way and your not always going to get what u want. There are lines for a reason. I feel the man did a service to the mother by teaching this child so young.
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u/BearEatingCupcakes 4d ago
Parents should teach their children to wait their turn and have patience. It's part of their job. Dude isn't obligated to give up a spot he lined up for.
But sometimes, giving up your spot can be immensely satisfying. I was once at a museum exhibition that included a space where you could use a miniature trebuchet to try to knock down a wall at the other end of a room. I lined up, and there was a big group of kids in line behind me. I let them all go ahead of me and watched them all fail, one by one, to dislodge a single block. They hung around watching each other and waited to see if anyone else could do it. I took the entire wall down in three shots. Those kids looked at me like I was some kind of siege warfare goddess. It was awesome.
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u/seb-nukem 4d ago
Let it and then you learn the child to complain every time to get what it wants.
You don't want selfish assholes ? learn them to stick to their place and rules.
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u/mrpanicy 5d ago
Honestly, the world SHOULD revolve around children. Everything should be meant to improve their chances at living fulfilling, healthy, educated lives. I don't want to have kids, I don't even like spending time with kids. But kids are literally the future, and that's incredibly important.
That being said, sometimes the lesson the kid needs to learn is that you don't always get what you want. Life isn't always fair, and you need to learn to deal with that. This man shouldn't have gone viral. Sure, he could have done the kind thing and gave the kid a memory they wouldn't forget. He could have taught her the value of kindness and reaching out when a stranger is feeling let down. But she can learn that lesson another day.
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u/nosoup4ncsu 5d ago
Teaching a child that they have to wait their turn is teaching them that life is fair.
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u/mrpanicy 5d ago
They aren't getting a turn in this specific scenario. That's the "life is unfair" lesson.
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u/HippieHighNoon 5d ago
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u/mrpanicy 5d ago
Social media has really destroyed our society in ways that we will never be able to unravel without generations of effort.
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u/BlahBlahBlahYawn 5d ago
What's that famous quote from Einstein, "Fuck them kids!"
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u/Nintendo1964 5d ago
That was Epstein.
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u/dave8400 5d ago
You're not required to console a random person's kid. Should be a life lesson, shit ain't fair.
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u/just_posting_this_ch 5d ago
Right, instead you should post the child crying on the internet and mock them.
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u/RaccoonEnemyNo1 5d ago
Kids got to learn how to handle disappointment somehow. Life is full of it.
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u/AdOutrageous9540 5d ago edited 5d ago
Rewarding tantrum behavior?? Nah I’m good, crying shouldn’t get you your way, or be reinforced.
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u/NekkedPenguin 5d ago
I saw the tiktok earlier, but from my understanding her or her parents asked if she could take his spot since that was the last ride for the day, he said no (which is fine, no issues there) and she cried because she was disappointed (also fine, it's an age appropriate response)
What I take issue with is filming some random child, and posting it online without her consent mocking her. I hate it when parents do it to their own kids, let alone a stranger.
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u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims 5d ago
I agree with the person who commented on it. He wasn't obligated. This idea that moms and kids are allowed to walk into any situation and get special treatment is out of hand. Teaching the kid that they will always get what they want is bad parenting.
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u/PublicAdmin_1 5d ago
Lack of planning on their part does not constitute an emergency for someone else. This is a learning moment for the child. Lesson? Be early for something you really want and throwing a tantrum won't get it for you.
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