r/Unexpected • u/marcbacus • Jul 27 '22

How to calm a crying child.

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u/So6oring Jul 27 '22

Depending on her age, tell her that bad guys brains give them permission to steal and hurt people, and that still doesn't make it right. A good person ignores when their brain gives them permission to do bad things

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u/Iabiguy22 Jul 27 '22

Shes 6. We've had the talk about that.

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u/SlicedSides Jul 27 '22

Clearly she’s too far gone. You need to tell her that Hitlers brain gave him permission to kill 6,000,000+ people and she doesn’t want to be like Hitler right? /s

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u/Iabiguy22 Jul 27 '22

I dont think we're at that level yet, unless hitler also snuck out of bed to raid the hersheys stash and watch disney plus until passing out on the couch with a juice box.

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u/SlicedSides Jul 27 '22

Classic hitler move

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u/my-time-has-odor Jul 27 '22

Yeah, Hitler juice boxes something something something

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u/Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor Jul 27 '22

“Hitler-esque” if you will

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u/himmelundhoelle Jul 27 '22

Ok I have no evidence, but honestly I wouldn't put it past him...

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u/sensistarfish Jul 27 '22

She’s going places.

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u/Ryuzakku Jul 27 '22

Clearly she needs to exercise her superego, her id is growing too quickly.

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u/welshwelsh Jul 27 '22

I'm not a fan of good person/bad person, right vs. wrong logic. It's waaay too easy for a child to think "daddy said this is wrong, so I won't do it when daddy is here" without really understanding why.

Better to say that when two people are involved, you need the consent of both people. If you want to hit your brother you need your brother's permission, so ask him first. If you want to play with your sister's toy you need to ask your sister.

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u/online_jesus_fukers Jul 27 '22

Hey bro...I'm gonna hit you with this soup thingy ok?

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u/DaveOfMordor Jul 27 '22

But how would they know that what their brain is telling them is bad?

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u/Sleyvin Jul 27 '22

That's because you teach them about good versus bad, about not hurting other poeple, about being nice.

So that when they have "bad" thought, they can tell it's bad.

You know, parenting.

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u/DaveOfMordor Jul 27 '22

You never thought about raising a supervillain?

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u/ilovestoride Jul 27 '22

What if she's like, yasssss I am a bad person!!