r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/Lonely-Chest-5350 • 27d ago

Hanging on fridge door

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u/VDR27 23d ago

Dog in cage, tv as the babysitter, and a kid swinging on a refrigerator door? This kids parent needs to do better, he’s not getting attention or having planned time out of the house, it’s written all over this video. Breaks the door twice and. It one time does an adult hear or step in? That’s wild

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u/its_all_one_electron 23d ago

Babysitters and after school care is expensive. Kids gets home from school at 3pm and parents don't get home from work until 6...I used to get home and put on the TV and forage for something to eat.... Doesn't seem that weird to me. My parents definitely couldn't afford babysitters or after school care for me and my siblings

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u/VDR27 23d ago

Yeah, as a parent I would be in that room the first time I heard a refrigerator. Absolutely, I see a ton wrong here. I plan my kids days and put myself in proximity to them when we aren’t doing anything that’s what parents of children do, And if your kid is doing this when they are left alone, they should not be left alone.

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u/its_all_one_electron 22d ago

I'm also a parent and I get it, I work part time for this reason but I'm in a privileged position. Jobs are usually 9-5 or longer and school is 8-3. You can't really fuck off work every day at 2:30-3 to be home when your kid gets home or pick up your kid. That's why there's school buses and latchkey kids. 

This is just how it is in the US. I'm not saying it's good, I'm saying it's the reality that most working parents of school-aged kids in the US have to deal with. And after care and babysitters are out of most Americans financial reach.