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tired: learning from others through the wealth of experiences and resources that are widely available
wired: taking a "first principles" approach to endangering and traumatising your own child
HN Parenting Pro-tip: Chuck your kids into the pool, keep 'em sharp. Sure they might drown, but at least they won't trust you after they make it back to land.
Oh my gahhhhd. "Most child abuse is committed by family and friends, so why not commit some abuse against your child?"
Bean Dad but instead of a can opener it’s swimming/not drowning
@jax @dgerard
"I literally shared that story with every close friend I have"
And they all said "what the fuck would you do that for?"
what the fuck
one of my few childhood memories is some dipshit fuckwad at a family-friends event who, upon learning that I hadn't ever gone/tried swimming, decided all upon their lonesome to throw me into the pool
unfortunately I only recall the general event, and not who it was.
Reminds me of this bloke's approach to teaching swimming.
Something like that happened to me at a similar age (won't go into details) and I never got over my dislike of going into pools and the ocean and learning to swim (which I never have).
As somebody who fell into the deep end of a pool when I was younger of my own accord and took a decade or so to learn how to swim after that, I can say that's the sort of thing that's gonna fuck that kid up badly. Even today, I'm not entirely comfortable in the water.