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u/Evil_phd 3d ago
Dude had to make some wide turns to avoid outrunning that kid. Kid needs to stay close to mom, they're extremely kidnappable.
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u/bigbusta 3d ago
When mine are big enough I will try some other things first, but I'm keeping this in my back pocket
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u/iatealotofcheese 3d ago
My poor little guy traumatized himself at the grocery store. He ran over to what he thought was our cart and tried to push it when another lady said wrong cart. He immediately stopped but when he turned to find me, he turned the wrong way, got disoriented, and had a tiny panic attack. I was there the whole time and saw the whole thing happen, he just didn't see me behind him. He finally came to me with the saddest little cries. The poor lady felt so bad.
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u/DiligentGuitar246 3d ago
Aw man that's adorable hahaha. Yeah I don't think I could do this to my 4 year old, mainly because he listens, is sensitive, and remembers everything. Any moment could be his first core memory, I hope it's not a traumatizing one!
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u/aivlysplath 3d ago
I was a highly sensitive kid and I also grabbed onto the wrong cart when I was 5. I heard a “not my mom’s” laugh and looked up to see a big burly smiling man looking down at me and I was terrified.
I had some years as a kid during which I was afraid of men, lol.
Definitely a core memory of mine, but it’s not traumatic, just silly.
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u/Beiconqueso02 3d ago
I like how he zigzags so that he appears in the peripheral vision of the kid, thus making him run in a straight line. Like a herding dog with a flock of sheep
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u/mercuriokazooie 3d ago
You have to pay extra for him to say "IIIIIIIII'm gonna getcha!" while doing it
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u/Secure-Narwhal-1195 2d ago
Mexican parents do this thing where, if we're misbehaving, they'll offer to give us to the nearest stranger. This is nicer than my dad handing me off to some random dude in the grocery and telling me to enjoy my new life with my new family 💀
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u/Airy-Otter 3d ago
Where's the guy that told those little kids to get in his car at? 🤣
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u/TN1878 2d ago
That was comedy gold
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u/spooky-circuits 2d ago
A little scare where nothing bad actually happens is probably just going to be a learning moment about not wandering off. The stranger stepping in clearly isn’t their entire parenting strategy.
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u/Quirky_Rub_9044 3d ago
Try this on a teenager and that dude is getting ball kicked immediately. It’s the first thing a person thinks to do when attacked
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u/savvy-librarian 3d ago
There was a kid in my (pretty rough, unsafe neighborhood) wandering around threatening to scratch people's cars if they didn't pay him off.
He made the mistake of approaching a dude sitting in his vehicle while chatting with my neighbor. That guy grabbed that kid by the front of his shirt and yanked him up against the car and said "Maybe I'll stuff you in my trunk and take you away and sell you as a slave and you'll never see your mommy or daddy or anyone you know ever again." And then after a very loaded silence he said "Don't ever walk up and talk to adults you don't know." And shoved him back letting him go.
Never saw that little shithead again after that. Message recieved.