You analogy fails. Jaywalking is illegal (in most places in the U.S. of which I am aware).
Parking a car is not.
He looks for a safe place to park the car, Junior is excited about the outing and pops out of the car eagerly, and Daddy quickly realizes that Junior has chosen to make a beeline for the cliff’s edge.
Kids do unpredictable things. No parent can 100% predict 100% of the time what dangerous activity their kid will decide “sounds like a good idea” at that moment.
He realized his kid was in danger. He saved his son. He rectified a bad situation.
That’s what men do. That’s what fathers do. If they make a mistake / bad judgment, they FIX it.
That’s what he did. He realize he miscalculated what his son WOULD do in that instance and protected his son from the consequences of a deadly application of the Law of Gravity.
The question remains: why don’t you have compassion or empathy on this man, an imperfect father, just like you?
Why are you determined to tear him down? Do you suppose that in doing so, you build yourself up?
Kids being impulsive is 100% predictable. He had just taught the boy how to unbuckle his belt. I guess he left out the part about not jumping out of the car without permission.
I don’t need to tear him down, the pic of his car speaks for itself, lol!
The analogy was about safety and his responsibility to watch his kid. He failed to do so and it was his own fault his car ended up in the drink. It wasn’t something that just happened to him. It was his own fault. He is the parent. He is spposed to be in control.
My kids knew who the boss was and we didn’t allow them to exit without permission. Same with our kid’s children. We know plenty of couples who have large families and none of their kids would dare jump out of the car without permission.
No, this guy causes the problem by failing to control the kid then whines like a baby about it. He should man up and accept the consequenses