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
You truly do not know the history of the son. Unless the idea of good parenting is to forever hover over the children uttering continuous threats no matter how well behaved they are.
Kids being impulsive is predictable; the manner in which they choose to exhibit impulsiveness is not.
No parent 100% can predict what their child will do on impulse 100% of the time. Not even you. I’m sure if you look back at your parenting days, more than a few examples of your parenting mistakes and failures will come to mind.
If you really didn’t think you needed to tear him down to feel better about yourself, you wouldn’t have repeatedly returned to the thread for the purpose of doing so.