• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m pretty sure no one at all was talking about literally doing nothing, because what a stupid scenario to even consider

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      6 months ago

      That is exactly what I said, and exactly what I meant. People need something to do.

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            6 months ago

            If anyone told that child to literally sit still and do nothing for an extended period of time, that’s some of the most abysmal parenting I can think of. I’ve literally never heard of it happening to any child except in cases of abuse.

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                6 months ago

                It’s always particularly frustrating when someone accuses you of what they themselves are doing, not as a rhetorical tactic, but because they’re just too goddamn stupid to realize what they’re doing. I can’t just say to you “actually you’re the one missing the point” cause you’ll just go “nuh uh” like a 6 year old and ignore what I’m saying.

                So anyway, I guess my point is, you’re probably not qualified to have conversations. Like at all.

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                  6 months ago

                  The fact that you’re at odds with everyone else in the thread should tell you everything you need to know, but the entire point of the post was that giving their child something to do solved a lot of problems.

                  Humans don’t respond well to having nothing to do.

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                    6 months ago

                    That’s not at all the moral of the story, because it’s a fair assumption that his child, like most children not experiencing abuse, was not told to literally sit and do nothing prior to being given a shovel.

                    Think about it for a second. Is there some widespread epidemic of parents forcing children to sit and do nothing? Do we really need a lesson that “hey this thing that no one does is bad”?

                    The lesson is that kids need physical activity. Not just reading or video games or doing homework. Which is not “doing nothing”.

                    The fact that you’re at odds with everyone else in the thread

                    Lemmings are the single dumbest group of online people I’ve ever seen, so that happens a lot.