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>> So I picked him up and with no warning tossed him in Why in the hell would you do that? You just created fear of water for the rest of his life. <<Shaking m

>> So I picked him up and with no warning tossed him in Why in the hell would you do that? You just created fear of water for the rest of his life. <<Shaking my head>>

thaumasiotes 2y ago
Sometimes information is valuable even when there is no ethical way to collect it. I hope there was a long discussion after the event, though. If you're worried about fear of water, rather than damaging the parent/child relationship, that's easily solved. Swimming lessons will do the trick.
- lazyasciiart 2y ago
  Their kid isn’t unique. They don’t need to know how that kid reacts - it’s perfectly adequate to learn from the millions of times it has happened to other children. Does the parent need to try having his own kid run into the road as well, to find out what would happen?
  - vermilingua 2y ago
    Perhaps true, but I would feel much more confident in my ability to spot a drowning child if I'd seen it with my own eyes, and "child drowning videos" is a very risky google. Tossing a kid in with no warning probably isn't the way, but "learn from the millions of times it has happened to other children" is not as straightforward a process as you make it sound.
    - Sebb767 2y ago
      > and "child drowning videos" is a very risky google. A bit less risky than throwing your own kid into water (and publicly telling the story), no?
    - krisoft 2y ago
      I would recommend this site: http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ and this article: https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-child...
    - fdgjgbdfhgb 2y ago
      Sorry, you think it's better to drown your own child than to google it? You can just search "how to spot a drowning person" and you'll find loads of articles and videos
ronnys_fife20 2y ago
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>> So I picked him up and with no warning tossed him in Why in the hell would you do that? You just created fear of water for the rest of his life. <<Shaking my head>>

thaumasiotes 2y ago

Sometimes information is valuable even when there is no ethical way to collect it. I hope there was a long discussion after the event, though. If you're worried about fear of water, rather than damaging the parent/child relationship, that's easily solved. Swimming lessons will do the trick.

lazyasciiart 2y ago
Their kid isn’t unique. They don’t need to know how that kid reacts - it’s perfectly adequate to learn from the millions of times it has happened to other children. Does the parent need to try having his own kid run into the road as well, to find out what would happen?
- vermilingua 2y ago
  Perhaps true, but I would feel much more confident in my ability to spot a drowning child if I'd seen it with my own eyes, and "child drowning videos" is a very risky google. Tossing a kid in with no warning probably isn't the way, but "learn from the millions of times it has happened to other children" is not as straightforward a process as you make it sound.
  - Sebb767 2y ago
    > and "child drowning videos" is a very risky google. A bit less risky than throwing your own kid into water (and publicly telling the story), no?
  - krisoft 2y ago
    I would recommend this site: http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ and this article: https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-child...
  - fdgjgbdfhgb 2y ago
    Sorry, you think it's better to drown your own child than to google it? You can just search "how to spot a drowning person" and you'll find loads of articles and videos

ronnys_fife20 2y ago

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