I just listened to the first and loved it and don't know how I've never heard of it before (besides it's just a novella, not a full book). Also, THE SECOND ONE IS ONLY A 3 HOUR LISTEN, HOW ARE THE 4 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME GOING TO TAKE 8 WEEKS WTF PEOPLE!
I’m always afraid I’ll get a car thrown in my head if I close my eyes for too long. Even just hiding under a blanket is terrifying as I don’t know where the shots are coming from. Guess we aren’t human still if we hide under a blankets.
This family gives off serious Mormon vibes (was raised in the religion). Looks like they got back from church and he is taking a Sunday nap. They will probably have more than 3 children if they are indeed Mormon
It just looks like a stay at home mom and her husband who has returned from work. That’s honestly such a weird take. I hope you didn’t strain yourself reaching that hard
Another former Mormon checking in. 100% Mormon vibes. We can spot each other a mile away
Edit: it’s not just the white shirt and tie, although that’s a pretty big hint. her shirt, both of their haircuts, 3 kids close in age. It screams Mormon.
The dress is a dead giveaway. It brings it from, "this could be any family in America," to "oh that's Hannah and Tyler, they live in the Provo suburbs.
Edit: wait I'm baked, I think it's a lap blanket. Can't tell on mobile.
It didn't look like the screen was even on. I gave my 1 year old my old phone that doesn't work and he loves that thing more than his play phone that makes noise. I bet it's similar
Same here! My kid loves to take just about anything and put it up to her ear and start talking like she's on a phone. Gave her a dead smart phone so she can actually feel like mom and dad.
Lol WOW the science literacy in the responses is bad. If you think "scientists showed a correlation" is a counter point and not something I already acknowledged, youre not scientifically literate enough to participate in the discussion. Its getting redundant. If you think i said "scientists said no harm can come from screen time", youre an idiot. Just downvote and scroll on. You dont have to explicitly tell me you're too stupid to understand. I understand.
Is it? Do you have a citation that shows cause or just standard "parents who are more attentive both have better behaved kids and use less screen time on average" thing?
Edit: so yea, its not proven, as expected. And all people can reply with is "but letting tv raise your kids is bad" like thats what i tried to discuss. Classic reddit. Literally ignoring the exact distinction i asked about confirm the sky is blue.
It’s not hard to just look it up. I found this in about 3 seconds of googling. Sure you can make an argument about correlation and causation, but there’s definitely a link to screen time and underdevelopment
Not OP but my SO has a degree in early childhood development and has worked in child care for at least 8 years and she said the same when I asked about it and the health nurse that done the developmental checks for our baby said 2 years too, there must be some research that went into it.
But from what I've seen, I think you can tell the difference in children that are given limited screen time, those that are given it whenever they want and those that are basically raised my YouTube.
All that screen time can’t be good for their eyes either,
Like, as an adult I get headaches and eye strain from just looking at my computer for work, can’t imagine the type of damage hours of looking at a screen is doing to babies eyes
This might be a misunderstanding - by "give a screen" the commenter above meant "let the kid use a device with a screen." They didn't mean "give the child their own cell phone."
I wouldn't be surprised if there's an expert organization out there that says that - tbh, my phone is probably frying my brain right now as an adult. But the American Academy of Pediatrics (which IMO is quite conservative in its recommendations) sets the age at 2 years.
And television is also bad for kids that age - it's essentially empty time without real value, so to the extent it replaces any interaction they might have with other people or manipulating the world around them, it's a net negative for their development.
My mom breeds German shepherd dogs, so there was a while there where there would be a whole litter of puppies and toddler me just causing constant chaos. Idk how my parents did it, I know I’m just not built for that kinda stress 😂
One of my favorite indi games that is fun for about 1 hour is "Who's your daddy". It's a 2 player game, where one player plays the dad, and one player plays the baby. The goal of the baby is to kill itself, the goal of the dad is to prevent that
Have twins. Was in a state of hypervigilance for several years as they repeatedly sought ways to find cracks in the safety system and off themselves. Wonder if that's the same mental state soldiers in combat have when they can't relax after returning from war zones.
Non veteran here but my great grandfather served in the marines for some years and I can confirm that when you come back, while your life can settle back into a normal civilian routine, it’s never the same and more often than not you’re always going to remember your training and will always be vigilant for danger.
And sleep is going to be impossible at least for a little bit. And chances are your kids or the people you have a similar influence on are going to be strong and disciplined people because you’re going to keep the training with you even if it’s only expressed in small ways
Our son used to sleep on my chest while I slept on my hammock. One time my wife tried lifting him off of me and I instantly grabbed him before I was even fully awake. It took me a few seconds before I realized what was happening.
My wife fell asleep while she was nursing our baby a little while ago and I slowly picked him up to put him in his crib and she freaked out and started slapping. Unfortunately she slapped the baby and woke him up so we had to start the whole process over.
Have you ever caught a kid falling off the couch like this? I have. It’s pretty much your only option. Controlled landing.
Otherwise, the mechanics of trying to get them back onto the couch hurt your back or the child. And trust me when I say your back will already be grumpy about catching a falling child with lightning fast reflexes.
When you have kids and bother to take care of them, your relexes will be also this honed. Also there are two kinds of resting states. One is the mindly resting where you are still aware of your surroundings and then the deep sleep where you are completely unaware what is going on around you.
Knights used to hold heavy rocks in their hands when sleeping, if they were to switch to the deep sleep mode, the rock would fall and wake them up. Neat.
I dislocated my goddamm shoulder and permanently damaged it while trying to catch my baby while I was sleeping.
Thing is, she wasn't even in danger with that fall. Dad reflexes are real, and are sometimes too much.
Never underestimate dad strength, and dad reflexes when it comes to taking care of, and protecting their children. We are often overlooked as caregivers and providers, but we are also programmed to make sure nothing happens to our pups.
When my son was a toddler I was taking a nap on the float in the pool. Just a sliiiiighhht creak of the gate and I was out of that thing and caught him before he even hit the water. This is why parents are always tired, even when we are asleep we are on full alert.
Maybe that baby was trying to use their phone to get either parent to pay attention? Instead they just decided to throw themself off the couch instead.
That's the old "just resting my eyes" nap dad is taking there. Enough to relax but remain vigilant with little ones around lol. Great catch!
Running passive sensors only.
Is this a murderbot series reference?
I just listened to the first and loved it and don't know how I've never heard of it before (besides it's just a novella, not a full book). Also, THE SECOND ONE IS ONLY A 3 HOUR LISTEN, HOW ARE THE 4 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME GOING TO TAKE 8 WEEKS WTF PEOPLE!
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Yep, quick power on for instant use, no reboot procedure here
Definitely has Fast Startup enabled.
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I’m always afraid I’ll get a car thrown in my head if I close my eyes for too long. Even just hiding under a blanket is terrifying as I don’t know where the shots are coming from. Guess we aren’t human still if we hide under a blankets.
I'm still single but I occasionally do that.
It's still a type of resting. While not better than actual sleep, it's still quite refreshing to just close the eyes.
Til that I too have been taking "Dad naps" while single with no kids either lol
Visual processing takes a lot of brain power.
100%. I have been here lol
With three kids, he's not napping he's waiting...
Definitely not a nap, he was just resting his eyes.
Just a long blink
He didn’t even change after work, just loosened the tie
🤣
When kids are around, you don’t nap, you kidnap
This family gives off serious Mormon vibes (was raised in the religion). Looks like they got back from church and he is taking a Sunday nap. They will probably have more than 3 children if they are indeed Mormon
It just looks like a stay at home mom and her husband who has returned from work. That’s honestly such a weird take. I hope you didn’t strain yourself reaching that hard
Another former Mormon checking in. 100% Mormon vibes. We can spot each other a mile away
Edit: it’s not just the white shirt and tie, although that’s a pretty big hint. her shirt, both of their haircuts, 3 kids close in age. It screams Mormon.
The dress is a dead giveaway. It brings it from, "this could be any family in America," to "oh that's Hannah and Tyler, they live in the Provo suburbs.
Edit: wait I'm baked, I think it's a lap blanket. Can't tell on mobile.
She has a blouse and a blanket over her lap… no dress, they’re even different colors
Every time it's posted there's comments saying they're Mormon, so there's gotta be something to it.
They’re Mormon ..
From this comment, I learned that Mormons fuuuuuck
My immediate assumption as soon as I saw them
Haha this was literally my first thought!
As a father of 3 under 10. This is completely accurate.
Dads don't sleep, they hold back
Based on the moms reaction I'm sure they'll be expecting their 4th in about 9 months.
Love the fact that her body can't even process how to set the baby down afterwards as she's far too focused on the husband after that 😂
The venn diagram of the type of people to give an infant a cell phone like this and have 3+ children is possibly a circle.
LMAOOOOOO
It's difficult but I didn't give a screen to my kids for the first 2 years of life. Wooden blocks were good stimulus for their developing brains
It didn't look like the screen was even on. I gave my 1 year old my old phone that doesn't work and he loves that thing more than his play phone that makes noise. I bet it's similar
Same here! My kid loves to take just about anything and put it up to her ear and start talking like she's on a phone. Gave her a dead smart phone so she can actually feel like mom and dad.
Good on you! It is proven that it is better to not give any kids under 2 any screentime! Prevent the screentime for as long as reasonably possible
Lol WOW the science literacy in the responses is bad. If you think "scientists showed a correlation" is a counter point and not something I already acknowledged, youre not scientifically literate enough to participate in the discussion. Its getting redundant. If you think i said "scientists said no harm can come from screen time", youre an idiot. Just downvote and scroll on. You dont have to explicitly tell me you're too stupid to understand. I understand.
Is it? Do you have a citation that shows cause or just standard "parents who are more attentive both have better behaved kids and use less screen time on average" thing?
Edit: so yea, its not proven, as expected. And all people can reply with is "but letting tv raise your kids is bad" like thats what i tried to discuss. Classic reddit. Literally ignoring the exact distinction i asked about confirm the sky is blue.
It’s not hard to just look it up. I found this in about 3 seconds of googling. Sure you can make an argument about correlation and causation, but there’s definitely a link to screen time and underdevelopment
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2808593?guestAccessKey=59506bf3-55d0-4b5d-acd9-be89dfe5c45d&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=082123
Not OP but my SO has a degree in early childhood development and has worked in child care for at least 8 years and she said the same when I asked about it and the health nurse that done the developmental checks for our baby said 2 years too, there must be some research that went into it.
But from what I've seen, I think you can tell the difference in children that are given limited screen time, those that are given it whenever they want and those that are basically raised my YouTube.
All that screen time can’t be good for their eyes either,
Like, as an adult I get headaches and eye strain from just looking at my computer for work, can’t imagine the type of damage hours of looking at a screen is doing to babies eyes
Just the first 2 years huh 🤣
It’s difficult to go that long!
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This might be a misunderstanding - by "give a screen" the commenter above meant "let the kid use a device with a screen." They didn't mean "give the child their own cell phone."
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I wouldn't be surprised if there's an expert organization out there that says that - tbh, my phone is probably frying my brain right now as an adult. But the American Academy of Pediatrics (which IMO is quite conservative in its recommendations) sets the age at 2 years.
And television is also bad for kids that age - it's essentially empty time without real value, so to the extent it replaces any interaction they might have with other people or manipulating the world around them, it's a net negative for their development.
Not sure if satire, or is it really common to give 2 year olds phones...
My sister has six kids. This is accurate.
I was just thinking that! lol
I came to say: he got laid that night
Babies are always trying to end their lives/get injured by nature
Mobile suicide machines.
As a parent, the first few years of life are definitely a suicide watch
And with toddler siblings, they even have someone else trying to end their lives.
My mom breeds German shepherd dogs, so there was a while there where there would be a whole litter of puppies and toddler me just causing constant chaos. Idk how my parents did it, I know I’m just not built for that kinda stress 😂
One of my favorite indi games that is fun for about 1 hour is "Who's your daddy". It's a 2 player game, where one player plays the dad, and one player plays the baby. The goal of the baby is to kill itself, the goal of the dad is to prevent that
It's a Parenting simulator lol
Drunk or a toddler.
I don't see them gambling.
Hairless pandas
They have a few memories from the void still and are always trying to return, after a few years they forget that
Have twins. Was in a state of hypervigilance for several years as they repeatedly sought ways to find cracks in the safety system and off themselves. Wonder if that's the same mental state soldiers in combat have when they can't relax after returning from war zones.
This is for sure what this stage of twin parenting has been like for me so far. You’re never really off, you’re just on standby.
Non veteran here but my great grandfather served in the marines for some years and I can confirm that when you come back, while your life can settle back into a normal civilian routine, it’s never the same and more often than not you’re always going to remember your training and will always be vigilant for danger.
And sleep is going to be impossible at least for a little bit. And chances are your kids or the people you have a similar influence on are going to be strong and disciplined people because you’re going to keep the training with you even if it’s only expressed in small ways
Our son used to sleep on my chest while I slept on my hammock. One time my wife tried lifting him off of me and I instantly grabbed him before I was even fully awake. It took me a few seconds before I realized what was happening.
My wife fell asleep while she was nursing our baby a little while ago and I slowly picked him up to put him in his crib and she freaked out and started slapping. Unfortunately she slapped the baby and woke him up so we had to start the whole process over.
I'm sorry but I'm in tears at that imagery.
Poor bubs.
Lol yeah, poor guy. It wasn't funny at the time but it's funny in hindsight.
Wife: - “HTTP 404”
That last sentence has me ruined 😂
Great catch. Lol. But why does Mom put the baby down on its head?🤣
It's okay, she's got spares.
"I have the instruments to make more"
Just need to borrow a little something.
Catarina Sforza vibes
“I can always start again… make another kid”
Great reference to Catalina Sforza
She's way too impressed with dad's reflexes to care about the kid.
Dad’s looking at her like, “seriously?!”
It’s not that crazy if she puts the rest of the baby down gently (so its neck isn’t injured). Toddlers are built different.
Have you ever caught a kid falling off the couch like this? I have. It’s pretty much your only option. Controlled landing.
Otherwise, the mechanics of trying to get them back onto the couch hurt your back or the child. And trust me when I say your back will already be grumpy about catching a falling child with lightning fast reflexes.
This one is defective, let’s make another one.
This definitely the baby roll. This is when they curl up like a roly poly.
And picking the baby up by one leg.
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As a wee tot i got a bat costume one Halloween and kept asking my dad to hold me upside down by the ankles.
As our pediatrician said "babies and toddlers are idiot proof" so they can withstand much more in the sense of falls/bumps
Kids aren’t adults it doesn’t bother them at all. They’re just built differently than we are
That's stepmotherreflex
Mom said “Oh wow, you’re going to get some.”
No thanks, one baby is enough.
They have three kids sitting there in this video lol
For now…
The feeling still stands.
Also, the other two are not babies.
The Force is strong with this one! Anakin if he actually married Padme and went political. Lol 😁
He wasn't napping. He was just resting his eyes.
When you have kids and bother to take care of them, your relexes will be also this honed. Also there are two kinds of resting states. One is the mindly resting where you are still aware of your surroundings and then the deep sleep where you are completely unaware what is going on around you.
Knights used to hold heavy rocks in their hands when sleeping, if they were to switch to the deep sleep mode, the rock would fall and wake them up. Neat.
Not napping, side eying the TV, but still impressive moves for sure!
It may look like he’s napping, but I think he’s actually watching tv
Nice try, Parker. Now, get up and get me some more pictures of SPIDER-MAN!
I love how he's comfy under his son sitting on him while he naps.
Mom still dropped him on his head 😂
I dislocated my goddamm shoulder and permanently damaged it while trying to catch my baby while I was sleeping. Thing is, she wasn't even in danger with that fall. Dad reflexes are real, and are sometimes too much.
Never underestimate dad strength, and dad reflexes when it comes to taking care of, and protecting their children. We are often overlooked as caregivers and providers, but we are also programmed to make sure nothing happens to our pups.
The mom nodding yes saying "oh yea you're getting some tonight!"
It’s a challenge “ok now we level up with another kid”
Tell me your on your third kid without telling me you are on your third kid.
Mom said it's my turn to post this.
4gifs? Dang these kids have their own kids by now
Oh my god Its jason fucking borne
Dad's spidey sense was tingling
My phone people need me
Parents - may I suggest removing the brown pillow behind the kids
He’s got ESP; extra sensory parenting.
That’s some stepmom reflexes there, too.
I also constantly film my family room.
Like to think of myself as a very lazy superhero ..that nap catch was legit!
Parents are evolving to only have reflexes now that 2 year old children are being raised by screens.
r/WhyWereTheyFilming
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What
Wtf is the mother doing? That’s probably one of the easiest ways to dislocate a baby’s leg.
They are about to have another child
The mom hit the baby on its head🫠
So young with a phone or a console...
My god that’s Jason Bourne!
Dad was a full 2 frames ahead of mom!!
I bet he’s an ice hockey goalie
Saaaaaveeeee
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Lmao I can see her mouthing “Wow”
Why?
What is this sub? Only a couple posts a month, but they almost always get pushed to the front page.
Now that's a DAD!🏆
This is embodiment in linguistic terms.
The fact he’s wearing a tie makes it twice as good. Classic dad.
When my son was a toddler I was taking a nap on the float in the pool. Just a sliiiiighhht creak of the gate and I was out of that thing and caught him before he even hit the water. This is why parents are always tired, even when we are asleep we are on full alert.
gj dad
I’m a dad, what’s your superpower?
She was so impressed she almost let that one go down.
Parent radar… it’s not learned, it’s instinct.
My baby mom be on some dumb shit like his
Mom is so turned on right now.
Oh, he's getting lucky that night :-)
I know that look on mom’s face, Dad is going to have a very, very good night.
He even was half a second early 😂😂😂
She looks like she said, “yeah this is going on the dad reflexes sub”
He's gonna get so much time on the play station later!
WOW AWESOME CATCH!
This is some Paranormal Activity camera angle…
Get that dad a recliner
Fastest hands in the west
Felt the movement from the sofa and that intuition switch came on damn
I love this!! Thats how Dad!!
Nice! Mom must've got wet right there lolol
She was so impressed that night she took him upstairs and went DJ Khalid on him.
He wasn’t napping. He was just resting his eyes.
Parents keep one eye open and one I closed at all times, it’s just being protective and plus instincts.
Elliot Page has put on some weight.
Her look said gimme another later
Why were they video taping that?
Great catch !!
This reminds me - I’ll be resting my eyes and then I’ll hear myself snore. But if I’m really asleep I shouldn’t hear myself snore right?
I’m getting old. Lol
He was so fast that his arm was in place before the baby finished falling into it
Lucky they were filming
That’s a loving daddy aww
she said "that's hot"
That look from the girl…bro earned some brownie points
Yup, they had sex that night.
It's like the ninja trope of them closing their eyes to become one with their surroundings and envisioning a cut or something
Mom reflexes were locked in, too. Dad just had better forward positioning.
Key still in the ignition
Just scored extra points with mum...
'Insert ultra instinct sound sting"
That dude got his pickle schlobbed that night…
I qanna know what the mom said
Love how mom confirms "oh, I am going to take care of you tonight!"!
3 young kids... if that dad takes a nap he isnt waking up till tomorrow
Are children designed to fall or something?! How did this child just flip??!
Okay but why'd the mom grab the baby like that after why not get a better grip like under the arms instead of just grabbing the leg 💀
She was like "goddamn you can put another one of those in me"
spidey-roonie!
to wake from that nap, he had to channel the power of all the dads that ever dadded
Smh at mom
Dad gave mom a look like "really I just came home from work"
It's just like trying to change the tv channel when dad is napping on the couch lol "Hey! I was watching that!"
He was trying to protect the phone
Even better would be not letting a toddler have access to a computer/phone.
She looked at him like ‘okay you deserve a beej tonight’
Why were they filming.
This is a cropped video. The actual video has the entire room in it. Definitely a security camera.
Nanny cam
Maybe that baby was trying to use their phone to get either parent to pay attention? Instead they just decided to throw themself off the couch instead.
And then mom, perfectly seated and with both arms free, procedes to bump babys head on the floor and apparently blame dad for some reason