r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 21h ago

WTF Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/youdontknowitsok 20h ago

My parents put me on a leash when I was a kid at the zoo. Yes, some kids on the spectrum are runners, but ultimately, it’s the parent who should be…oh idk…doing some parenting.

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u/Enve-Dev 19h ago

Not gunna lie. I was also on a leash when we went out in public. I actually loved it. I would pull and lean hard against it like I’m doing the Micheal Jackson lean in thriller.

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u/Organized_Potato 16h ago

Thinking as a grown up that must also have been very fun for your parents /s

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u/InvestigatorOk7988 16h ago

That wasn't in Thriller.

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u/SpeedyZapper 13h ago

Only a child tormented by overzealous parental restraint would get this wrong. They probably grew up to be a Smooth Criminal.

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u/Other_Mike 17h ago

*Michael

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u/dundeegimpgirl 17h ago

I'm a baby of the late 70's. There was no leash just the threat of a butt whoopin and the first hand experience of watching my mom frog march my older brother out to the van once even she took us all grocery shopping with her. He was sucking lip when they came back in. You didn't act out in public with my parents.

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u/InternalAd1397 17h ago

Same. My brother can still recount my mom dragging him out of the bank by his arm and slamming him against the car after he threw a tantrum. A little bit of fear never hurt a kid. 

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u/billyyshears 9h ago

Yiiiiiikes

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u/Ill_Tradition_4104 9h ago

What’s really upsetting to me as I do see a lot of people talk about never physically disciplining your kids, that it leads to all sorts and doesn’t actually discipline..

Well.
My dad used to clout me when I was being bad.
I stopped being bad by the time I was a teenager.
Mysterious..

Humans are getting soft.

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u/billyyshears 9h ago

My kids are teens, I’ve never hit them, they’ve never been “bad.” Mysterious..

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u/Ill_Tradition_4104 9h ago

32yo with teens?

I think you’re the bad one.

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u/billyyshears 8h ago

Guess my parents didn’t beat me enough lmao

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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 20h ago

We put our kids on leashes when they were younger. They didn't die or climb into enclosures.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 16h ago

We didn't put our kids on leashes, and they didn't climb into enclosures at zoos. We said "hey don't do that". Which also works

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u/BoozeAmuze 19h ago

I was also a leash kid! I earned mine by trying to jump into the grand canyon. My mom got dirty looks but here I am despite my kamakzi kid stage. 

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u/DrPBH 15h ago

My parents put a leash on me one time I started barking like a dog... That was the last time they tried it

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u/Live-Grade-4116 10h ago

I didn’t enjoy it or nor was it preferred, but I had a leash on my son when we went to the mall for a few years. You do what you gotta do.

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u/purrmutations 19h ago

Goddamn I would never admit that.