• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Talk to the childs parent. Be polite, the more polite, the more embarrassed the parent will be. Then the child will learn a lesson from thier parent.

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      1 day ago

      The guy in the video didn’t seem all that interested in his son’s behavior, although it’s hard to tell if it was because he was more offended about the slur. I don’t really see any winners here, they both acted like idiots if you ask me.

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        14 hours ago

        She’s a whacko. The dad acted with far greater restraint than I would have (and did) in similar circumstances.

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        16 hours ago

        As a father, I can understand his reaction as recorded. He is defending his kid from essential an adult attack. Sounds like he saw her chasing his kid. Had she discussed it politely, he very likely would have been focused on the misbehavior of his own child. No guarantees of course. But the kids are 5. He may have been looking to start a game of chase with the other kid or something. They just don’t know how things are done, and they have to learn. Reacting with racial slurs to normal 5 year old behavior just totaly destroys the chance for learning.

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          15 hours ago

          Agreed. Clearly the slur was not helpful, as it escalated the situation instead of defusing it (big surprise, I know).

          It’s just disappointing to see grown adults act just as irresponsible as the children they are supposed to care for.

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        24 hours ago

        This is a major L take. Your argument is to compare bad behavior performed by a 5 year old child and a grown adult, and say “they are basically equivalent”. The Internet is trying to point out to you how ridiculous it is to hold a 5 year old and professional adult to the same standards.

        The teacher is hands down “the asshole” in this scenario, and I am saying this as a professional public school teacher. Yes, the five year old was wrong to steal, but the kid is five and is in the process of learning what society considers right and wrong. The teacher escalated the scenario due to her bigotry and then expected the father to be susceptive to her concerns about the child stealing stuff. She should have professionally address the behavior to the child’s parents and admin (especially if it was repeated behavior) so that the team can help the child understand why what they are doing is incorrect.

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          21 hours ago

          This happened on a public playground, not in a school. As far as I could see from the video, there were no teachers or authority figures in sight.

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            18 hours ago

            Oops, that’s my fault on messing up the context. Nevertheless, my point still stands.