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Hot take: your kids don't learn how to exist

@imhannahcarr

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Why it worked

The creator taps into a common parental struggle and reframes it as a necessary part of child development, making the advice relatable and actionable. The use of humor and personal anecdotes, despite the underlying serious message, likely contributed to its shareability.

Summary

The creator argues that parents need to take their children out into the world to practice being human and social beings. She emphasizes that exposing children to various situations like grocery stores, restaurants, and parks is crucial for their development into positive members of society, even if it's inconvenient for the parents.

Structure

1Kids need practice being people
2Parents must take kids out to learn
3Examples of places to take kids
4The parent's own stress vs. the child's learning
5Parent is learning to be a good mother through this process

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Your kids need practice being people.

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Hot take: your kids need practice bein parents. Your kids need practice being people. You need to take your small children out into the world so they can learn how to human. Know you the world. How are they gonna know how to human unless you take them out into the world to learn how to human? People are gonna look at you crazy. I have four kids. Four kids, say hi. Hi. I have young kids. Six year old say hi. Hi. Four year old say hi. Hi. Three year old say hi. Hi. One year old say hi. Hi. All the children I get the luxury of your hands full anytime I go into society. I don't care. Kids, how you gonna learn how to human unless you take them out? Can take your kids to the grocery store. Take your kids to the movies. Take your kids to the parks. Take them on walks. Take them to restaurants. Take them places. Learn how to be a positive member of society. Cause how are they gonna know unless you take them out? Stresses me out. Bad. Too bad. I'm my hair. Stressed. It's good. I'm learning, they're growing. I'm learning how to be a good, positive mother. They're learning how to be good, positive members of the world. How are they gonna know unless it's your job to show them how to be a human, a positive person in public. It's your job. If it stresses you out, bad. That's too bad. Day. Feet. Drink. Love.

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Hot take: your kids don’t learn how to exist and be a good person in public unless you take them out to experience life. Take them to the grocery store. Take them to church. Take them shopping with you. Take them to restaurants. Let them practice ordering, waiting, saying excuse me, using inside voices, walking on the correct side of the aisle, waiting their turn, sitting through meals, making mistakes, and learning from them. It might be inconvenient now, but you’re raising future adults… not just keeping tiny humans perfectly contained forever. — #raisingkids #parentingtips #toddlermom #motherhood #parenting — @Ray-Ban 🕶️