Yeah, part of what teaches kids how to roll with things outside the home are the skills they safely learn inside the home. While I suppose it’s possible that she lives a life of being parentally bullied and emotionally abused, I don’t see any reason from the video to jump to that conclusion or that she’s being set up for sexual abuse or whatever. Absent more information or context, I can’t get too worked up.
There’s a whole spectrum of things that can happen if you don’t teach your daughter boundaries matter.
I gave the most extreme one to prove a point.
Ok. But you have no idea what else happens between that father and daughter. What he is doing might be part of that teaching process. And it’s also a bad thing to have cold unfeeling parents who never touch their children in any way resembling a loving manner. That can turn out badly also.
I don’t disagree. And remember at no point was I passing judgment on this guy as a father.
I was asking about a singular act and whether or not it was wise.
And sure, give kids love and affection. But only when they’re receptive towards it.
Oh, good grief. Talk about a straw man. Do you seriously think there’s no way to hug or kiss one’s children that doesn’t involve doing so when they’re objecting to it?
Ugh. Poor kid. Yes, the dad was wrong.
It was 15 seconds of a father playing kissy face with his daughter and she wasn’t in the mood so he stopped. If you want to predict how that will affect the rest of their lives then every aspect should be considered. It’s easier to simply ignore it because it’s meaningless.
This is not a 5 year old being told to be a “good girl” and let Grandma kiss her. This is a toddler who in a few years, if not sooner, will forget this ever happened
What’s adorable is “Dadda being annoying!” is apparently one of the first phrases that girl learned.
Having a young daughter of my own, I think people need to get over this excessively woke notion that every interaction has the potential to lead to decades of trauma or lack of empowerment or whatever.
Kids develop their own personalities in different ways, largely independent of however we might want to craft them.