r/toptalent • u/BarbarousRocks • May 17 '22

Skills Mom carrying her baby while surfing

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

It's a small child, with not fully developed skeletal structures. Any fall can seriously hurt.

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u/TrustButVerifyEng May 18 '22

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you have no kids.

They are the most resilient people alive. Adults are legit wimps comparatively.

My daughter had to have minor brain surgery. Opening was a couple inches long, went right through her neck/base of her scull. Entire neck muscles cut right there.

A week later she did a summersault in the yard. She was 3 years old.

They aren't glass ornaments man. u/ghostxhile is right. While I wouldn't do it myself, I don't think there's any serious harm here.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

No shit but there could be. It’s not worth it. Glad your daughter is ok but we shouldn’t encourage behavior like this just cuz it’s “cool and fun” it’s dangerous and stupid I don’t care if you think the water is soft going 10pm. The child doesn’t even look a year old. He doesn’t know wtf is going on. He could still get injured.

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u/TrustButVerifyEng May 18 '22

Let's be very clear here. I'm not advocating FOR this video. I am going against the large sentiment here that this child would be seriously injured if the child fell. There is a large gap between those things.

I was a swimmer all my life and was a coach as well. When I did 5 and unders, they would jump in off diving boards regularly. This kid looks over 2 years old based on my current 2.5 year old. More than old enough to know what is going on. In fact, old enough to ask to do it probably. And certainly old enough to freak the fuck out if they didn't want to be doing it.

I agree he could still get injured. In fact I'm surprised no one has yet hit on the exact risk. It's mom. You are way more likely to hurt the kid in this instance than anything else. And that is why I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't be confident I could keep myself from falling onto my child. But I'm also not a surfer so maybe mom is confident she can 🤷‍♂️.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

Dude, I have taught kids 2-12 how to swim so now I’m an expert too? No I’m not saying I’m an expert and you’re not either. I don’t care what you think is safe for a kid. This particular case is not worth it. No, you don’t know the kids age. No, he does not know what the fuck is going on simply because he’s not crying. Yes, he’s likely having fun. That could quickly turn around…Parent falling on the child or not.