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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Complete missed where I had traveled across the US as a kid.
I don't think I was a sheltered kid. 7 of us vs one parent at a time didn't leave a lot of bandwidth for them to be helicopter parents. Wasn't a latchkey kid either. I'd walk myself and my brothers home from school most days. During the summer we'd walk down to the pool on our own, or sometimes take a younger sibling with us if they wanted to go (surprise surprise, no leashes at the pool) or we'd walk across town and grab snacks from the grocery store (still no leashes).
Leashing kids is not normal, if you don't believe me, try to find video of a place where more than 3 are leashed in the background of a news report or puff piece.
The vast majority of kids aren't leashed. It's not normal.
Traveling across the US doesn't mean you went to places where small kids congregated. It's also more common NOW than it was back then.
Why are you acting like people are leashing 8-10 year olds. You use them when the kids are 1-3 so they're not stuck in their stroller the whole time you're at some public place (which is probably what your parents did with you). It really sounds like you think parents are tying their kid to a post, instead of having a connection on their wrist. Your arguments come across as if you have zero idea what we're talking about and only had a visceral overreaction to just hearing this concept for the first time.
The kids often enjoy it, too. They think they're the ones leading their parents.
What a stupidly arbitrary and specific demand for proof.
The kids I saw leashed were primarily in the 6-12 range if I had to guess. They absolutely were not 2-4.
I can find you a video of a news report with kids in the background where none of them are leashed in just a few minutes, mainly because the vast majority of children are not put on leashes.
I do not believe for a second that a 12 year old would sit there allowing themselves to be leashed. Some 12 year olds are basically full grown adult sized people.
I'm talking about toddlers. I've said that multiple times. You keep imagining dumb shit that is not happening. So you're right, the vast majority of non toddler children are not on leashes. Congrats. What a fucking stupid conversation this was. No one said otherwise. You invented a thing that wasn't happening to be angry at.
Well you're wrong.
Prove it
Amazon sells leashes sizesd for 12yr olds.
Special needs children do exist.
So do non-special needs kids.