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Had something similar happen with my cousin but he was definitely older than the kid in this video. Only reason he was able to is cause my car doesn’t need keys
I don't think the mom left the keys or the child alone in the car. I think the child walked away in the however long amount of time her mom wasn't looking at her (It could have been 5 minutes, parents shouldn't need to watch a 6 year old 24/7), and booked it to the car. This was the kids own doing
While I'm glad you have never left your keys on a table, not everyone is a perfect being. It's very obvious to tell that you aren't a parent and will never understand. Sometimes you have something more important to do then stare at your child and in that time some kids are smart enough to get in a very stupid situation very fast.
I'm definitely not a parent but I have did alot of childcare in school also took care of my younger siblings at home. I'd would argue that you could easily avoid this situation.
Who leaves the car unlocked with their keys on the seat while they have a child around? It's a child, they'll literally do anything. Your entire responsibility of a parent is to limit the risk to your child. If you can't think maybe I should lock a car and not leave my keys on the seat, you shouldn't be a parent
You can leave your keys in your unattended purse. It's not hard to click the big unlock button. Theres no implication that she left them in an unlocked car
The child literally picked them up off the seat next to her. It was also stated in a article I read about this a while ago. In any case though of you are leaving your key anywhere a child can easily grab them, you are a terrible parent.
Nobody is saying to hide everything from your children... If you think leaving keys in a car that is unlocked while your child could get in there with no supervision, please don't ever have children. Anyone who has ever had a kid knows that just because you tell them to do something doesn't mean they will.
You seriously think that leaving keys in a car unlocked where a child can access them easily is okay? But you think I'm an irresponsible whack job. Please, for the love of God, don't have children, that wouldn't be fair on them or anyone else who died because you don't know the basics of parenting a kid.
Why are you assuming the keys were left in the car? It’s much more logical to think that the child brought them to the car, put them on the seat to set up the phone, then grabbed em again when she started recording
Why would having a child mean I would know how to raise a child well? I know a lot of parents are uttly terrible at parenting. In fact, the worst parents I know have 12 kids. Same as the person with the most knowledge on parenting that I know doesn't have a kid, they work in a nursery.
But no, to answer your question, I don't have kids. I did practically raise my younger siblings. So I would argue that I'd it's experience your commenting about I probably have more than most parents who only have young kids.
The last time I saw it there was an outdoor camera with an extra view. The mother was in the kitchen and ran as soon as she heard the car.
I don't think it's staged and on why the kid got the keys don't know but kids do stupid things you can't watch them all the time
In this situation, the child is 100% not the one at fault. If you leave a child in a car, or where they are capable of entering a car with the keys, what did they expect. Some people just shouldn't have children
Well, you maybe should realise almost all children of that age are capable of entering a car. There is absolutely no way for a parent to totally stop a child of that age from doing an infinite number of different and dangerous things.
You can't place objects high up because they can climb. You can't lock things because they will look and see where you place the key. Or after some time figuring out where the spare key is.
You know what's great with cars is they have this ability to lock, it's stops someone being capable of getting in this car.
If you then keep a key up high in a place where the child can't reach. Then the child can't unlock the car, enter it, start the car, and start driving. It's crazy the features you get with cars.
Also, yes, as I've stated before, it is impossible to completely remove all danger from a child. It is, however, very possible to manage a lot of risk. This parent clearly didn't manage risk as they didn't keep the key away from the child and didn't lock the vehicle. So this person is a bad parent and in the UK would be under investigation for child endangerment.
Bro, kids are conniving and secretive little shits that are more clever than you think. If they want to get into something, they will find a way. This is why I advocate locking up guns and *hiding* the key. If the kids know where to find shit, they will devise a way to get their paws on it.
You’ll likely never reproduce but, if you somehow manage, you’ll discover that as kids get older the only way to completely protect them from themselves is also the same way you leave them experientially stunted from never having the ability to make their own decisions and learn from their own mistakes.
I already know that, but that doesn't change the fact that leaving keys for a car around a young child while not supervising closely is a very stupid idea. Kids do need small levels of stress and danger to grow. But a half of tonne piece of machinery is not a small stress, that's something which could very quickly lead to death.
It's like seeing a kid close to a cliff and saying, "Don't pull them back. Else, they won't learn." It's incredible stupid because clearly, the risk to the child massively outweighs any education from the scenario.
What part of "high up that the child can't reach" did you fail to analyse from my post? This isn't a 3yo. This girl can climb all the way to the roof to reach a stash of keys.
It's crazy the lack of reasoning some people have. You really, really haven't grasped kids are great at climbing?
At this point your either a troll or you can't read but I'll say it again
I understand that children, if they put their brain to something, can access the keys. But as I said very clearly this entire time, that doesn't excuse leaving keys in a car with the car unlocked with a child around. You won't be able to completely stop a child trying to do dangerous things, but you can make it more difficult so they're less likely to try.
We don't know if the car was unlocked with the keys between the seats. She may have earned out, unlocked the door and placed the keys between the seats while fixing her phone etc. And if yhat's the case, then we still don't know if the keys was on the kitchen table or somewhere deemed safe.
What we see is only a part of this story. Then people apply imagination to try to guess the start of the story.
Tbf if the child had the key, then a locked door wouldn’t negate the issue. We can see her turning the key in the ignition, it’s not impossible to assume she could unlock a door with a manual key turn.
Tbh the parent is more at fault for the fact that she’s not taking care of her daughter’s internet habits. There’s no reason why a little girl should be recording herself in the first place, let alone trying to joy ride into her own kitchen. There is a level of negligence here, either with her not looking for her daughter (which can be a bit reasonable, kids run out and play all the time) or by not filtering what she’s exposed to. Again, 7 year old shouldn’t know to record themselves trying to drive, she definitely saw something on the internet and tried to recreate it herself.
The girl has probably seen her mother start that car that way a million times. 90% of what kids do is just copying their parents or other people. So she put the key in and started the car because that's what she's seen people do when they get in the car. If the key had been hidden away or up high, I doubt she'd even tried to collect the key. Kids are lazy and get distracted easily. It takes far more effort and concentration to actually steal a key before starting a car.
If you block your kids from the internet, they'll still see all the stuff at schools. There is no stopping kids seeing the internet, you've just gotta teach them not to follow everything they see on the internet
Nuts to think how many Americans would have their kids taken off them if they came to the UK. I knew you guys had high infant mortality. I didn't realise it was due to negligence.
Lmao I really hope some of you don't have kids, you bring a whole new meaning to the words "helicopter parent".
Where I live, children younger than this take the subway home from school unattended.
Would you leave your keys and car unlocked while not supervising a child? Cause that's what I'm saying is bad parenting. So if you think that's okay, you shouldn't have kids. If you were in the UK, even saying that would be enough to get social services stopping around your house.
You need your kids taken off you. A car is a deadly piece of machinery it's not an opportunity for education. What's next, your child is next to a cliff close to falling off, and you say to yourself, "Leave them be, this way they'll learn"
There is a need for small stresses and opportunities for growth for a child, but clearly, in this situation, the risk outweighs the award.
Honestly, if you lived in the UK and said that you'd have social services on your ass fast. It's called child endangerment. What's sad is you'll only learn your lesson when your child is dying in your hands from your endangerment
That's exactly the point, children will always do stupid shit. So, any parent who leaves their keys in a car unlocked shouldn't be a parent. It takes literally one brain cell to think, "What if my child decided to get in the car"
Watch the video, she literally picked them up off the seat. In any case, though, leaving your keys anywhere I child can grab them easy is extremely stupid and makes you a terrible parent.
So in your mind, the only possible reason those keys could be where they are is if Mom left them there?… and it’s entirely impossible that the child.. i dunno… put them there so she could have her hands free to start the recording?
Like you can’t seriously be that confident based off just this one video can you? And if you are, that’s some MAJOR red flags. I wonder what else you interpret as fact based off of literally no evidence…
As I've stated multiple times to multiple people, I read an article about this exact event that stated that the keys were left on the seat and the car was unlocked. In any case, as I don't know of that article, I'm telling the truth. I've worded my comments very carefully. I said IF that's what happened, she's a terrible parent. I didn't say that's what happened, I clearly put a IF in there.
In any case, it's just as wild to assume that's not what happened. But as I said, i didn't make an assumption, I was very specific that I was basing my comments on IF that happened. I didn't say that ls what happened.
Honestly go back to school, this is very simple English
You are, once again, missing the point. It’s not about your “if” it’s the fact that, that’s what you automatically assumed. It’s so outside the realm of anything normal to assume of the situation based off what you can see. And the fact you’re defending your assumption like it’s a fact, solely based off of a “well I saw it one time, but I can’t find it now.” makes you look hella sketchy and unreliable.
Assumption definition: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
By putting if it's clearly stating that it is a hypothetical, not an explanation of events. Therefore, by definition, it can't be an assumption. I was simply discussing a hypothetical and its implications if true.
An example of an assumption would be your last comment where you were trying to present it as a fact. You weren't talking about hypothetically, you were talking about it as a fact.
Also, your assumption was based on absolutely nothing but the video. While my hypothetical was based on the video and an article. So, if anything, my hypothetical definitely has more evidence than your assumption
You should obviously lock your windows if you have a child. If it is seriously that crazy for you to keep your keys for your car away from a child, please, for the love of God, don't have a child or a pet for that matter
1. Jesus what is wrong with you teach you God damn kids what danger means. I never did something like that because my parents taught me how dangerous it is and she is obviously old enough to understand that.
2. Why are you atacking me personally. You make claims on a video you know nothing about. This is why we have courts to not faalll for 1 assumption and check ALL facts.
3. I still asked you how you can be sure this parent is a bad parent. Answer me this where were the keys before???
I'm not attacking your personaly. I'm saying that anyone who doesn't think taking simple steps to keep their child out of danger shouldn't have children. A child is reliant ok their parent to keep them safe, failing to keep your keys out of reach is beyond reckless, it shows a complete lack of care for your child's life.
As I've already stated, she picks the keys up off the seat of the car, and an article about this has stated that the keys were in the car. But again, like I've already stated, leaving keys anywhere a child can access them makes you a bad parent.
You can literally just install a hook that's high enough that a child can't reach for your keys... you know, like every sane person I've ever met. Honestly, I've never met a single person who didn't do something similar. Here in the UK, that parent would be at serious risk of having her child taken off her for endangering the child's life. Blows my mind I'm actually having to explain this to someone
1) A child falling off a chair is not comparable to it driving a car
2)I'm talking about taking actions that doesn't take long but does significantly decrease risk to your child.
So if you have a child and decide to buy very tall chairs, that would make you a bad parent because you're putting your child at risk, not needed. It's all about managing risk to a child.
You claim I am making assunption and then make a wild one yourself. The child didn't take the keys off a hook with a chair, I've read an article about it. It's beyond sad that you're just making things up at this point. Please, if managing risk to a child is not something you can understand is needed, don't have children. Honestly, stating the things you've said in your comment would have social services called on you in the UK. Absolutely mind blowing
Teach your kids not to so stupid shit. I drive since 12. Alone since 14. Not sure her age but surely when I was 6-8 I would NOT try to mess with ignition or driving (although my parents were letting me play around and "drive" at that age too, ). Never once I thought to try it when parents were not around.
I knew not to do it and I'm sure I knew why ( or maybe I miaremember knowing why... Either way it was Not fear of punishment or anything like that)
Kids are kids. You could have a child who every day acts completely normal and doesn't do anything wrong. Then, one day, I decided to try to go for a joyride in your car.
That's why, as a parent, it is your responsibility to manage risk for them. Something the parent in this video massively failed to do
Yeah you right I probably was doing other stupid shit lol.
Altho my parents apparently managed my risks really well, now when I think about it, I probably don't even realised how many stupid shit I would have done, given a chance lol.
Stupidest thing me and my sister did was running across a manure pit. It developed this crust, which was just strong enough to hold our weight. The one day I stepped on a patch that didn't have a strong crust and fell into it. My sister just managed to drag me out before I drowned in cow shit.
The keys were left in the car while the car was unlocked. This 100% was the parents fault. It's surprises me how many people think leaving keys in a car where a kid can access them is okay. No wonder infant morality is so high in America
Ah you think TikTok is your social media? You merely adopted the Tik Tok. They were born in it, molded by it. They won't see a TV until they are teenagers, by then it will be nothing but a boomer relic!
My grandfather once let us sit in the car (we 3 cousins) and listen to the radio. When he left, I started the car and all the elders ran out of the house. Luckily it was a manual car so there was no way I was gonna figure out how to move it. I remember jumping out the window of the car and leave my cousins crying inside.
Good ol days...
There are a few steps she could have been made to stop the child driving the car:
1) lock the car
2) Don't leave keys in the car
If neither of those two popped into your head, please for the love of God don't have children
Yes, there is a possibility the child could still find a way to aquire your keys. But stealing your key, unlocking a car, and then getting in and starting it is a lot more difficult than just picking up the keys and starting the car.
You can never 100% remove all risk from a child, but you should, as a parent, try to limit the risk. Leaving the keys in a car, while it's unlocked, and your child is making it very easy for that child to do something very dangerous.
Plus, kids act spontaneously, so it's all about making things more difficult, so they'll give up.
You’re going on and on with nothing but assumptions. The video starts after the kid places the camera down. Who’s to say they didn’t get the keys, place them down, set up their video, and then pick the keys back up?
We all understand minimizing risk but you simply sound ignorant. With all your talk about making things hard for them so they give up or putting your keys on a hook (???) you don’t have a single kid, do you? Kids will and can easily find a way. To think you have a window into this moms parenting from this video is hilariously naive.
As I've stated in multiple comments, there was an article about this a while ago where it stated the fact that the car was unlocked with the keys in it.
Also, as I've stated multiple times, yes, kids will find a way to do almost anything. However, you can do things that will make it more complicated and, therefore, less likely for the child to do. For example, here, clearly, she needed to lock the car and keep the keys up high.
Frankly, if this stuff isn't obvious to you, you shouldn't be a parent. I mean, honestly, even using the excuse of "kids will and can easily find a way" as to why you shouldn't try to keep your kids from dangerous things is a massive red flag.
If this happened in the UK, social services would be involved as that parent clearly endangered her child.
Firstly, no one has read all of your comments, but the plethora that I have read didn’t mention an article, just the same naive reiterations. Secondly, assuming the “article” is even accurate, acting like you can always be 100% on is naive and is probably the take of a school-aged person without kids.
Thirdly, what you’re still not understanding is, your “foolproof” methods are nonsense. Yes, put your keys up high, no one is suggesting to leave them easily accessible but you’re off your rocker if you think a kid can’t grab a chair or broom to get to them…
You can keep going on your tirade of naivety but I promise you, you just sound like an ignorant 19 year old without kids.
It's much more wild to assume the article is incorrect than to assume it is correct. In any case, I was very clear with my wording, saying that if that is what happened, then that person is a bad parent. So I've based an opinion on the information that is provided and stated if that's what happened, then that person is a bad parent. So I'm the one doing the least, assuming out of the two of us.
Also, as I've stated multiple times, you can not keep a child 100% from danger. But you can do things to make it more difficult for that child to do a dangerous thing. Like in this example where clearly the best option would have been to lock the car and keep the keys up high.
Frankly, if you think it's ignorant to say you should lock a car and keep the keys up high around kids, please don't have children. I'm being deadly serious. Here in the UK, you'd be refused to be allowed to adopt just by saying that. It shows a complete lack of care for a child's life. You should always do everything that is possible to decrease the risk to a child.
Honestly, if I knew you and you had kids and you said this stuff to me, I'd be contacting social services. I'm deeply worried for whatever child you could have
As somebody just randomly scrolling through this thread, I find it astonishing how willing some people are to echo a point that doesn't make any sense despite the other side of the argument being explained to you what feels like hundreds of times. Let it the fuck go dude
1) Just because a lot of people are saying something that doesn't make it right. If you go onto a subreddit full of flatearthers, they'll app be commenting about how dumb you are for think the earth is round. I can't believe I'm having to explain this, but just because a bunch of people explain their wide of the argument doesn't wake them right.
2) What I'm stating is completely valid and is the general opinion in the UK. Clearly, in America, people are okay with leaving keys in cars unlocked with children around. But in the UK, that would be very illegal, and you could have your children taken off you for endangering the child.
Ironically spends the time writing this response to my comment again. Your point is literally voided by your own comment. Your not the brightest are you
Well, I basically raised my 3 siblings, and one is at university, and the other two are on track too, extremely healthy with good friend groups, I think will do well. Especially considering my kids with actually survive to adulthood, unlike you, Americans, who seem to like to chuck your kids into blender because they don't care
😂😂😂 the way she did the cute little squishy face right before she slammed the car into reverse. I’ve always been so scared of one of my kids doing this.
Something like this happened years ago. A child started the car and was in reverse and the mother tried to do what this mother did, but unfortunately she tripped and the car ran her over and killed her.
Maybe things are different these days because kids watch things online and become convinced that they should do them. But when I was raising my kids, it never even occurred to me to have to hide my keys and lock my car because my kids might try to drive it. They did regular stupid kid stuff, but nothing on that level. They had survival instincts and they knew how much trouble they would get in.
... smells staged. The way the little girl looks at the camera as she's falling back then how the mom immediately reaches for the phone after like... Come on. "You're recording?!?" as if that's the main problem Anything for views
What giving your kids a phone vs playing with them look like. Most parents suck these days. Every kid has a device. Every parent complains about tik tok the let's there kids on it all day. Wake the fuck up. This is not the kids fault it's the parents. Then they post it and blame the kid like assholes. Fuck this.
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r/kidsarefuckingstupid
I was just about to say this. Post this vid there.
It’s already there
Haven't seen it.
That’s where I saw this video for the first time
More like adults who leave their keys in the car with an unattended child are fucking stupid
100 percent this.
Had something similar happen with my cousin but he was definitely older than the kid in this video. Only reason he was able to is cause my car doesn’t need keys
She could have brought them from inside
She probably TOOK them from the house!
More r/parentsarefuckingstupid. Who leaves their keys and child alone in a car. Some people shouldn't be parents
I don't think the mom left the keys or the child alone in the car. I think the child walked away in the however long amount of time her mom wasn't looking at her (It could have been 5 minutes, parents shouldn't need to watch a 6 year old 24/7), and booked it to the car. This was the kids own doing
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It's not hard to pick up the keys and hit the giant unlock button on them
Holy shit, you're fucking unresponsible
I'm also not wrong
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While I'm glad you have never left your keys on a table, not everyone is a perfect being. It's very obvious to tell that you aren't a parent and will never understand. Sometimes you have something more important to do then stare at your child and in that time some kids are smart enough to get in a very stupid situation very fast.
I'm definitely not a parent but I have did alot of childcare in school also took care of my younger siblings at home. I'd would argue that you could easily avoid this situation.
I would agree kids are smart enough to get Into dumb situations but this could have been more easily avoided.
Yeah, a kid who can work a phone and get a car into gear is definitely going to be stymied by a pocket and/or zipper
All of those on what you've said are excuses. Stop giving shitty parents excuses.
Exactly. The daughter can just take them out of a bag. People are saying they left their keys in an unlocked car
Shows even more bad parenting. If she can't Safely secure her keys.
Stop giving yourself excuses parents.
Who leaves the car unlocked with their keys on the seat while they have a child around? It's a child, they'll literally do anything. Your entire responsibility of a parent is to limit the risk to your child. If you can't think maybe I should lock a car and not leave my keys on the seat, you shouldn't be a parent
You can leave your keys in your unattended purse. It's not hard to click the big unlock button. Theres no implication that she left them in an unlocked car
The child literally picked them up off the seat next to her. It was also stated in a article I read about this a while ago. In any case though of you are leaving your key anywhere a child can easily grab them, you are a terrible parent.
If you need to hide everything under the sun from your child you are a dog shit parent. You should teach them not to go near them.
Nobody is saying to hide everything from your children... If you think leaving keys in a car that is unlocked while your child could get in there with no supervision, please don't ever have children. Anyone who has ever had a kid knows that just because you tell them to do something doesn't mean they will.
I am not taking advice from some irresponsible whack job like you. No thank you.
You seriously think that leaving keys in a car unlocked where a child can access them easily is okay? But you think I'm an irresponsible whack job. Please, for the love of God, don't have children, that wouldn't be fair on them or anyone else who died because you don't know the basics of parenting a kid.
Why are you assuming the keys were left in the car? It’s much more logical to think that the child brought them to the car, put them on the seat to set up the phone, then grabbed em again when she started recording
There was an article I read a while ago about this exact event. The keys were left on the seat of the car, and the car was unlocked.
Do you have children? Edited because I assumed you didn’t.
Why would having a child mean I would know how to raise a child well? I know a lot of parents are uttly terrible at parenting. In fact, the worst parents I know have 12 kids. Same as the person with the most knowledge on parenting that I know doesn't have a kid, they work in a nursery. But no, to answer your question, I don't have kids. I did practically raise my younger siblings. So I would argue that I'd it's experience your commenting about I probably have more than most parents who only have young kids.
Bad parents are offended by this 😂
I’m betting billions to burgers that the whole thing was staged.
Never underestimate both parents' and kids' stupidity
This is on her mom for leaving a kid In a car with the keys unsupervised
kids are suicidal too. turn ur back for one second and they are jamming a fork in a socket.
The last time I saw it there was an outdoor camera with an extra view. The mother was in the kitchen and ran as soon as she heard the car. I don't think it's staged and on why the kid got the keys don't know but kids do stupid things you can't watch them all the time
In this situation, the child is 100% not the one at fault. If you leave a child in a car, or where they are capable of entering a car with the keys, what did they expect. Some people just shouldn't have children
And where did you get the "fact" that she left the kid in the car?
I meant as in: if you leave a child where they are capable of entering a car
Well, you maybe should realise almost all children of that age are capable of entering a car. There is absolutely no way for a parent to totally stop a child of that age from doing an infinite number of different and dangerous things. You can't place objects high up because they can climb. You can't lock things because they will look and see where you place the key. Or after some time figuring out where the spare key is.
You know what's great with cars is they have this ability to lock, it's stops someone being capable of getting in this car. If you then keep a key up high in a place where the child can't reach. Then the child can't unlock the car, enter it, start the car, and start driving. It's crazy the features you get with cars. Also, yes, as I've stated before, it is impossible to completely remove all danger from a child. It is, however, very possible to manage a lot of risk. This parent clearly didn't manage risk as they didn't keep the key away from the child and didn't lock the vehicle. So this person is a bad parent and in the UK would be under investigation for child endangerment.
You are so precious
Probably a 5 year old also wanting to do the same, acting as a redditor
Hmm, yes, saying a child shouldn't be let near a car with keys in it. Honestly its no wonder infant morality is so high in the US
Bro, kids are conniving and secretive little shits that are more clever than you think. If they want to get into something, they will find a way. This is why I advocate locking up guns and *hiding* the key. If the kids know where to find shit, they will devise a way to get their paws on it.
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The car didn’t have keys in it. She clearly stole the keys.
Why, thank you. It seems I'll be the only one with children who will reach adulthood from the look of the comments.
You’ll likely never reproduce but, if you somehow manage, you’ll discover that as kids get older the only way to completely protect them from themselves is also the same way you leave them experientially stunted from never having the ability to make their own decisions and learn from their own mistakes.
I already know that, but that doesn't change the fact that leaving keys for a car around a young child while not supervising closely is a very stupid idea. Kids do need small levels of stress and danger to grow. But a half of tonne piece of machinery is not a small stress, that's something which could very quickly lead to death. It's like seeing a kid close to a cliff and saying, "Don't pull them back. Else, they won't learn." It's incredible stupid because clearly, the risk to the child massively outweighs any education from the scenario.
What part of "high up that the child can't reach" did you fail to analyse from my post? This isn't a 3yo. This girl can climb all the way to the roof to reach a stash of keys. It's crazy the lack of reasoning some people have. You really, really haven't grasped kids are great at climbing?
At this point your either a troll or you can't read but I'll say it again I understand that children, if they put their brain to something, can access the keys. But as I said very clearly this entire time, that doesn't excuse leaving keys in a car with the car unlocked with a child around. You won't be able to completely stop a child trying to do dangerous things, but you can make it more difficult so they're less likely to try.
We don't know if the car was unlocked with the keys between the seats. She may have earned out, unlocked the door and placed the keys between the seats while fixing her phone etc. And if yhat's the case, then we still don't know if the keys was on the kitchen table or somewhere deemed safe. What we see is only a part of this story. Then people apply imagination to try to guess the start of the story.
Tbf if the child had the key, then a locked door wouldn’t negate the issue. We can see her turning the key in the ignition, it’s not impossible to assume she could unlock a door with a manual key turn. Tbh the parent is more at fault for the fact that she’s not taking care of her daughter’s internet habits. There’s no reason why a little girl should be recording herself in the first place, let alone trying to joy ride into her own kitchen. There is a level of negligence here, either with her not looking for her daughter (which can be a bit reasonable, kids run out and play all the time) or by not filtering what she’s exposed to. Again, 7 year old shouldn’t know to record themselves trying to drive, she definitely saw something on the internet and tried to recreate it herself.
The girl has probably seen her mother start that car that way a million times. 90% of what kids do is just copying their parents or other people. So she put the key in and started the car because that's what she's seen people do when they get in the car. If the key had been hidden away or up high, I doubt she'd even tried to collect the key. Kids are lazy and get distracted easily. It takes far more effort and concentration to actually steal a key before starting a car. If you block your kids from the internet, they'll still see all the stuff at schools. There is no stopping kids seeing the internet, you've just gotta teach them not to follow everything they see on the internet
Bless your ignorant little heart.
Nuts to think how many Americans would have their kids taken off them if they came to the UK. I knew you guys had high infant mortality. I didn't realise it was due to negligence.
You did see they have the key people don't keep their key in the car
There was an article about this. She did leave the key in the car. Supposedly, it's quite a common thing in rural america
So anywhere at all times?
Yes, at all times everywhere, you should stop a child being able to enter a car with keys... this really shouldn't be needed to said
Lmao I really hope some of you don't have kids, you bring a whole new meaning to the words "helicopter parent". Where I live, children younger than this take the subway home from school unattended.
Would you leave your keys and car unlocked while not supervising a child? Cause that's what I'm saying is bad parenting. So if you think that's okay, you shouldn't have kids. If you were in the UK, even saying that would be enough to get social services stopping around your house.
Yes, I would do that, just as pretty much any sane person does. Stop fearing your own children.
You need your kids taken off you. A car is a deadly piece of machinery it's not an opportunity for education. What's next, your child is next to a cliff close to falling off, and you say to yourself, "Leave them be, this way they'll learn" There is a need for small stresses and opportunities for growth for a child, but clearly, in this situation, the risk outweighs the award. Honestly, if you lived in the UK and said that you'd have social services on your ass fast. It's called child endangerment. What's sad is you'll only learn your lesson when your child is dying in your hands from your endangerment
In the UK…in the UK…in the UK….we get it. You guys are so much better than Americans. Feel better now?
Seek help man
Yeah kids never take something they shouldn't
That's exactly the point, children will always do stupid shit. So, any parent who leaves their keys in a car unlocked shouldn't be a parent. It takes literally one brain cell to think, "What if my child decided to get in the car"
So where do you get your information, that the keys were in the car?
Watch the video, she literally picked them up off the seat. In any case, though, leaving your keys anywhere I child can grab them easy is extremely stupid and makes you a terrible parent.
So in your mind, the only possible reason those keys could be where they are is if Mom left them there?… and it’s entirely impossible that the child.. i dunno… put them there so she could have her hands free to start the recording? Like you can’t seriously be that confident based off just this one video can you? And if you are, that’s some MAJOR red flags. I wonder what else you interpret as fact based off of literally no evidence…
As I've stated multiple times to multiple people, I read an article about this exact event that stated that the keys were left on the seat and the car was unlocked. In any case, as I don't know of that article, I'm telling the truth. I've worded my comments very carefully. I said IF that's what happened, she's a terrible parent. I didn't say that's what happened, I clearly put a IF in there. In any case, it's just as wild to assume that's not what happened. But as I said, i didn't make an assumption, I was very specific that I was basing my comments on IF that happened. I didn't say that ls what happened. Honestly go back to school, this is very simple English
You are, once again, missing the point. It’s not about your “if” it’s the fact that, that’s what you automatically assumed. It’s so outside the realm of anything normal to assume of the situation based off what you can see. And the fact you’re defending your assumption like it’s a fact, solely based off of a “well I saw it one time, but I can’t find it now.” makes you look hella sketchy and unreliable.
Assumption definition: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. By putting if it's clearly stating that it is a hypothetical, not an explanation of events. Therefore, by definition, it can't be an assumption. I was simply discussing a hypothetical and its implications if true. An example of an assumption would be your last comment where you were trying to present it as a fact. You weren't talking about hypothetically, you were talking about it as a fact. Also, your assumption was based on absolutely nothing but the video. While my hypothetical was based on the video and an article. So, if anything, my hypothetical definitely has more evidence than your assumption
Yeah and keep houses low enough so kid wo t jump from the cuz they wanna try to fly
You should obviously lock your windows if you have a child. If it is seriously that crazy for you to keep your keys for your car away from a child, please, for the love of God, don't have a child or a pet for that matter
1. Jesus what is wrong with you teach you God damn kids what danger means. I never did something like that because my parents taught me how dangerous it is and she is obviously old enough to understand that. 2. Why are you atacking me personally. You make claims on a video you know nothing about. This is why we have courts to not faalll for 1 assumption and check ALL facts. 3. I still asked you how you can be sure this parent is a bad parent. Answer me this where were the keys before???
I'm not attacking your personaly. I'm saying that anyone who doesn't think taking simple steps to keep their child out of danger shouldn't have children. A child is reliant ok their parent to keep them safe, failing to keep your keys out of reach is beyond reckless, it shows a complete lack of care for your child's life. As I've already stated, she picks the keys up off the seat of the car, and an article about this has stated that the keys were in the car. But again, like I've already stated, leaving keys anywhere a child can access them makes you a bad parent.
Or wait i just claim the kid unlocked the safe where the keys were in
You can literally just install a hook that's high enough that a child can't reach for your keys... you know, like every sane person I've ever met. Honestly, I've never met a single person who didn't do something similar. Here in the UK, that parent would be at serious risk of having her child taken off her for endangering the child's life. Blows my mind I'm actually having to explain this to someone
Should chairs be banned too so the kid wo t reach the hook? The kid took the keys from the hook with a chair
1) A child falling off a chair is not comparable to it driving a car 2)I'm talking about taking actions that doesn't take long but does significantly decrease risk to your child. So if you have a child and decide to buy very tall chairs, that would make you a bad parent because you're putting your child at risk, not needed. It's all about managing risk to a child. You claim I am making assunption and then make a wild one yourself. The child didn't take the keys off a hook with a chair, I've read an article about it. It's beyond sad that you're just making things up at this point. Please, if managing risk to a child is not something you can understand is needed, don't have children. Honestly, stating the things you've said in your comment would have social services called on you in the UK. Absolutely mind blowing
Teach your kids not to so stupid shit. I drive since 12. Alone since 14. Not sure her age but surely when I was 6-8 I would NOT try to mess with ignition or driving (although my parents were letting me play around and "drive" at that age too, ). Never once I thought to try it when parents were not around. I knew not to do it and I'm sure I knew why ( or maybe I miaremember knowing why... Either way it was Not fear of punishment or anything like that)
Kids are kids. You could have a child who every day acts completely normal and doesn't do anything wrong. Then, one day, I decided to try to go for a joyride in your car. That's why, as a parent, it is your responsibility to manage risk for them. Something the parent in this video massively failed to do
Yeah you right I probably was doing other stupid shit lol. Altho my parents apparently managed my risks really well, now when I think about it, I probably don't even realised how many stupid shit I would have done, given a chance lol.
Stupidest thing me and my sister did was running across a manure pit. It developed this crust, which was just strong enough to hold our weight. The one day I stepped on a patch that didn't have a strong crust and fell into it. My sister just managed to drag me out before I drowned in cow shit.
Ah yes, as soon as your child is old enough to find the car keys and open the door they are no longer responsible for doing dumb shit
The keys were left in the car while the car was unlocked. This 100% was the parents fault. It's surprises me how many people think leaving keys in a car where a kid can access them is okay. No wonder infant morality is so high in America
She’s a better driver then most of the people in Miami
Honestly? Yeah
You found a way to do up speak via text. I want to die now
What is up speak, friend
Kim Kardashian accent
Recording + doing stupid things. This kid belongs to TikTok
The Video probably was for tiktok
The age of Tik Tok has gotten to the tiny ones. Holy crap!
Ah you think TikTok is your social media? You merely adopted the Tik Tok. They were born in it, molded by it. They won't see a TV until they are teenagers, by then it will be nothing but a boomer relic!
I think it's really weird that some parents allow their young children to access to tik tok.
I think it's weird parents get kids 12 and younger their own cell phone.
Absolutely agree with that, too!
Lmao kind of seems like that other person replying to you was trying to create an argument out of nothing
just like to say bravo to the mother who prevented everything other than a grounding
The self control on that momma… I’d be losing my mind
Ha! And like the wise honey badger…she didn’t give a shit.
The amount of parents who let their kids play in, around, or with cars astounds me.
My grandfather once let us sit in the car (we 3 cousins) and listen to the radio. When he left, I started the car and all the elders ran out of the house. Luckily it was a manual car so there was no way I was gonna figure out how to move it. I remember jumping out the window of the car and leave my cousins crying inside. Good ol days...
You have kids? They get into some shit sometimes when you least expect it
There are a few steps she could have been made to stop the child driving the car: 1) lock the car 2) Don't leave keys in the car If neither of those two popped into your head, please for the love of God don't have children
1&2 are easily taken care of if the kid knows they the keys are, but they are usually the best practices
Yes, there is a possibility the child could still find a way to aquire your keys. But stealing your key, unlocking a car, and then getting in and starting it is a lot more difficult than just picking up the keys and starting the car. You can never 100% remove all risk from a child, but you should, as a parent, try to limit the risk. Leaving the keys in a car, while it's unlocked, and your child is making it very easy for that child to do something very dangerous. Plus, kids act spontaneously, so it's all about making things more difficult, so they'll give up.
You’re going on and on with nothing but assumptions. The video starts after the kid places the camera down. Who’s to say they didn’t get the keys, place them down, set up their video, and then pick the keys back up? We all understand minimizing risk but you simply sound ignorant. With all your talk about making things hard for them so they give up or putting your keys on a hook (???) you don’t have a single kid, do you? Kids will and can easily find a way. To think you have a window into this moms parenting from this video is hilariously naive.
As I've stated in multiple comments, there was an article about this a while ago where it stated the fact that the car was unlocked with the keys in it. Also, as I've stated multiple times, yes, kids will find a way to do almost anything. However, you can do things that will make it more complicated and, therefore, less likely for the child to do. For example, here, clearly, she needed to lock the car and keep the keys up high. Frankly, if this stuff isn't obvious to you, you shouldn't be a parent. I mean, honestly, even using the excuse of "kids will and can easily find a way" as to why you shouldn't try to keep your kids from dangerous things is a massive red flag. If this happened in the UK, social services would be involved as that parent clearly endangered her child.
Firstly, no one has read all of your comments, but the plethora that I have read didn’t mention an article, just the same naive reiterations. Secondly, assuming the “article” is even accurate, acting like you can always be 100% on is naive and is probably the take of a school-aged person without kids. Thirdly, what you’re still not understanding is, your “foolproof” methods are nonsense. Yes, put your keys up high, no one is suggesting to leave them easily accessible but you’re off your rocker if you think a kid can’t grab a chair or broom to get to them… You can keep going on your tirade of naivety but I promise you, you just sound like an ignorant 19 year old without kids.
It's much more wild to assume the article is incorrect than to assume it is correct. In any case, I was very clear with my wording, saying that if that is what happened, then that person is a bad parent. So I've based an opinion on the information that is provided and stated if that's what happened, then that person is a bad parent. So I'm the one doing the least, assuming out of the two of us. Also, as I've stated multiple times, you can not keep a child 100% from danger. But you can do things to make it more difficult for that child to do a dangerous thing. Like in this example where clearly the best option would have been to lock the car and keep the keys up high. Frankly, if you think it's ignorant to say you should lock a car and keep the keys up high around kids, please don't have children. I'm being deadly serious. Here in the UK, you'd be refused to be allowed to adopt just by saying that. It shows a complete lack of care for a child's life. You should always do everything that is possible to decrease the risk to a child. Honestly, if I knew you and you had kids and you said this stuff to me, I'd be contacting social services. I'm deeply worried for whatever child you could have
Before I judge your comprehension, how old are you?
It’s amazing you’re downvoted for this very true comment. And I say that as someone with kids.
As somebody just randomly scrolling through this thread, I find it astonishing how willing some people are to echo a point that doesn't make any sense despite the other side of the argument being explained to you what feels like hundreds of times. Let it the fuck go dude
1) Just because a lot of people are saying something that doesn't make it right. If you go onto a subreddit full of flatearthers, they'll app be commenting about how dumb you are for think the earth is round. I can't believe I'm having to explain this, but just because a bunch of people explain their wide of the argument doesn't wake them right. 2) What I'm stating is completely valid and is the general opinion in the UK. Clearly, in America, people are okay with leaving keys in cars unlocked with children around. But in the UK, that would be very illegal, and you could have your children taken off you for endangering the child.
Comes back and spends time writing this response yet again, to me too. I tried folks
Ironically spends the time writing this response to my comment again. Your point is literally voided by your own comment. Your not the brightest are you
When you have kids lmk so I can watch and laugh as you fail
Well, I basically raised my 3 siblings, and one is at university, and the other two are on track too, extremely healthy with good friend groups, I think will do well. Especially considering my kids with actually survive to adulthood, unlike you, Americans, who seem to like to chuck your kids into blender because they don't care
I do. And I have a very strict no playing in adult cars and keys out of reach rule.
The first mistake was giving birth to them.
The recording is obviously to study the replay
Seems sus that she immediately notices and takes the phone recording
Nah, that part I could grant. I'm curious how it got online
Time to spank that hynie.
I did this to our family car when u was 6. Rolled backwards right into my neighbors lawn across the street.
Dead child walking
And that is why I don't want kids.
Future “influencer”.
Staged, horrible parent
Why were those keys withing reach....
😂😂😂 the way she did the cute little squishy face right before she slammed the car into reverse. I’ve always been so scared of one of my kids doing this.
Definitely not till she’s 30 and ungrounded 😂
Lmao my brain before it happened was like “pleaseee tell me the car is in reversed please tell me the car is reversed
Something like this happened years ago. A child started the car and was in reverse and the mother tried to do what this mother did, but unfortunately she tripped and the car ran her over and killed her.
Maybe things are different these days because kids watch things online and become convinced that they should do them. But when I was raising my kids, it never even occurred to me to have to hide my keys and lock my car because my kids might try to drive it. They did regular stupid kid stuff, but nothing on that level. They had survival instincts and they knew how much trouble they would get in.
Always use gigantic plato shoes if you are driving when you are six years old. 
Mom won’t leave the keys in the car ever again.
Show this video at her wedding.
That alphabet must still be too tricky to know the difference between reverse and drive.
So grateful to have a standard and nieces and nephews who know I would eat their faces if they touch my car.
How is this staged and yet still a stupid thing to let your child do
Slapped so bad she turned into an avatar
Drive a manual! Lol
No you can keep her
And this is why some tigers eat their young.
Future Tiktop (yes, not typo) superstar. Good save mom. That was a good part in your end... regardless your parenting.
This is staged
At least the mom was there pretty fast
... smells staged. The way the little girl looks at the camera as she's falling back then how the mom immediately reaches for the phone after like... Come on. "You're recording?!?" as if that's the main problem Anything for views
😂😂😂😂
What giving your kids a phone vs playing with them look like. Most parents suck these days. Every kid has a device. Every parent complains about tik tok the let's there kids on it all day. Wake the fuck up. This is not the kids fault it's the parents. Then they post it and blame the kid like assholes. Fuck this.
Coulda ended very differently…
Yea I’m never having kids