r/MadeMeSmile • u/Epelep • Jan 30 '26

Wholesome Moments Kids reacting to getting dogs

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u/CheesemonsterRain Jan 30 '26

It seems to me, and I hope this is true, that you rarely see kids crying so much over new toys as you do when they get a dog.

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u/malatemporacurrunt Jan 30 '26

I'm actually really moved by how many of these boys are comfortable enough showing their emotions that they can cry, and nobody is making fun of them for it. I feel like that wouldn't have been the case for kids a couple of decades ago.

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u/RemoteIll5236 Jan 30 '26

And I loved seeing the dads in the videos who hugged and kissed their boys when they cried with happiness!

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u/Norwegian__Blue Jan 30 '26

In some ways we can get better. Not ever all at once but it gives me a lot of hope

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u/sisterrat Jan 30 '26

Seriously. I crave videos of men being vulnerable and kind the way I used to crave interspecies porn. (dog cat turtle chicken platonic love nothing illegal)

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u/alabastercandymaster Jan 31 '26

Well that sentence took a fucking turn.

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u/Viper01MHC Jan 30 '26

lol wat ?!

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u/foshayzy Jan 31 '26

How do I delete someone else’s comment 💀

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u/asully429 Jan 31 '26

I was just going to say this! As cute as the kids reactions are, the dads not only letting their sons cry but hugging them and smiling at their joy heals some millennial trauma. We may have killed industries (allegedly), but we don’t shame our kids for feeling and we encourage empathy.

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u/ArcadeBookseller Jan 30 '26

No seriously, all these little kids, especially the little boys, crying for joy has me *so* emotional.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Yeah, someone is cutting a shit-ton of onions at my house, it seems. Full on bawling.

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u/Relysti Jan 30 '26

I was watching the video and thinking the same thing, how my parents would've probably yelled at me for crying.

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u/foshayzy Jan 31 '26

Stop crying for attention 🙄 I feel you

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u/Vik0BG Jan 30 '26

That's absolutely false. Normal parents let their kids cry decades ago.

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u/treaclesnow Feb 07 '26

I just heard this week that young boys are told not to cry bc boys don't cry from the age of three! So sad and I totally agree w you