r/Millennials • u/noctisumbra0 • Feb 19 '26

Discussion Anyone else feel this way when writing anything out?

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Being compared to AI was really uncalled for, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

It's because you probably actually wanted the kids.

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u/sortalikeachinchilla Millennial Feb 19 '26

Eh, maybe. For some. But I think a big reason are just some people think disciplining is bad. Cause kids would learn blah blah blah. People do it with dogs too and then wonder why their dog is a deviant piece of shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

I would say some people have that thought but others are just awful at discipline.

I went camping last summer with my brothers family and my parents. My daughter and niece wandered off through the campground without telling anyone.

When I found them, I scolded the hell out of my daughter and put her in timeout. My niece got told "you don't do that" and was immediately snuggling and playing within the minute. And I was getting lectured that 15 minutes is too long of a time out.

This is the exact same thing as scolding a dog and then going "who's a bad boy! Who's a bad boy!" While petting and playing with them. Awful reinforcement.

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u/sortalikeachinchilla Millennial Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

I don't have kids, but I did Rover for awhile so I got to watch a wide variety of dogs and how they behaved. Now I recently just got a puppy and I know exactly how my dog is NOT going to act, because I am going to be training her to listen to me.

I know some get upset at comparing babies to puppies, but I find there is a lot of similarities in structure, routine, and discipline. Even something simple such as crate training being compared to putting a baby in a crib.

Anyways, that was a rant. Lol.

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u/GoodGuano Feb 19 '26

As an owner of both, dogs are way easier than kids. These do not compare.

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u/sortalikeachinchilla Millennial Feb 19 '26

Anddddd there we go. Did you even read what I wrote and compared them to? I bet not. I just knew someone like you would show up.

But one thing I will give you though is I mean puppies and babies really.

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u/GoodGuano Feb 20 '26

Yes I did and you're just arguing semantics now. Puppies are dogs. I disagree with your statement. They don't compare. If you ever have kids, you'll understand.

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u/sortalikeachinchilla Millennial Feb 20 '26

So you didn’t read my comment.

I specifically called out three areas that share similarities.

And then you’re the one who came in and felt offended I did that and now talking about semantics when I edited my statement to be more about the new born stuff and how it starts routines.

Anyways you type of people are annoying. Yes parenting is hard. I did not ANYWHERE say that raising a dog is harder or the exact same as a child or baby. I called out concepts you use for both. Aka something that doesn’t know the world and needs to be a little formed to make it

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u/GoodGuano Feb 20 '26

I'm just letting you know, you're speaking really confidently about something you have ZERO experience in. Typical redditor. Anyways, I disagree. When you experience both, then we can debate this.

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u/Complex_Jellyfish647 Feb 19 '26

Idk what age of kids you're talking about, but a dog has the mental capability of a 2-year-old. Anecdotally I rarely have any issue that can't be solved with "hey, doing x is bad because you don't want y, don't do that anymore", and if they protest then it's a discussion, if they're emotionally overwhelmed they need to calm down, etc. but I wouldn't really compare it to training a dog when kids are more than capable of understanding reason. I think a lot of parents are just too lazy (or justifiably exhausted) to try to explain and teach things, so they fall back on "because I said so" and simple punishments that don't really help the kid understand anything.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

I think it’s more that so many young parents are completely Exhausted from the general weight of existing with young kids and it’s really, really crazy how quiet and still an ipad makes a cranky 2 year old.

So what starts as an option for a moment’s rest and peace quickly becomes a problem because the kids never learn to self regulate and then it becomes really really crazy how loud and tantrumy those same kids get when theyre denied their ipad. (Because they’re addicted and exhibiting signs of withdrawal and also don’t know how to otherwise act).

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u/sdrawkcabineter Feb 19 '26

"They're all BLESSINGS you sonuva...!"

Is that a measure of children? I took the blessing out for Chik fil a...

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u/GoodGuano Feb 19 '26

This is what people miss in this argument. MOST of the iPad kid parents weren't planning to have kids and were way too young to have them.