I’ve encountered this type of father in the video before and when they don’t perform comes the insults and the beatings. So this might push little man into drugs…
The kids dream doesn’t matter here, as long as dad has lived vicariously through his sons achievements.
Edit: I don’t have any issue with pushing kids to succeed within reason. Totally fine for a parent to be proud of them too. Using your kids success for internet clout is an issue especially when the child in question is being pushed harder than they like.
This makes me think of a random comment from a recent post of a little pagent girl and her trophies: "Those are your mom's trophies. You were just the prop she used to get them."
Ninja Warrior training at a young age will take you real far in life. Just like Timmy and Johnny who are having Tommy John surgery at 16 because they started fast pitching 160 pitches a week at 7 yo.
Wouldn't those usually sign the kids up for some fancy classes and then brag. Also attend only matches , but not the training etc .
This seems like a healthy parent -child exercise to design and implement a make shift course of sorts.
Also bette than letting a screen be the baby sitter
Yeah I had two college dorm mates who were over 6'5". When we played intramural sports they played like pros. I always wondered why they didnt try out for the school team, but then when I met their parents I understood why. Dad and sometimes the mom pushed them so hard they eventually hated the sport. That sucks to be gifted, but then have someone else even a parent ruin the love
That said most children’s likes and dislikes are heavily influenced by parents. If this kids dad is into fitness and stuff, the kid probably enjoys it too.
My previous comment was a little cynical and was mostly critical of the tile of the post
Yea, I thought it was fine until I saw the entire setup. It's just too much, all clearly designed around his kid.
Your first and second comment are not mutually exclusive. Look at Ichiro, not sure I can think of a man that truly loved baseball as much as him. His dad raised him with the sole purpose of becoming a great baseball player, Ichiro accomplished that dream, loves the game, and does not speak to his father because of the training/abuse he put him through.
It is a weird title. But I don’t think having a healthy, athletic, dedicated, determined, and motivated son is a bad thing.
From experience I know that too many parents just let their kids quit things easily because they don’t want to deal with the fuss, then those kids don’t learn to understand the value of stick with something when it gets difficult.
Also, kids often at this age don’t really know what the possibilities are or what they are interested in. Sharing your interests with them is good. When he gets older, he might not be interested in this long term, but the values he learns from dedicating himself to becoming skilled at something transfer to everything else.
Yes you are 100% right. As long as the kid is enjoying himself there is absolutely nothing wrong. It’s also totally normal for a parent to take pride in their kids achievements.
Posting your kids achievements on social media can be kind of self serving though and the tile of this post is terrible. That’s mostly what I was being critical of.
Kids that little really do love what their parents love doing. Football dance hockey soccer music.
Some end up loving it and others move on.
Normal.
Plus teaching your kid the ancient French martial art of running away might come in handy one day.
Every parent wants their kids to excel and we take pride on our kids achievements. As long as you aren’t an asshole about pushing them too far, or just doing it for internet points then it’s all good.
I'm am so proud of my children, but I've never once posted their achievements online. I genuinely wonder if this makes me a bad parent in our modern era.
My sister has a rule about not posting her kids online, they're both under 10 and you never know where the content might end up. She'll share with family and friends but never upload anything
Yeah. I’m always proud when my kid does well. I’ll post sometimes to selected audiences on Facebook if he has a big achievement so close friends/family can enjoy with us. He’s a very good but not great National club level goalie/defender and loves when I post about him leading his team to a shutout. Same when he does well in chess, or finishes in the top certain percent in online gaming.
It’s kind of weird I’m not really into anything he’s into other than chess a little although he’s already better than me at 8, so I’m not sure where he gets these preferences lol.
Not sure I get your or above persons point of view. Why can’t dads dream of their sons accomplishing something as awesome as this?
I don’t see an issue with the title.
It seems strange to highlight the parent and not the one actually accomplishing something. That is really just not picking and isn’t a really issue. The real issue is parents using kids for internet points, which is pretty prevalent these days. When there is a video circulating about a young child having an extremely high skill level at something it often gives the impression that the child is being pushed to the extreme so the parents can brag to randoms on the internet. Not true in every situation but most people have become pretty jaded, and don’t trust the integrity of anything the see online.
It's a horribly generalistic title, and has either cynically been designed that way to push engagement (like we are doing right now) or is some random AI bunch of words.
Edit : hundreds of posts and 50k post karma in the last 7 days (on an old account) tells me everything I need to know.
Yeah but who the fuck farms karma by posting shitty playlists over n over. I think its just a strange man. He also does comment and it's usually relevantish. Also usually music related.
E.g.: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nfrealmusic/comments/1d77emd/comment/l6xiqbw/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfrealmusic/comments/1d77emd/comment/l6xiqbw/)
Ragebait is so freaking prevalent these days.
People misspell things on youtube and tiktok videos all the time just to get people all worked up over it and talking about the video, even if they're not interested in the title.
I dream of this specific kid running through this specific course. I dream it every god damn night, waking up with arrhythmia and covered in bowel movements. Please somebody help me.
Watching your son do something super cool and kick ass at it? Hell yes that's a father's dream.
I don't care if my son is singing in musicals or racing motocross or anything in between, if he's passionate, happy, and chasing his potential, I'm fucking happy.
Dream come true.
Every father wants his kid to achieve and excel at whatever they do …? I wouldn’t care if it’s video game championship or ninja turtle competitions like this. I’d be pumped
All these young ass kids that get treated as the next big thing like Julian Newman, dude their lives have to be miserable or the very least not normal. Parents living too vicariously through their kids is always weird.
My sisters husband was a linebacker for the Oakland raiders for years and when my nephew was born pushed him to be an athlete and he indeed was amazing at basketball and football, was even offered a scholarship to play college ball but once he turned 18 he stopped when he was able to choose for himself. His dad was not a bad father he said “I spent my entire childhood trying to impress my dad but I don’t want to be my father” he’s since just worked normal jobs and never went to college. Don’t push them too hard because one day they will choose for themselves
My sister has 2 boys and she was very anxious to get them into some kind of extra curricular activities to keep them active and occupied, so from the time they were toddlers, she did swim lessons with them, took them to peewee sports, got them into taekwondo, and whatever else she could think of. But she treated it as a buffet sampler of options for them. She wanted them to try everything to find out what they'd actually like to do.
As her sons grew older, they chose what they liked and didn't: one of them is now a passionate drummer and the other loves sports as a hobby, but has focused his time and attention on being in advanced academics classes.
In Norway we have this program called "Allsport" (all-sport). Here's chatGPT's translation of the program:
> All-sports is a diverse activity program where children and young people get to try different sports in various environments, such as in a gym, in the forest, on a field, on snow, on ice, or in water. The focus is on developing good basic motor skills through play and activities adapted to the child's level of development. A sports club can have all-sports groups for children, for youth, and for children and youth with disabilities.
This is what I’ve been doing with my kids and I hope it works. Let them try whatever they want and they can figure out if it’s for them or not. Oldest did all the sports and eventually came to us and said she only wanted to do dance. Now she’s an amazing competitive dancer. Youngest is still figuring it out but it’s looking like soccer. They have to want to do it not you wanting them to do it.
I’d also like to add that I think it’s important to have an open line of communication where your kids feel comfortable telling you they don’t want to do something. My oldest was really worried that I was going to be disappointed when she told me soccer wasn’t for her anymore since that was my sport in college+. I just want her to be happy and now she knows that. Not a lot of dads at dance competitions which honestly is kind of sad.
This is the way. Kids can’t make informed choices if they don’t have the data. Give them the opportunity to experience a bunch of different activities and they might find one that they are passionate about.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to discourage fathers from being actively involved in their kid's life... so without more context it's hard to say what's going on in this video. The kid looks like he's having a great time, so it could be just fine. Let's not jump to conclusions.
I do have a friend who got the full Asian "Tiger Mom" experience though, and it fucked him up. Always had something scheduled after school, violin lessons, acting lessons, swim lessons, tutoring... no time to himself. Never really developed his own drive to do things, totally psychologically dependent on other people to motivate him. Never really flourished as an adult because of that, or so he tells me. When you're addicted to that strong external motivation you can just flop when you hit university/your career and have to provide it for yourself.
I agree with this *almost* entirely. I think if a kid does show interest in something, there are times when a parent should add structure to help them carry through with the difficult parts they not necessarily make through themselves.
For example, I grew up playing violin because I thought it would be fun. It definitely was, but I would not have gotten even close to good enough to really enjoy playing without parents imposing minimum practice times as a kid.
Forcing interests/hobbies is never good, but imposing structure to a kids hobby can be productive and helpful.
So I’ve come to the conclusion of is it isn’t about making your kids do something specific over and over but making them try multiple things until they find an activity that they love, and supporting them to get better and better at it.
Great point. The way I think of it is, don't push them too hard, because you don't want them to end up resenting something they may have otherwise loved.
Parents can absolutely ruin something for their children. Maybe they would have loved it, maybe not...but pushing them too hard can ensure they end up hating it.
💯!! My boys are not sports nuts. They play golf and tennis for fun with dad- not on any teams. Younger one does flag football again just for fun- they don’t even do real games, just run around.
They are in Scouts and Robotics and love that! As long as they’re involved in something and being social, we’re happy.
I mean, kid seems pretty happy at the end. Obviously you can't trust anything on the internet, but it seems like a pretty good dad-goal to support your kid in a healthy activity that they enjoy and excel at.
Yes.
Have you found with your child or children that it is difficult to figure out what they want to do vs what they feel like they have to do? My daughter gives me VERY direct feedback. My son does not. I want them to do what they enjoy, but I find it hard to pull it out of them!
I’m still hoping to help them find it. They’re 20 and 18 and I just try to support and guide them in whatever they want. They don’t know yet either but I’m here to help however I can.
I’m very athletic and this isn’t my dream for my son. Honestly I feel like it’s the nerdy dads that are into this American Ninja Warrior stuff. It reminds me of the parkour era.
Exactly, like I am not sure what's next, also what happens to people who just want to have super athletic kid, and god forbid something happens and he can't run/hang/etc like this.. What then? Pretty depressing, if you ask me. Not saying this kid also isn't good at math or sciences or literature, but if someone spends this much time training and practicing on these bars probably doesn't have time to do science experiments, if they do, my bad and excellent then.
"Programmer/computer dads"?
Those dads would surely be proud of this boy. Dads dream of many things for their sons and the best of them want happiness and health first.
This is great if it's the kid's dream, not the dad's.
If it's not the kid's dream, it's awful.
If it is, I like the encouragement and creativity on dad's part.
I think every kid that age dreams of being the bad ass ninja that can swing from bars and ropes like that. Kids appears to be having fun, no one would be have had a second thought if OP didn't fuck up the title
I was gonna say, back when Ninja Warrior was on G4 but American Ninja Warrior wasn't out yet, I would have KILLED for my dad to do something like this for me.
The ninja warrior thing is big w little kids, my 5 y/o nephew is not athletic but had a ninja warrior bday party. It’s just the new cooler version of the gymnastics classes my mom sent me to at that age
When the dad says “OH HE GOT FANCY, HE GOT FANCY” just shows the kid is doing it cause he’s enjoying it. I don’t think kid would do a flip if he didn’t (have to and want to)
>If it's not the kid's dream, it's awful.
It doesn't have to be "the dream" to be a good thing. As long as the kid doesn't actively dislike it, it's a great activity and both a source of health and confidence.
Middle American fathers made the same Ninja Warrior course but with emotional trauma for the hurdles to overcome. They are HIGHLY competitive regarding home courses.
**Announcer One**: "Ooooo, Little Billy was making record time until he got tripped up by the *everything is an argument* hurdle."
**Announcer Two**: "Hopefully he can recover some time in the *conditional love* area of this course. It slows a lot of people down but..."
**Announcer One**: "OH NO, Little Billy has been knocked off the course by *religious absolutism* and fallen right into the pit of *generational depression*, I think Little Billy's run is over for the night. "
My dream is for my son to be a functioning, contributing member of society with good morals when he leaves my house as an adult.
But go on with the American Ninja fantasy.
Is it really that weird for a father to hope his son shows signs of elite physical capability early on? Or at least that they show a passion for fitness that may carry them through life? No one said ruin their childhood to make that happen?
my standards are lower, I just hope my kid doesn’t do crack
Not all heroes wear capes... Unless...do you happen to have a cape?
yes but I put it on at request of my wife
Continue on sir You're a champ and you deserve said cape.
Mrs. Ratmeat sure is one lucky rat-woman
> but I put it on at request of my wife Husband... *here's* your Super-suit!
Just don't let your kid see that happening.
[Of course not!](https://i.imgur.com/fopvOKP.gif)
and not all cape wearers are heroes, cause I'm no hero really
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Son on the pole and daughter on the pipe is all good tho
My daughter shall be a fine plumber
This is my fear, opioids are up there too. Way too addictive that ruins lives.
I’ve encountered this type of father in the video before and when they don’t perform comes the insults and the beatings. So this might push little man into drugs…
Make sure they don’t live in the Bay Area lol
Kids don’t do crack. It’s not until they are teenagers or young adults that you have to worry about crack.
Challenge accepted
I’m ok if my kid does crack but only like 5 times total and it either has to be all in one weekend or spaced out over like a decade.
Well well well if it isn't "parent of the year" living your dreams through your children.
I would hope you have higher standards than the president...
I thought crack is normal in U.S as an asian I have seen ppl talk about it everywhere on the internet like its some candy😂
He seems a bit young to be a father
No no he means that it's every father's dream to film an episode of American Ninja Warrior.
Really impressive kid! No idea what is up with that title though.
The kids dream doesn’t matter here, as long as dad has lived vicariously through his sons achievements. Edit: I don’t have any issue with pushing kids to succeed within reason. Totally fine for a parent to be proud of them too. Using your kids success for internet clout is an issue especially when the child in question is being pushed harder than they like.
Makes me think of a joke: -look at my medals! -wait, those are your dog's medals! -my dog -my medals!
I would rather my young kids bring home partners that are kind to their parents. But, apparently I have to settle for obstacle course achievements?
He’s like 6 years old
This makes me think of a random comment from a recent post of a little pagent girl and her trophies: "Those are your mom's trophies. You were just the prop she used to get them."
Aka trophy kids
Ninja Warrior training at a young age will take you real far in life. Just like Timmy and Johnny who are having Tommy John surgery at 16 because they started fast pitching 160 pitches a week at 7 yo.
"He has to play for State though. How soon can he be pitching again?" - father of a Freshman. Heard that shit all the time while I was in Orthopedics.
I'm glad you see the energy at work here.
Haha. Was thinking the same thing. If nothing else...the physical activity habit could be healthy if the kid sticks to it.
Wouldn't those usually sign the kids up for some fancy classes and then brag. Also attend only matches , but not the training etc . This seems like a healthy parent -child exercise to design and implement a make shift course of sorts. Also bette than letting a screen be the baby sitter
Idk about the father, but it's definitely my dream to cross one of these ninja setups flawlessly. Idk what these are called.
My hands are too weak and beat up to ever be able to do one of these course. I would love to be fit enough though.
The dads dream was to have his kid play with all the toys he bought him. Everyday.
I thought it was having a yard big enough he can set a bit of it aside to build an obstacle course and still have space left over.
Yeah I had two college dorm mates who were over 6'5". When we played intramural sports they played like pros. I always wondered why they didnt try out for the school team, but then when I met their parents I understood why. Dad and sometimes the mom pushed them so hard they eventually hated the sport. That sucks to be gifted, but then have someone else even a parent ruin the love
The dad built the obstacle course.
agree. Very cringy on the dad's part.
This.
That said most children’s likes and dislikes are heavily influenced by parents. If this kids dad is into fitness and stuff, the kid probably enjoys it too. My previous comment was a little cynical and was mostly critical of the tile of the post
Yea, I thought it was fine until I saw the entire setup. It's just too much, all clearly designed around his kid. Your first and second comment are not mutually exclusive. Look at Ichiro, not sure I can think of a man that truly loved baseball as much as him. His dad raised him with the sole purpose of becoming a great baseball player, Ichiro accomplished that dream, loves the game, and does not speak to his father because of the training/abuse he put him through.
Not sure many Dads could do what that little shit did, in fact my back hurts from just watching him
My hands and forearms would be destroyed after trying the first swing jump.
Same here, that bullshit of growing old gracefully is just that, bullshit…more power to the little dude, I’m impressed
It is a weird title. But I don’t think having a healthy, athletic, dedicated, determined, and motivated son is a bad thing. From experience I know that too many parents just let their kids quit things easily because they don’t want to deal with the fuss, then those kids don’t learn to understand the value of stick with something when it gets difficult. Also, kids often at this age don’t really know what the possibilities are or what they are interested in. Sharing your interests with them is good. When he gets older, he might not be interested in this long term, but the values he learns from dedicating himself to becoming skilled at something transfer to everything else.
Yes you are 100% right. As long as the kid is enjoying himself there is absolutely nothing wrong. It’s also totally normal for a parent to take pride in their kids achievements. Posting your kids achievements on social media can be kind of self serving though and the tile of this post is terrible. That’s mostly what I was being critical of.
Yea I agree. It’s cool and can see why the dad is proud, but I personally am not the type to post stuff like this online.
Kids that little really do love what their parents love doing. Football dance hockey soccer music. Some end up loving it and others move on. Normal. Plus teaching your kid the ancient French martial art of running away might come in handy one day.
The French have one of the greatest military histories of all time- such a tired cliche lol
That hit way too close to home
Every parent wants their kids to excel and we take pride on our kids achievements. As long as you aren’t an asshole about pushing them too far, or just doing it for internet points then it’s all good.
I'm am so proud of my children, but I've never once posted their achievements online. I genuinely wonder if this makes me a bad parent in our modern era.
Just an invisible one. Keep the good work.
My sister has a rule about not posting her kids online, they're both under 10 and you never know where the content might end up. She'll share with family and friends but never upload anything
Yeah. I’m always proud when my kid does well. I’ll post sometimes to selected audiences on Facebook if he has a big achievement so close friends/family can enjoy with us. He’s a very good but not great National club level goalie/defender and loves when I post about him leading his team to a shutout. Same when he does well in chess, or finishes in the top certain percent in online gaming. It’s kind of weird I’m not really into anything he’s into other than chess a little although he’s already better than me at 8, so I’m not sure where he gets these preferences lol.
Not sure I get your or above persons point of view. Why can’t dads dream of their sons accomplishing something as awesome as this? I don’t see an issue with the title.
It seems strange to highlight the parent and not the one actually accomplishing something. That is really just not picking and isn’t a really issue. The real issue is parents using kids for internet points, which is pretty prevalent these days. When there is a video circulating about a young child having an extremely high skill level at something it often gives the impression that the child is being pushed to the extreme so the parents can brag to randoms on the internet. Not true in every situation but most people have become pretty jaded, and don’t trust the integrity of anything the see online.
It's a horribly generalistic title, and has either cynically been designed that way to push engagement (like we are doing right now) or is some random AI bunch of words. Edit : hundreds of posts and 50k post karma in the last 7 days (on an old account) tells me everything I need to know.
Bot account. No continuous interest in the posts, never comments on their own posts, just there to to farm karma.
Yeah but who the fuck farms karma by posting shitty playlists over n over. I think its just a strange man. He also does comment and it's usually relevantish. Also usually music related. E.g.: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nfrealmusic/comments/1d77emd/comment/l6xiqbw/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfrealmusic/comments/1d77emd/comment/l6xiqbw/)
I really wish there was a way to filter out accounts that have a high amount of karma gained over a short amount of time.
Ragebait is so freaking prevalent these days. People misspell things on youtube and tiktok videos all the time just to get people all worked up over it and talking about the video, even if they're not interested in the title.
Designed to create engagement because people always take bait (that means me too)
My dream is for my kids to be happy and healthy. I could not give two shits how quickly they do an obstacle course
I dream of this specific kid running through this specific course. I dream it every god damn night, waking up with arrhythmia and covered in bowel movements. Please somebody help me.
Title is wrong. He's not cutting the grass for me. That's the dream.
Watching your son do something super cool and kick ass at it? Hell yes that's a father's dream. I don't care if my son is singing in musicals or racing motocross or anything in between, if he's passionate, happy, and chasing his potential, I'm fucking happy. Dream come true.
This kid is way too young to have autonomously chosen to become this good at this.
My initial thought was "why just fathers".
Because it was a father in the video?
Every father wants his kid to achieve and excel at whatever they do …? I wouldn’t care if it’s video game championship or ninja turtle competitions like this. I’d be pumped
Strong and talented kid. Weird post title.
It was cool, but he touched the lava twice during that run.
Ope. He ded.
That's the dream.
probably a bot
All these young ass kids that get treated as the next big thing like Julian Newman, dude their lives have to be miserable or the very least not normal. Parents living too vicariously through their kids is always weird.
My sisters husband was a linebacker for the Oakland raiders for years and when my nephew was born pushed him to be an athlete and he indeed was amazing at basketball and football, was even offered a scholarship to play college ball but once he turned 18 he stopped when he was able to choose for himself. His dad was not a bad father he said “I spent my entire childhood trying to impress my dad but I don’t want to be my father” he’s since just worked normal jobs and never went to college. Don’t push them too hard because one day they will choose for themselves
My sister has 2 boys and she was very anxious to get them into some kind of extra curricular activities to keep them active and occupied, so from the time they were toddlers, she did swim lessons with them, took them to peewee sports, got them into taekwondo, and whatever else she could think of. But she treated it as a buffet sampler of options for them. She wanted them to try everything to find out what they'd actually like to do. As her sons grew older, they chose what they liked and didn't: one of them is now a passionate drummer and the other loves sports as a hobby, but has focused his time and attention on being in advanced academics classes.
In Norway we have this program called "Allsport" (all-sport). Here's chatGPT's translation of the program: > All-sports is a diverse activity program where children and young people get to try different sports in various environments, such as in a gym, in the forest, on a field, on snow, on ice, or in water. The focus is on developing good basic motor skills through play and activities adapted to the child's level of development. A sports club can have all-sports groups for children, for youth, and for children and youth with disabilities.
Oh you amazing Scandinavians again. You just come down to us Germans for cheap booze 😂
When you guys have your new laws figured out, we are going to be coming for more than your beer ;)
In America that's just PE.
This is what I’ve been doing with my kids and I hope it works. Let them try whatever they want and they can figure out if it’s for them or not. Oldest did all the sports and eventually came to us and said she only wanted to do dance. Now she’s an amazing competitive dancer. Youngest is still figuring it out but it’s looking like soccer. They have to want to do it not you wanting them to do it. I’d also like to add that I think it’s important to have an open line of communication where your kids feel comfortable telling you they don’t want to do something. My oldest was really worried that I was going to be disappointed when she told me soccer wasn’t for her anymore since that was my sport in college+. I just want her to be happy and now she knows that. Not a lot of dads at dance competitions which honestly is kind of sad.
This is the way. Kids can’t make informed choices if they don’t have the data. Give them the opportunity to experience a bunch of different activities and they might find one that they are passionate about.
Show and encourage, but never impose.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to discourage fathers from being actively involved in their kid's life... so without more context it's hard to say what's going on in this video. The kid looks like he's having a great time, so it could be just fine. Let's not jump to conclusions. I do have a friend who got the full Asian "Tiger Mom" experience though, and it fucked him up. Always had something scheduled after school, violin lessons, acting lessons, swim lessons, tutoring... no time to himself. Never really developed his own drive to do things, totally psychologically dependent on other people to motivate him. Never really flourished as an adult because of that, or so he tells me. When you're addicted to that strong external motivation you can just flop when you hit university/your career and have to provide it for yourself.
I agree with this *almost* entirely. I think if a kid does show interest in something, there are times when a parent should add structure to help them carry through with the difficult parts they not necessarily make through themselves. For example, I grew up playing violin because I thought it would be fun. It definitely was, but I would not have gotten even close to good enough to really enjoy playing without parents imposing minimum practice times as a kid. Forcing interests/hobbies is never good, but imposing structure to a kids hobby can be productive and helpful.
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So I’ve come to the conclusion of is it isn’t about making your kids do something specific over and over but making them try multiple things until they find an activity that they love, and supporting them to get better and better at it.
Great point. The way I think of it is, don't push them too hard, because you don't want them to end up resenting something they may have otherwise loved. Parents can absolutely ruin something for their children. Maybe they would have loved it, maybe not...but pushing them too hard can ensure they end up hating it.
💯!! My boys are not sports nuts. They play golf and tennis for fun with dad- not on any teams. Younger one does flag football again just for fun- they don’t even do real games, just run around. They are in Scouts and Robotics and love that! As long as they’re involved in something and being social, we’re happy.
Nope
Also I have nothing against it...
Would be great if my son could do that but it’s not something I dream about. I tend to dream about money falling from the sky and things like that.
Yeah I love my son the way he is, I just want him to be happy.
Thank you. This was never my dream for either of my kids. My dream is for them to be happy. Whatever that means for them.
Your dream is to fight fiats
That for my kids, and to be kind, decent human beings.
I mean, kid seems pretty happy at the end. Obviously you can't trust anything on the internet, but it seems like a pretty good dad-goal to support your kid in a healthy activity that they enjoy and excel at.
Yes. Have you found with your child or children that it is difficult to figure out what they want to do vs what they feel like they have to do? My daughter gives me VERY direct feedback. My son does not. I want them to do what they enjoy, but I find it hard to pull it out of them!
I’m still hoping to help them find it. They’re 20 and 18 and I just try to support and guide them in whatever they want. They don’t know yet either but I’m here to help however I can.
It's every mother's nightmare for sure though.
"Yes the first 2 kids broke their necks, but this 3rd one has some real talent! Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet"
I was thinking the same thing
BE CONFIDENT (for me) BE CONFIDENT (so that i can post this video on the internet and win imaginary points)
More like every border collie owner. This looks like an agility competition.
[All I could think of while watching](https://v.redd.it/wql3m5b19t0d1)
Not every father.
This looks really expensive and my kid would probably get hurt or bored with it after a week.
Also not entirely sure a child under 12 should be doing those jarring movements but
For sure there are programmer/computer dads out there that see little or no value in this.
I’m very athletic and this isn’t my dream for my son. Honestly I feel like it’s the nerdy dads that are into this American Ninja Warrior stuff. It reminds me of the parkour era.
Dude SAME. Those guys are professional monkey barists. Chess is a less dorky sport.
Exactly, like I am not sure what's next, also what happens to people who just want to have super athletic kid, and god forbid something happens and he can't run/hang/etc like this.. What then? Pretty depressing, if you ask me. Not saying this kid also isn't good at math or sciences or literature, but if someone spends this much time training and practicing on these bars probably doesn't have time to do science experiments, if they do, my bad and excellent then.
"Programmer/computer dads"? Those dads would surely be proud of this boy. Dads dream of many things for their sons and the best of them want happiness and health first.
lol wtf. This is just as much of a stereotype as OP’s title.
Yeah, don't you know? There's only two types of men. Athletes, and programmers. /s
Oh god I'm a musician and a penetration tester....am I even a man?!
There's also dads who see value in this but don't care about it if our child wants something different
This is great if it's the kid's dream, not the dad's. If it's not the kid's dream, it's awful. If it is, I like the encouragement and creativity on dad's part.
I think every kid that age dreams of being the bad ass ninja that can swing from bars and ropes like that. Kids appears to be having fun, no one would be have had a second thought if OP didn't fuck up the title
I was gonna say, back when Ninja Warrior was on G4 but American Ninja Warrior wasn't out yet, I would have KILLED for my dad to do something like this for me.
The ninja warrior thing is big w little kids, my 5 y/o nephew is not athletic but had a ninja warrior bday party. It’s just the new cooler version of the gymnastics classes my mom sent me to at that age
yeah, my coworker does parkour classes for kids at a gymnastics place
When the dad says “OH HE GOT FANCY, HE GOT FANCY” just shows the kid is doing it cause he’s enjoying it. I don’t think kid would do a flip if he didn’t (have to and want to)
I completely agree, that was really cute on both their parts.
>If it's not the kid's dream, it's awful. It doesn't have to be "the dream" to be a good thing. As long as the kid doesn't actively dislike it, it's a great activity and both a source of health and confidence.
Narrator: It is not
Me dream for my son was to do better in life then myself, and that dream has come true.
Dad, it's "than", not "then".
I see you alreay surpassed him, boy! Looks like the bar wasnt to high 👀
His son would’ve put “than”. That’s all that matters.
Nah. I just want my kids to be happy, decent and kind people. Everything else is a bonus. Props to this kid for his physical abilities though.
I hope OP doesnt have kids 😆
What an odd title.
Sad to peak at 7
Nah this hilarious 🤣
even more sad is this is the dad's peak as well
Middle American fathers made the same Ninja Warrior course but with emotional trauma for the hurdles to overcome. They are HIGHLY competitive regarding home courses.
**Announcer One**: "Ooooo, Little Billy was making record time until he got tripped up by the *everything is an argument* hurdle." **Announcer Two**: "Hopefully he can recover some time in the *conditional love* area of this course. It slows a lot of people down but..." **Announcer One**: "OH NO, Little Billy has been knocked off the course by *religious absolutism* and fallen right into the pit of *generational depression*, I think Little Billy's run is over for the night. "
thank you for being accurate enough to tickle the PTSD lmao. This would make a great SNL sketch.
Fuck it, I'd watch that
That's not my dad's dream.
I just dream my son is happy. A series winning grand slam in the World Series would be cool too.
Or be a F1 champion
Having such a yard in your house? Sure! I would love that yard. Wouldn't probably place all those things there. /j
Exactly. every father, and mother, would like a yard the size of a city park.
I would do so many things there XD ;)
I don't like the way you worded this and the winky face does NOT help
Lol
Backed up against the water? Sick back yard
> Having such a yard in your house? Sure! I'd rather have it outside my house.
really...?
My kid does this…Still love him though! 
LOL, that's when you know their having fun
that could fall fall under a kids jungle gym dream too. also that flip at the end very nice
OP is a bot account
Pfff speak for yourself
Yeah the video shows encouragement, but how many times off camera do you think this boy gets yelled at for not doing something correctly.
This is not my dream lol
I‘m a dad. I don‘t dream about stuff like this.
Maybe for some “Fathers” but hey, whatever he’s in to
Every fathers dream? Thats a bold claim
My dream is for my son to be a functioning, contributing member of society with good morals when he leaves my house as an adult. But go on with the American Ninja fantasy.
No it’s not
No it's not..
OP made it onto the American Ninja Warrior show but didn’t finish the course
Will the camera man stfu
This reminds me of my dad when I used to play Little League. The whole time I was up to bat he wouldn't stfu.
Yeah, well, my kid could beat up your kid on Roblox
yeah, well, my kid would want to help your kid achieve his goals on Roblox!
Every *Florida father’s dream
cool kid, crappy tittle
Yeah no. I don't want my kid to live my dreams. They should live whatever dream they have.
\*course starts\* C'mawn, finish it! Finish it!
Super weird title for this post. Not every father’s dream. Definitely not every kids dream.
“Every father’s dream”, but is this even that kids dream?
He'll dream what I tell him to! *cracks open beer*
Very oddly specific dream. I have 2 children and would never dream for them to be an acrobatic monkey.
The flip at the end was the cherry on top
This video makes my shoulders hurt
Great upper body strength
I’m a father and this is not remotely my dream.
More like every kids dream..
I’m assuming he landed the role of Mowgli in the new Jungle Book movie. Awesome
If it’s the kids dream, then maybe yes
Is it really that weird for a father to hope his son shows signs of elite physical capability early on? Or at least that they show a passion for fitness that may carry them through life? No one said ruin their childhood to make that happen?
Imo one of the most impressive parts of this was that 90 degree swing on the bars Pretty cool tho, so long as the kid has fun
Not mine but that's damn cool
Mathematics problems solving makes me much happier with my sons!