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JD Vance told his 7-year-old son to ' shut the hell up' while on a phone call with Donald Trump
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I posted this over on /c/news and honestly, I don't think it's that bad. Dude gets a call saying "hey, wanna be my vice president?" and his 7 year old won't shut up about Pikachu? "Shut the hell up for 30 seconds, daddy is on the most important phone call of his life" is really not that crazy of a thing to say. We don't have kids (yet) but I feel like every parent has had that moment in their life, no?
The fact that he was fine sharing this story publicly and didn't see a problem says a lot about how he treats his kids behind the scenes
IDK, it's relatable. It's probably the most non-weird thing about him I've heard this week. Or, like, ever.
When you're a Dad, you need to remember that you're always leading by example, and so it's important to rise to the moment, especially in those "most important" moments. You are yur child's universe, and how you speak & interact sets the tone for this future interactions.
Patience and respect are learned skills. Kids learn by watching.
So, you're a parent? And you have never once had a bad moment like that with your kid? Like never yelled at them in a high stress moment even once?
Recognizing that it’s a moment of weakness is what’s important, don’t brush it off and pretend it’s perfectly fine. Recognize it as a slip up in a moment of stress.
Right. I don’t think he’s bragging about this? He’s sharing it because it’s a humanizing moment
Oh, don't misunderstand me. I'm human, there's no question I was surly to or around the kids in a moment when my mind was elsewhere. When it would happen, I'd try to make it a learning moment for myself and do better, maybe make a teaching moment for the kids too. The point would be to reinforce that what I did wasn't okay, and not an example how we wanted to talk to each other.
What I certainly wouldn't do is casually relate that incident to a reporter the way Vance did, suggesting that 'shut the hell up' is a normal interaction in my family. That'd be weird.