Babies are scary. Dads are afraid of them and for good reason. But they are also fascinated by them, here’s why.
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It’s really about fear. From both sides of the equation, the baby and the dad. Dad’s are scared of babies because they’re fragile and new. They’re like us, but not. They try to eat everything accept what you give them.
Babies scare dads also because of a lack of fear. Babies aren’t scared of anything for a good while. Especially when they begin to crawl and walk. They will go near anything in your house, they’ll walk up to a neighbor, a dog, a stranger, other kids! Other kids are the worst because you don’t know what kind of sickness they carry!
Ok, maybe that’s a bit of a paranoia, but it’s not overly exaggerated. Just slightly.
As a dad, I’ve felt this fear (and seen it) first hand. My babies have done things that scared the hell out of me, and they have also done things that make me want to take them to the nearest Psychologist to see if they are going to be geniuses.
As a Psychology student in college, I wish I would have paid more attention in developmental psychology, but I do remember learning about the study mentioned in the video. I also remember them talking about the depth perception as opposed to the fear of heights. This video is fascinating and scary all at the same time.
It provides even more evidence, as if we needed it, that babies will do whatever their little heart desires unless we stop them. I don’t know about you, but that level of responsibility is quite scary.
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Whenever anyone, including my sisters, asked if I wanted to hold the baby I’d step back and hold my hands up saying, “I’m good”.
Small and fragile…and they don’t do anything. Once they started to crawl, laugh, break things? I was all about that. I went to visit them,not my sister. When they learned to hold toys and throw things? yeah.