Reddit finds a hilarious childhood picture that makes them wonder whether their parents ever cared

We all have that one childhood photo that makes us question our parents priorities.
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Shelby Slauer
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We all have that one childhood photo that makes us question our parents' priorities.

Reddit user tainter_tots was reminded this week of an incident they had as a child because their parents kept a photo of it, complete with a nice frame.

'Incident' isn't even the word. 'Disaster' is probably more accurate.

I guess it's worth recording any times your child eats a fence during his upbringing.

When asked for a comment for Mashable, they said their mother told them, "At first we thought we could just get you out so we thought it was cute."

Seems innocent enough.

She continued by telling them, "You weren’t crying at first but when you started to try and get out and couldn’t you got scared and started crying. Not sure which one of us took pic but I would say dad."

The best moment for the photo-op in my opinion.

Redditors were glad to give the photo a new life with some possible uses for it.

We know one person who won't want to listen to that album.

Honestly, if I were a parent I would've taken a picture too. Except I would keep it in an even nicer brown frame.

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Shelby does standup in NYC and contributes writing to nice places. Someday she wants a nice back porch. Follow her on Twitter or check out her website, why don't you.

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