That’s not at all the moral of the story, because it’s a fair assumption that his child, like most children not experiencing abuse, was not told to literally sit and do nothing prior to being given a shovel.

Think about it for a second. Is there some widespread epidemic of parents forcing children to sit and do nothing? Do we really need a lesson that “hey this thing that no one does is bad”?

The lesson is that kids need physical activity. Not just reading or video games or doing homework. Which is not “doing nothing”.

The fact that you’re at odds with everyone else in the thread

Lemmings are the single dumbest group of online people I’ve ever seen, so that happens a lot.