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Yes, this happened today.
My (14YO) daughter is still doing remote learning for school, with a nice space in the basement and her own iMac. Over the past year that she's been in remote learning we’ve developed a routine. Shortly before she wakes up I make her breakfast, she goes into the basement and checks into school, I bring her breakfast down to her and go back upstairs, and then about 20 minutes later when I’m ready to leave for work I come downstairs, give her a goodbye hug (while she’s in virtual homeroom), and leave for work.
Today was no different — until. She was tired because she was up late the night before so as I’ve done countless times before I gave her a goodbye hug from behind. She gave my arm a squeeze in return and, a few seconds later, let go. I started to let go but realized immediately something was wrong as she flopped to the side. I caught her before she could fall but she hit the tray with her breakfast which dropped to the floor; dishes shattered, eggs and chocolate milk and glass everywhere. I held her upright and started to call her name. She came-to at once then freaked out and started crying, being very confused over what just happened.
After I got her calmed down I explained what happened and apologized my ass off. (Thankfully the camera and mic was off so nobody at school knew what had happened.) Once she was calmer and more collected I went back upstairs, made her a fresh breakfast, cleaned up the mess from the previous breakfast, and sat with her for awhile to make sure she was okay. After I left the house I had my phone monitoring her through a Nest camera near her desk, again just to make sure.
In retrospect, I think what happened was, when I reached around her from behind I bunched up the hood on her sweatshirt and it pressed between my arm and her neck, cutting off the blood supply. I had hugged her from behind like this literally thousands of times before without a problem, until now.
Thankfully my daughter understands, has accepted my apology, and no lasting harm has come from it. Still, I fucked up.
TL;DR: Gave my daughter a hug that accidentally turned into a choke hold and knocked her unconscious for a few seconds, destroying her breakfast (and its dishes) in the process.
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