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여보, 애가 우는데 그냥 가면 어떡해요?
Honey, how can you just go when our child is crying?
울 때마다 장난감을 사 줄 순 없어요. 적당히 무시할 때도 있어야 해요.
We can't get him a toy every time he cries. You have to moderately ignore him sometimes.
아이가 우니까 다른 사람들이 쳐다보잖아요.
Other people are staring because our child is crying.
그래도 아이가 고집을 부리면서 우는 건 고쳐야 해요.
Still, we need to fix our child being unreasonable stubborn, and crying.
마트에서 그렇게 우는 걸 내버려 두면 다른 사람들에게도 실례예요.
If you let him cry at the mart, it's a discourtesy to others.
그렇게 아이 말을 다 들어주다가는 아이 버릇만 나빠져요.
If you just keep listening to the child, the child's habits will become worse.

V+ 다가는
As it is attached to an action verb's stem, it is used when it indicates the warning will follow after the unwanted result with the following clause if the behavior of the preceding clause keeps on continuing. There will be undesirable content in the following clause and it looks natural if '이렇게', '그렇게', '저렇게' is used on the following clause.

이렇게 시간을 낭비하다가는 나중에 크게 후회할 거야.
If he wastes time like this, he will regret it later.

그렇게 건강에 신경을 안 쓰다가는 병에 걸릴 수 있어요.
If he does not care about his health, he can get sick.

저렇게 빨리 뛰어가다가는 넘어지는 수가 있어.
If he runs quickly like that, he can trip.

Related words
애 child (abbreviation of '아이')
적당히 moderately
무시하다 to ignore
쳐다보다 to stare at
고집을 부리다 to be unreasonably stubborn
실례 discourtesy

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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