Thread: What the Heck...For Real?!?!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Yeah me too MLA, I guess I don't understand the mentality of having children..

You don't
People who don't have kids don't understand having kids.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

My kid could die if you are irresponsible??? Ummmmm yeah that just makes no sense to my brain... Like I would EVER trust somebody else with a loved ones life that I could simply and easily avoid... Sorry I just don't get that

Yet this is the case. We have to determine whom to trust with our kids. Which school they go to, which friends they get to see. Even a trip to the playground can be deadly, wort case. So either you completely isolate your kids from the world (home schooling, no playdates, no sports, etc) or you accept that your kids might have a life at the risk of being at risk to something or other.

My youngest daughter got a scalp wound when she tumbled off a swing, and hit her head right on top of a small toy car. Blood all over. She only needed stitches. Shit happens. It would be silly to blame (or sue) people for that. the alternative is to wrap them in bubble wrap (with an airhole) and make them sit very still.

If we know about a specific, immediate and possibly deadly risk, we should of course mitigate it. Other than that, you just have to accept that sometimes, shit just happens. My oldest likes climning spider nets in the playground. Contrary to the ones in the US, the ones around here are sometimes 30 feet or higher. She climbs to the top, and then waves her hand(s). I'm pretty sure she'd break severl things if she fell down. That's life. So if someone would take her to the playground, she could get an accident just as well. And that would be equally blameless.