Gardens

[boris1gary]

The garden 2006

[polksaladallie]

What about ducks?  Do you have a problem with them?

I know a family who has ongoing problems with ducks pooping in the pool overnight.  So now they leave two german shepherd dogs inside the fence to take care of them.

[azureline**]

My daughter has a crocodile in her pool to scare the ducks.

[polksaladallie]

That would help if you were training for the olympics.     

[2106greencat]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

The problem is that not everybody is as diligent as you, so we must care about the others and try to save as many lives as we can.

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I agree polks, and I totally agree with pool/pond laws in this country, they have saved many lives.

But as a parent, isn't the most 'diliigent' on us ??

Fences can be climbed, cupboards can be opened, kids chat to people, older siblings can open those doors, they can remove the elec outlet plugs.

As a parent you accept that you have to be on guard at all times, most of us are, and no matter the pool fence is child proof it still comes down to us.............

any kid left alone for long enough..............really, what is child proof ??

A watchful parent

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

No problems with ducks, racoons, or cats..........only snowy egrets and blue herons.

[2106greencat]

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@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:

No problems with ducks, racoons, or cats..........only snowy egrets and blue herons.

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I am just lookin'

[polksaladallie]

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@2106greencat wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

The problem is that not everybody is as diligent as you, so we must care about the others and try to save as many lives as we can.

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I agree polks, and I totally agree with pool/pond laws in this country, they have saved many lives.

But as a parent, isn't the most 'diliigent' on us ??

Fences can be climbed, cupboards can be opened, kids chat to people, older siblings can open those doors, they can remove the elec outlet plugs.

As a parent you accept that you have to be on guard at all times, most of us are, and no matter the pool fence is child proof it still comes down to us.............

any kid left alone for long enough..............really, what is child proof ??

A watchful parent

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I totally agree.  But we must watch out for others.

I have read and coded thousands of childrens' autopsy reports of non-medical deaths, so I know quite a lot about how things happen.

I have cared for babies and children in many homes, of all kinds of parents, and I could tell you spine-chilling stories of the lack of  child-proofing even in the best of homes with highly intelligent parents.

[2106greencat]

I concede..........and totally respect your point of view and experience - I have 2 children, you obviously have dealt with many more (and in a situation I would not like to find myself) and I commend you.

I was replying as me, a mother, who is most likely considered (by my kids) as 'over protective' (and I have no shame in admitting that) but you are right, many tragedy's could have been avoided.

Problem being, IMO, those that aren't dilligent are most likely the one's that also don't have the 'safety procedures' in place because this will never happen to them.

[lloydslights]

Highly intelligent parents who mustn't think their offspring is intelligent enough to get into trouble.   

"Eyes in the back of the head" should come as a bonus giveaway in the labour ward

DEB.

[***super_nova***]

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@azureline** wrote:

Key locked doors, key locked gates, all that is essential when you have children.

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Yes we had 2m fences, locked gates, but the house was opened, and windows were opened.   We like fresh air. And there were times in the winter when all doors were shut and she jumped out of the window.  Jumped may not be quite the term; she climbed on the window, turned on her tummy and slid down, hanging briefly holding on the window frame, with her feet about 16"-18" of the ground.  

Later on we moved on 100acres, and the house had large windows overlooking most of the property, and I could see her wondering through the paddocks with the dogs in tow.  She had about 5-6 acres her territory that she would not go out of, and by then she was old enough to understand that going to the dam was not allowed.