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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.