tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1983720017998143092..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: For The Umpteenth Time, The Safety Of Other People's Children Is Not My Concern!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33129687627057310442012-05-31T05:50:16.775+01:002012-05-31T05:50:16.775+01:00"Can you imagine the outcry from the "Gr...<i>"Can you imagine the outcry from the "Graun-reading" crowd, if the Council or Police were to instigate spot-checks in people's houses to ensure all blind-cords etc were tied up out of harm's way ?"</i> <br /><br />Oh, I on't know. I think that would actually suit the Guardianistas right down to the ground!<br /><br /><i>"However, the method presupposes an observant adult constantly in attendance - a rare thing in these days of working parents and a separate bedroom for every child."</i> <br /><br />Good point!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47738198817503727352012-05-30T14:49:24.024+01:002012-05-30T14:49:24.024+01:00Henry - logical and true; after all, you and I are...Henry - logical and true; after all, you and I are presumably here today only because our cave-dwelling ancestors were in infancy repeatedly slapped back from fires/cliffs/poisonous plants etc. <br /><br />However, the method presupposes an observant adult constantly in attendance - a rare thing in these days of working parents and a separate bedroom for every child.<br /><br />Without wishing to comment on individual cases, I wonder whether the mother who described on Woman's Hour (in a piece on discrimination) how a working mother 'gives 100% of her attention to the job while she's at work' could swear that she is fully attentive to her child's behaviour when she gets home at the end of a long day.<br /><br />The price of child safety, like that of Liberty, is eternal vigilance. Sadly, eternity is divine; even the most devoted parents are only human.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18260304954523631092012-05-30T13:58:41.430+01:002012-05-30T13:58:41.430+01:00Simple solution:
1. When said child plays with bl...Simple solution:<br /><br />1. When said child plays with blind cord for first time tell them not to play with the blind cord.<br /><br />2. When said toddler plays with blind cord for the second time, smack his/her hand and say "I told you to leave it alone now leave it alone"<br /><br />3. Repeat 2 until said toddler gets the message.<br /><br />QEDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50259055565325058952012-05-30T12:59:24.032+01:002012-05-30T12:59:24.032+01:00So ummmm...how would other people who don't li...So ummmm...how would <i>other people who don't live in their house</i> making sure their own blinds were safe and secured have prevented their child's death ?<br /><br />I have an alternative solution to this problem...have the authorities follow these people around for the rest of their lives making sure they don't do anything even slighly dangerous to anyone else's children and ban them from breeding. <br /><br />After all, it's <i>them</i> who have <i>proven</i> they can't be trusted to keep a child alive.Tattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42450482515893578122012-05-30T12:27:51.420+01:002012-05-30T12:27:51.420+01:00A tragic unnecessary death, for sure ..
" .....A tragic unnecessary death, for sure ..<br /><br />" .. it's still their responsibility to look out for their offspring" ..<br /><br />Particularly within the privacy of their own home ..<br /><br />Can you imagine the outcry from the "Graun-reading" crowd, if the Council or Police were to instigate spot-checks in people's houses to ensure all blind-cords etc were tied up out of harm's way ?Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.com