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01-06-2009, 12:53 PM | #1 | |
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New safety laws for kid stuff
LA Times story
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01-06-2009, 01:24 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for the tidbit -- I sent it on to my SIL.
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01-06-2009, 01:33 PM | #3 |
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Oh goodness. Wrap the kids in bubblewrap and keep them in the house.
I'm pretty sure we survived much worse.
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01-06-2009, 01:42 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, and look how well we turned out.
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01-06-2009, 01:46 PM | #5 |
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It built character, man.
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01-06-2009, 01:56 PM | #6 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Toolin' around on the moped with no helmet. Riding my bike into the next town. Riding in the back of my dad's pick-up truck. Swimming in the quarry. Things kids probably can't do today...but they were some good times.
The thing is, that kid who died eating a lead charm? He was 12. Survival of the fittest and all. (I have no idea how old that kid was...I was kidding.) |
01-06-2009, 03:01 PM | #7 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Wow. No second hand kids' clothes? I mean, obviously, someone somewhere will sell some.....what they gonna do, police garage sales? But still...that's a kick in teeth to any family on a tight income with fast growing kids.
You know, thinking about it, it's a wonder any of us made it to adulthood given how dangerous the world is and how imminent the peril around every corner, or indeed lurking in an innocent looking thrift shop. [eta] It must be truly, incomprehensively awful to lose a child, or see your child injured, but unless there's been a gross dereliction of duty or ill intent, it's usually a personal tragedy not a public one. It really pisses me off, when that personal tragedy is used to drive or shore up public policy. I mean, if you buy a toy bear and its has a bloody big metal spike inside it, you've a case for pushing for better quality checks and standards on kid's toys. But a child of 12 removes something from his trainer and chokes on it? Really? Last edited by DanaC; 01-06-2009 at 03:07 PM. |
01-06-2009, 03:03 PM | #8 |
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We buy everything at thrift stores, including most of my work clothes.
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01-06-2009, 03:42 PM | #9 |
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just remember one thing: short sleeves :: short career
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01-07-2009, 02:09 AM | #10 | |
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One of the guys at work was bitching today, he tried to buy pajamas for his grandsons for Christmas and couldn't find any that were flame resistant.
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01-06-2009, 03:04 PM | #11 |
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The one big thing I remember (I'm sure there were others that aren't surfacing as readily) was the jungle gym on the school playground. It had to be twelve feet tall or so. And the playground was sand. Nice, hard, unyielding, injury-causing sand. None of this soft, kid-friendly mulch. Lawsuit city.
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01-06-2009, 03:08 PM | #12 |
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Sand? Sand?!
I'm sure that was nice for you sissies. Our playground equipment was located over blacktop. |
01-06-2009, 03:55 PM | #13 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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01-06-2009, 03:10 PM | #14 |
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We had gravel.
And we never swallowed anything that came off of our shoes.
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