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The thing I don't get is how do these parents have the energy for that? I quickly discovered with my son that if I set the bar much higher than "will he die or
by kqr 4y ago
The thing I don't get is how do these parents have the energy for that? I quickly discovered with my son that if I set the bar much higher than "will he die or lose a limb from this?" then I would be exhausted and done for the day by 10 AM.
I love him very much, but I just wouldn't be physically able to prevent every accident. Is there some sort of exercise regime or diet or other lifestyle change that gives you energy for that?
(Not that I necessarily want to change that, I'm just very curious.)
- permo-w 4y agoit's fear
- avidphantasm 4y agoMaybe part of it is fear of an ER bill you can’t afford or don’t have insurance to cover?
- citrin_ru 4y agoPersonal anekdata: I've seen much more unsupervised children in low-income neighborhoods than in upper-middle class ones.
- threads2 4y agojust say anecdote
- permo-w 4y agoit's not an anecdote. an anecdote is a single story. this is his/her collection of anecdotal evidence/data. I don't see why they've spelt it with a k though
- citrin_ru 4y agoIt's just a spelling mistake, I've meant https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anecdata https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anecdata
- AlgorithmicTime 4y ago
- permo-w 4y agoperhaps in the US, but wouldn't this equally have been the case historically? the overall effect is almost certainly the result of the proprietors of playgrounds shielding themselves from lawsuits. I'd be willing to bet that around the time it started to change there was a big lawsuit, or a string of them that put the fear of god/bankruptcy into people running these things for the joy of others
- D13Fd 4y agoWe have 4. The bar is a trip to the hospital. Urgent care facilities on the east coast usually won’t do pediatric stitches, and in my experience, a hospital visit for simple stitches or similar takes around 4-6 hours (I.e., 5.5 hours of waiting for 30 minutes of treatment). The absolute last thing I want to do is sit in a hospital with four kids for 6 hours, even if it’s free after insurance.