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These can be awesome fun to build and to play in. Just a safety note... If you build snow&ice structures, keep in mind that some can be dangerous for young ki
by neilv 3y ago
These can be awesome fun to build and to play in. Just a safety note...
If you build snow&ice structures, keep in mind that some can be dangerous for young kids who later come across this very compelling structure.
Especially igloo/cave/house, or other structure that can otherwise collapse atop small ones.
Even if structurally sound when built, it can change rapidly over time, due to melting, snowfall, and play.
If you can't check it frequently, to make sure that it's not in a state that can collapse and result in tragedy in a matter of minutes, then you probably want to disassemble it (and spread it out).
- izend 3y agoI believe this is why my grade 2 class in Montreal was shown this famous Quebec movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_Who_Stopped_the_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_Who_Stopped_the_War where the movie ends with a child dying in the collapsed snow fort.
- neilv 3y agoUS schoolchildren were shown Disney's film "Follow Me, Boys", which seems to be about a wholesome youth group, who build a dangerously unsound clubhouse... then arm themselves, to fight off government aggression. (This formative message could explain a lot. I prefer Quebec's snow safety message.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY
- klyrs 3y agoWhen and where? I grew up in the US and never saw that.
- neilv 3y agoThat YouTube clip is from 1990 broadcast TV in a major northern coastal city market (Portland, OR). Around that time was also the Disney Channel, which many parents of young children would get for their cable TV package, for presumed kid-safe shows, and which showed many old Disney movies, including this one. Of course not everyone has seen it, but a lot have, maybe especially in households that prioritized exposure to "family-friendly" TV/movies.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoI have not heard of this. Ive also not heard a reference to Portland as major northern city. As soon as I read that I assumed US NE coast. Why not western ? Also when you said "us schoolchildren were shown" you are directly implying this movie was (mandatory) shown in schools which based on your reply, is not what happened. 'US children' and network TV would have sufficed for your point. Honestly your writeup feels purposefully dramatic.
- neilv 3y agoI think I should've stopped commenting after the first note about safety.
- klyrs 3y agoAh, okay. When you said "schoolchildren" I interpreted that to mean that the movie was being shown in schools.
- teekert 3y agoHere in the Netherlands, at my school, we had to watch “Die Welle” (German title, English: “The Wave”) [0]. Where a whole school learns how easy it can be to start following Hitler 2.0 en masse. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film)
- mensetmanusman 3y agoWe watched that in the US as well, great movie!
- jacquesm 3y agoUnfortunately not enough people understood that movie.
- bjornlouser 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I
- Aeolun 3y agoThe synopsis on wikipedia seems to say the dog dies? Which given the name “The Dog Who Stopped the War” seems likely?
- antx 3y agoNo child dies in the movie: > Marc's dog Cléo comes after her owner, and one of the fortress walls collapses, killing her. The war ends, as both sides help bury her.
- fifilura 3y agoI have mixed opinions about that. It is true that there is proof of kids dying when snow caves cave in. At the same time it is also a part of this ages overprotection of kids. Along with children not allowed to bike alone or play near a lake.
- idiotsecant 3y agoYes, next we will be removing lead from the air and drinking water! Where does it stop?!? Life should never improve or change in any way, I say!
- fifilura 3y agoFair enough. I said i had mixed opinions. Just that I have built so many snow caves in my childhood and many of them caved in. And it left me with - lots of snow inside my clothes, which was yucky. I have also slept in a leftover cave dug by the military. It was a couple of weeks old so the roof was significantly lower than it was from start. One tragic accident i remember though is about some children building caves in snow banks and being run over by the plough.