What mainstream things do you NOT allow your children to do?

Lizling

Rev wrote: »

Point me to the part where I said anyone was killed by cats?

If you had said people were killed by cats, you'd still have been right.

Lizling

Janepig wrote: »

Very true. But if there were six deaths last year of children who had been abducted by strangers we wouldn't be saying that was "ok" in comparison to anything else would we?

Getting bitten by dog = tragic accident

Abducted by stranger = deliberate evilness


Not really comparable. Accidents will always happen so the best we can hope for is a low number. We can and should hope for better than that when it comes to deliberate killing by human beings.

Janepig

Lizling wrote: »

Getting bitten by dog = tragic accident

Abducted by stranger = deliberate evilness


Not really comparable. Accidents will always happen so the best we can hope for is a low number. We can and should hope for better than that when it comes to deliberate killing by human beings.

Hmmm, it's a fair point. Not sure I agree that all deaths by dogs are "accidents", but fair point.

Jx

valk_scot

Just out of curiosity, how many children were killed or injured last year in road traffic accidents? I bet there were more than were killed or injured by dogs, or by strangers. Yet most of us don't think twice about sticking the kids in the car and driving off to school or Tesco or Granny's house.

Janepig

:wall::wall::wall:

Is there a "going around in circles" smiley.

Or a "don't bother arguing with the dog m@ffia" smiley?

Jx

Lizling

Not specifically children, but number of deaths in 2011 from road traffic accidents in England and Wales was 1,815.

There's a breakdown of that and other causes of death here http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/oct/28/mortality-statistics-causes-death-england-wales-2010

silvercar

I was reluctant to let my kids go in cars driven by new drivers, and also didn't let my kids drive passengers in the first few weeks after they passed their driving test.

kitschkitty

Surely the point is that a blanket ban on going to houses that own a dog is a knee jerk reaction.

If a parent is concerned they should visit with their child & meet the dog, then make an informed decision.

After all many people have said they wouldn't/you shouldn't discourage children from mixing with children with special needs (unless they are violent etc), but what about people who own guide dogs, or assistance dogs.

If you have a blanket ban, you'd never know what dog a person has or why. You wouldn't know if it is always kept in a separate room or what have you if you point blank dismiss the idea of going round (or finding out) in the first place.

Same with parents who smoke, if they are a chain smoker with ashtrays all over the house who smoke no matter who's there, or what's going on, that's one thing, but if they smoke just occasionally, and go out in the garden to do it away from anyone else, that's a very different thing.

kitschkitty

silvercar wrote: »

I was reluctant to let my kids go in cars driven by new drivers, and also didn't let my kids drive passengers in the first few weeks after they passed their driving test.

That is actually very sensible though, the statistics on young drivers being involved in accidents is disproportionately high & the number of accidents (and fatalities) when there are additional young passengers, is very worrying.

Firefly

I would not allow my youngest son to have toy guns but he became obsessed, persuaded someone to teach him to shoot at 12 and ended up with a shotgun licence by 14!

The dog thing surprised me too ... That had never occurred to me although death by cocker spaniel is rather rare.