Procreation...
Should require special classes, permits, and fines.
I just love it when someone has a little snot-nosed rugrat and they panic when the kid sneezes.
What is even better is when a two-foot tall imp is trying to step over his parent and trips and falls to the floor. Not down the stairs, not out a window, to the floor. He becomes dazed and (as often is the case when the wind is knocked out of you) he has a moment there when he is so shocked he cannot catch his breath.
What is the parent's reaction? "Oh my goodness!!! We have to call an ambulance and get the kid checked out!!!" How did we survive before the ambulances were around!?!?
I don't know about you all, but when I fell my parents would tell me to get up and stop crying. (It would be a slightly different response if I fell out of a tree...I hope.)
Listen folks, if a kid is crying it's not a bad thing. Little kids fall, it's genetically engineered into them to fall and get bumps and bruises and cuts and scrapes. Kids often stop breathing for no apparant reason. No need to call an ambulance unless it persists for long periods of time. Furthermore, if the kid is balling his eyes out he is perfectly fine.
Remember, be afraid of the quiet child.
I just love it when someone has a little snot-nosed rugrat and they panic when the kid sneezes.
What is even better is when a two-foot tall imp is trying to step over his parent and trips and falls to the floor. Not down the stairs, not out a window, to the floor. He becomes dazed and (as often is the case when the wind is knocked out of you) he has a moment there when he is so shocked he cannot catch his breath.
What is the parent's reaction? "Oh my goodness!!! We have to call an ambulance and get the kid checked out!!!" How did we survive before the ambulances were around!?!?
I don't know about you all, but when I fell my parents would tell me to get up and stop crying. (It would be a slightly different response if I fell out of a tree...I hope.)
Listen folks, if a kid is crying it's not a bad thing. Little kids fall, it's genetically engineered into them to fall and get bumps and bruises and cuts and scrapes. Kids often stop breathing for no apparant reason. No need to call an ambulance unless it persists for long periods of time. Furthermore, if the kid is balling his eyes out he is perfectly fine.
Remember, be afraid of the quiet child.
posted by Leon @ 14:18
1 Comments:
At 2:43 PM, July 05, 2006 ,
Trying2BMe said...
I totally agree that some (most) parents take things way too seriously. Being a single mother to a 2 year old, I thought I'd be more panicky than I am, but I guess I am becoming my mother. If I don't see blood, then it's no big deal unless something weird starts happening.
I mean, we all came from the generation of lawn darts and trampolines with showing springs and no protection nets... we know what constitutes an emergency :)
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