Like I said I am entirely okay with the genocide of mosquitoes in fact I’ll kick a couple bucks at anyone trying to do it, I actually have donated 20 to a effort in South Africa to get rid of them, I figure if they can do it there they can do it here.
On keeping the kids in you have to keep in mind mine are young, so it could be very dangerous for them to wander off without tell me where they are going at least. On the injury thing my oldest is 6 and I’m still not over it.
I had a scare today I’m just now letting her go to sleep, I’ve said it 1000 times at least don’t play at the top of the damn stairs! I say again and again. Well today exactly the reason I kept saying it happened, my six year old tripped and fell from the very top of the staircase flipped 4 times bounced at least 3 and landed almost directly head first at the bottom. Freaked me the fuck out. Called the ER they said observe her and only bring her in if she has symptoms of a concussion well I was not going to miss anything, so I kept her up 2 and half hours past her bed time staring at her intently almost the entire time. So how one can watch all that happen and not freak out at least a little that is a mystery to me.
They're amazingly resilient. As near as I can tell, they're surprisingly close to indestructible.
Its entirely possible, she seems fine. However I still worry. I probably should worry less but something about them being my little girls stops me. Don't get me wrong I let them get hurt on the play ground.
I had a buddy who always put a scratch in every new car. That way, the damage was already done - and it was done by him.
It seemed to work to appease him, as he was a very angry man. He was always angry about something. One thing he didn't worry about was his car getting damaged.
Dunno how that applies to kids, and it's probably a good idea to not kick 'em down the stairs just so you're used to it later.
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