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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
i never but my life or yours is not a template for perfection
I once picked up my eldest in her car seat thinking she was strapped in and launched her across the room, she landed on the carpet unhurt but she could have ended up in the fireplace engulfed in flames (it was horrible).
I would not have done what they did because i would have thought "what is some paedo comes and takes them" as i am naturally cautious and do not trust anyone but i understand others are different.
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There's a pretty huge difference between an absent-minded accident and a reckless, yet entirely pre-planned, course of action. Everyone has accidents with their kids. When my eldest was 2, I hit a kerb with her in the buggy, and she'd climbed out of her straps. She was launched out of it about 3 feet, face down into the snow. It was ****ing hilarious. BUT of course, there could have been a rock there and it could have ended horribly. It was still an accident. There are countless stories of parents not paying attention / being aware of where a child is and reversing their car into them. Often with horrible outcomes. Still everyday accidents. Sometimes those accidents are even fatal.
...choosing to leave your children alone in an unlocked room and go for dinner, is not an accident. They didn't trip on the steps, roll a few hundred metres and land in a pile of Tapas.