[Secret Agent Man]

You have their beds in your bedroom? They must always be within reach. And when you go to the bathroom, you got them within reach?

Do you go to school with them? Or do you expect the teacher to be able to reach all 20+ kids in the classroom at the same time?

Don’t say NEVER. It is impossible for you to protect all your loved ones all the time. You can try, you can do everything REASONABLE, within finite limits without driving yourself and everyone else around you both paranoid and crazy at the same time.

I agree with you it is a terrible thing. Crazy bizarre situation. Many of us would have probably been more cautious and maybe have not let the child play by herself in the backyard if we weren’t closer.

[calex59]

agree with you it is a terrible thing. Crazy bizarre situation. Many of us would have probably been more cautious and maybe have not let the child play by herself in the backyard if we weren’t closer.

Did you guys even read the article? The dog was supposed to be in the Garage, the father was at a friends house, the girl was playing WITH A FRIEND in the backyard, dog got out and attacked the girl on the swing. She wasn't "left alone"(not that their is anything wrong with that in particular)and she wasn't left with a strange dog, the dog was not supposed to be out, but it was. Period. Not neglect on the fathers side, just a horrible incident involving an mentally unstable dog. Too bad daddy wasn't armed, he could have at least saved himself some injuries.

In my book he is a hero, he fought a vicious animal barehanded to save his daughter, no negligence was involved on Dad's part.

[the OlLine Rebel]

My grandma was a terrible woman.

She let my mother go on a trolley by herself into Baltimore at the age of 6, regularly, for dance classes.

Yes, times are different (people not only weren’t mostly scum, but would watch out for others rather than “minding their own business”), but they’re not THAT different if you consider your kids are usually in your own nice suburban neighborhood. It’s not that dangerous.

I hate that attitude. It’s what’s forced us into wearing stupid “safety-NAZI” gear for every stupid thing the kid does. Glad I even missed the helmet days. I loved the wind in my hair.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Actually, it seems the girl was with a friend. She wasn’t quite by herself.