Posted on 08/05/2022 12:49:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I think they name them after kids, because it’s harder to vote against a child who is a victim.
They uae to make batteries that had a coating on them was very bitter so infants would spit them out. Do they still make them?
“Modification? Do you mean that we should all return to the 1970s where C and D cell batteries were the norm?
No thanks.”
I said no such thing and I have no idea what you mean.
One of my granddaughters swallowed the same kind of button battery and had to be removed at the hospital. Had to knock her out and use a magnet š§²
Don't have to - they rarely have any
More than likely they require a screw to keep the battery compartment closed
Labeling batteries so the 18 month old won’t eat them? Children that age usually can’t read, and the parents apparently do not, so I’m not sure who they are targeting here. Every responsible parent knows that children put everything in their mouth. It is a parent’s responsibility to teach them not to do that. Batteries are deadly, as are many other small objects. Not sure that labeling them is going to help much.
Our oldest grandson was the worst in immediately putting anything he picked up straight into his mouth. We would smack his hand (just a tiny bit) and say “not in the mouth”. Sometimes, all four adults would say it at the same time. It became a bit of a joke as we would all say in unison “not in the mouth”. He eventually learned and would hesitate and look at us before eating anything.
I was so paranoid when my kids were little, every time I would see them put something in their mouth it was a race to get their in time to see what it was.
And make sure the child can read by 18 months.
“More than likely they require a screw to keep the battery compartment closed”
Or a very tight click-latch.
I need a knife or small screwdriver to pop some open.
And on some others I have to tape them closed!
How about coat the batteries with something safe, but tastes really bad.
Imagine a smart watch that either is big enough to accept a 9V battery or has some sort of cable so you can put the battery in your pocket.
The world might start looking like the movie "Brazil". Very steampunk. Cool!
“I was so paranoid when my kids were little, every time I would see them put something in their mouth it was a race to get their in time to see what it was.”
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And eventually you learn to just laugh and sigh in relief when it’s just something as harmless as a dust-bunny. They will spit that out pretty quick. Small Lego pieces are another thing I’ve pried out of mouths many a time. And the eraser end off of pencils. Why do children like to chew on those? Those new teeth are pretty sharp when they are just insistent that they are going to keep that toy in their mouth.
Batteries though, are scary and my children were young at the time when every single toy started having a battery included for either the sound or the movement, and the battery compartments opened easily. Now, most of them require a small screwdriver. I started putting duct tape over the battery compartments to make sure they wouldn’t come open and allow the batteries to fall out.
I always picture like a movie in slow-motion the child moving his hand to their mouth and the parent going, “Nooooooooooooooooooo” as they move towards them.
“How about coat the batteries with something safe, but tastes really bad.”
Already done.
And while itās not clear whether Duracell is using the same bittering agent as Nintendo, if itās anything like the Switch cartridges (which The Vergeās executive editor Dieter Bohn says ātastes like insecticide,ā āIt is literally the worst thing,ā and that the taste āwonāt go away. I donāt want to do this again,ā
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