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Re: A use for TownJr
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:32:01 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Matthew Miller writes:
> Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote:
> > Lego is not appropriate for a 2 yr old It says "contains small parts. not
> > for children under 3" or something like that on the box.
I have to admit I've actually read that on set boxes too. Welcome to the world
of the parent. Thanks for stopping by.
> Sure, but not all children are the same. If your child understands not to
> put them in his/her mouth, and you're there to supervise, it's probably okay
> to disregard the warning.
Absolutely. Why wouldn't it be? Theoretically, you could give your child
anything, (for an absurd example, a martial arts throwing star ;-) and if you
were there supervising to keep your child from causing (self-)injury, it would
be okay from an physical-injury-alone standpoint. But who wants to do that?
Nobody. Not very many people could intervene quickly enough to prevent injury.
So you make a judgement call as to what the child gets to play with, and how
well you can/want to "police" the interaction with it.
My daughter was playing with my collection at 2 years with my supervision, and
not putting it in her mouth anymore, so I could trust her when I was
concentrating. The problems with her are/was that she'd drop pieces (so that
they could become lost) and occasionally would inadvertantly trample them. It
therefore wasn't a safety issue with her so much as it was a safety issue with
the pieces! I don't want 20 year old transparent pieces cracked in a moment of
indiscretion.
-Tom McD.
when replying, have a good ol' country breakfast: spamcakes and sausages!
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| (...) Sure, but not all children are the same. If your child understands not to put them in his/her mouth, and you're there to supervise, it's probably okay to disregard the warning. (27 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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