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Honestly, I expect to raise my children how I was raised. Which is to say, they won't be bubble wrapped.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 22 '08, 13:50

Will the fact that my little ones might break a bone or require stitches at some point in their lives make me a bad father? Guess it depends on who you ask.

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I plan to raise a kid or two with a healthy does of Eye Pokes, Random Finger to Skull Thwaps, and Out of the Blue Pinches and Pokes. - Mel Profit Dec 22, 13:54 2
- Oh yeah....you just scream stealth. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 22, 13:58 1
  - honestly, you have no idea... - Mel Profit Dec 22, 14:00
Here here! I agree 100% and I wish to subscribe to your "No pussies for children" newsletter -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 22, 13:53 6
- Any child of yours is in for enough pain...a helmet won't help :) -- nm - The Christmas Carol Coalition Dec 22, 13:58 5
  - My kids are going to be awesome. Intelligent and well read, with an appreciation for Cary Grant and William Wyler - Mr. Havens Dec 22, 14:02 4
    - That would be lil miss ccc...who also wears a bike helmet :) - The Christmas Carol Coalition Dec 22, 14:07
    - I consider that a noble dream. - Beryllium Dec 22, 14:04 2
      - My kids are going to appreciate The Thin Man not only as movies but as books -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 22, 14:06 1
        
        *makes a note to send the Board Book version of Proust as a baby shower gift* -- nm - The Christmas Carol Coalition Dec 22, 14:17
We can all agree that elbow pads are an invitation fora back alley beating, right? nm - Dignan Dec 22, 13:53
If a helmet is bubble wrapped to you, there's not really anything any one will say to alter - Will Hunting Dec 22, 13:53 2
- Which is fair, except the risk of said catastrophic bike accident is no greater than the risk of a catastrophic trampoline accident or catastrophic... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:11 1
  - you got numbers for that? -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:16
You. Have. No. Idea. At. All. Trust me. I said all this same stuff. -- nm - Amy Dec 22, 13:51 7
- That's you. I will make sure my child(ren) are safe, but not to the point where they don't learn what a little pain is like - Mr. Havens Dec 22, 13:57 3
  - That's what arms and legs are for. Not skulls. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:59 2
    - If you weren't meant to feel pain in the skull, the Talking Pickle wouldn't have put pain receptors there -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 22, 14:04 1
      - The brain doesn't have pain receptors. Brain damage isn't about pain. It's about tissue swelling and death. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 14:10
- Heh. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 22, 13:53 2
  - We were going to be the cool parents! -- nm - Amy Dec 22, 13:54 1
    - Ummmm... how is that possible? Isn't Spawn the father? - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 22, 13:55
Breaking a bone is not the same as having brain damage. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:51
shouldn't you pay attention to new knowledge? that's how civilization has advanced. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:51 17
- Sure, which is why I wouldn't rule out getting a helmet either. But would I let any of my nieces or nephews ride without one without fear? For sure. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 13:58 3
  - this is where I disagree 100%. I can make my own choices. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:02 2
    - That's the point! It should be a choice, shouldn't it? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:07 1
      - for adults. What if kids made all of their choices? What do you think they'd eat? would they go to school? -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:09
- To be fair, he IS doing his part to prevent our de-evolution into an idiocracy. A nanny state kind of marches inexorably towards it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:52
- Naw, he's going to put them out on a mountain cliff as a baby, if they survive, the gods willed it -- nm - The Christmas Carol Coalition Dec 22, 13:52 11
  - Screw advances in medicine. His kid gets leeches! -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:52 10
    - See this is how ridculous the debate has gotten. We're talking about a fraction of a percentage of injuries compared to users and all of a sudden.. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:05 3
      - a fraction of a percentage? Did you look at any of the actual numbers? Not even in the same universe. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:19
      - Did you miss the stat where 95% of fatalities involved people who were not wearing helmets? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 14:13 1
        
        Two rebuttals: 1) What's the overall percentage of helmet useage? 2) What percentage of those deaths do you think the helmet would have prevented? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:20
    - How full circle it has come. We now use leaches to stimulate blood flow where there isn't any. -- nm - Redmond home from work, bad weather Dec 22, 13:54 4
      - I thought it was to drain off stagnant blood. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:55 3
        
        A little from Column A, and a little from Column Medicinal Maggots -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:56 1
        
        mmm...medicinal maggots. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 13:58
        
        Mike from Dirty Jobs ate some on his episode - so freakin gross -- nm - Pippy Dec 22, 13:56
    - Advances in "medicine" have shown the benefits of leeches. -- nm - NWBR si Dec 22, 13:54

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