I write this after a recent trajedy in our community…
A few days ago, a family lost their toddler after he sneaked out of the home and was playing behind a neighbor’s car. The driver didn’t see a little kid, reversed…and that was it.
You can imagine the sorrow and pain the family must be going through, and most definitely, every member of the family must be thinking “what if I had locked the door so the kid couldn’t have gone out” or “what if this and that…”
You can never be too careful but there are certain things you can control. May God protect our dear ones, especially our little children, but as a parent, how do you try to protect your children from situations that can become dangerous?
I'm a SAHM with only one child, so I am almost always focused on her. She's also a pretty careful kid. But even now sometimes I feel like I have just missed an accident.
you can’t ever be too careful. I still have a baby child lock on my door even though my little one almost 5 now. I am little less narcotic now but stories like this makes me want to climb back up the charts again.
A very similar accident happened not once but twice in our own family and friends circle so I am paranoid.
My son does not want to hold hand while walking and wants to run around. I dont let him do that all the time but occasionally I let him walk without holding my hand. He loves running after birds and squirrels and I would let him. I thought it was scary but reading this has actually made me realize how dangerous this is. The thought that a reversing car may not spot him never crossed my mind.
It is very tragic what happened.
A good friend of mine had the very same thing happen to his son.
Luckily he was small enough to have the car go over him without a scratch.
The tires missed him altogether.......jiss ko Allah rakhay.....
My wife is VERY careful and cautious. Sometimes I even get annoyed but on 2nd thought, I cant do anything else by to admire her.
Every single socket in our house has protection, locks had child locks in additions to regular locks, In lasts 8 years (since we have kids), i have never seen her leaving knife or lighter within children reach. She wont kids bike without helmet. Bleach and cleaner are behind child lock in the cabinet and so on. She does not trust me with the door locks and check the locks by herself before going to bed and so on…
Now because of all this, she has to go extra mile to do some work for example if she needs bleach, she can not ask my son to get it (she has to go and unlock the cabinet) but she is ready to do all this for kids.
She not only does this for our kids but she is protective for other kids too. In friend’s gathering sometimes, other bhabi’s know that ***** will take care of kids so they dont worry much
God keep everyone safe…
PS: On top of all this …she was a working women too
A family friend of ours accidentally shot his 3 year son in the stomach. That was 5 years ago, but the parents still haven't recovered. It always comes back to haunt them.
A family friend's daughter's daughter (who was hardly 12 months old) fell from 1st floor of her house. In my opinion it was an extreme case of negligence from her parents. She was rushed to a local government hospital Thank God she was saved but due to the hospital negligence the cannula that was in one of her foot got infected and it got very bad and from what I have heard her foot is in abnormal shape and you can imagine the problem she must be having because of it. It is true but a very tragic incident.
what was the most scariest for me was .. unestimating your growing child and their senses… my son couldnt climb up furniture so i was relaxed bout leaving windows in his room open for fresh air during the day… now i have a one seat sofa right under the window…
one day i was passing by the room and to my horror i saw my 10 month old standing on top of the sofa looking out the window
i ran for him adn pulled him down and shut teh window… that day i realized.. never underestimate what your child can do and when it can learn something new!
better safe than sorry…
he also hates to hold hands.. would rather run in front of us… so i harnass him.. pull him back when he gets too far ahead .
you can’t ever be too careful. I still have a baby child lock on my door even though my little one almost 5 now. I am little less narcotic now but stories like this makes me want to climb back up the charts again.
and so on…