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1monster

(11,012 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:15 PM Dec 2015

If you have young children, this is a MUST WATCH

Last edited Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:45 PM - Edit history (1)

ON EDIT: This video points out the very serious danger of corded blinds window treatments. The can be deadly for young children.

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If you have young children, this is a MUST WATCH (Original Post) 1monster Dec 2015 OP

Do you write clickbait headlines for a living? jeff47 Dec 2015 #1

No. Do you do your best to be insulting when you reply to a post? 1monster Dec 2015 #2

No, I can be far more insulting. jeff47 Dec 2015 #3

My son is now 23 and I no longer have corded blinds in my house. 1monster Dec 2015 #4

Nine kids? PNW_Dem Dec 2015 #7

k & r chervilant Dec 2015 #5

Either that or obliviousness freedom fighter jh Dec 2015 #6

I am the only one of six sisters chervilant Dec 2015 #8

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

1. Do you write clickbait headlines for a living?

Reply to 1monster (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:26 PM

Dec 2015

Couldn't be bothered with a brief summary, huh?

1monster

(11,012 posts)

2. No. Do you do your best to be insulting when you reply to a post?

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:43 PM

Dec 2015

I'm sorry I neglected to post a summary. I was very affected by the video as I realized that I had placed those corded blinds in my son's room, next to his bed, when he was a preschooler and never realized the danger. (I am very thankful that he never played with them.)

I will add a summary now that you have (in a very rude manner) brought the oversight to my attention.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

3. No, I can be far more insulting.

Reply to 1monster (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:49 PM

Dec 2015

I was very affected by the video as I realized that I had placed those corded blinds in my son's room, next to his bed, when he was a preschooler and never realized the danger.

Blinds are now required to have two separate pulls at the end for this reason. Remember not to tie them together.

1monster

(11,012 posts)

4. My son is now 23 and I no longer have corded blinds in my house.

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:54 PM

Dec 2015

PNW_Dem

(119 posts)

7. Nine kids?

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 10:49 PM

Dec 2015

Nine kids? Yes, the cords on the shades are dangerous but that’s not the real problem…

chervilant

(8,267 posts)

5. k & r

Reply to 1monster (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 09:45 PM

Dec 2015

I think it takes a lot of courage to be a parent.

freedom fighter jh

(1,782 posts)

6. Either that or obliviousness

Reply to chervilant (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 10:14 PM

Dec 2015

When my kids were young, I myself was oblivious.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)

8. I am the only one of six sisters

Reply to freedom fighter jh (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:04 AM

Dec 2015

who chose to remain childless. Ours was a dysfunctional family, and I didn't feel I had adequate role models to be a parent. Plus, I read Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" when I was very young (before my adolescence). I decided then that if I wanted to be a parent, I could adopt or foster one or more of the thousands of children growing up in "group homes" across the nation.

I am an advocate now for our younglings. And it's for them that I grieve when I contemplate the mess we've made of our climate and our culture.

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