07-14-2009, 12:18 PM
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No Excuse!
Honestly, I have a hard time beleiving there is ANY excuse for this kind of
neglect!
I thought there were laws in place to prevent the mentaly challeged from having kids.
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=CalgaryHome
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07-14-2009, 12:20 PM
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Whats the problem? Kid looks like he had a blast!
Our navy should recruit him, when was the last time they sailed 12 kms without a mishap?
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07-14-2009, 12:22 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Bah, it was just a harmless life lesson. Now that kid will always know the difference between a car and a boat, it's certainly cheaper than buying flash cards.
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07-14-2009, 12:25 PM
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The kid is unbelievably lucky, how could parents not be watching a 3 year old when he's near the water.
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07-14-2009, 12:30 PM
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I shouldn't but, lol. A few years from now they will all look back on this and do the same thing.
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07-14-2009, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
Bah, it was just a harmless life lesson. Now that kid will always know the difference between a car and a boat, it's certainly cheaper than buying flash cards.
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Indeed. Perhaps he grows up to be the World's premier floating truck racer.
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Originally Posted by Wood
The kid is unbelievably lucky, how could parents not be watching a 3 year old when he's near the water.
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They're the ones that gave him a starting shove. Packed him a sandwich and sent him on his way.
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
I shouldn't but, lol. A few years from now they will all look back on this and do the same thing.
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Alls well that ends well right? No harm done. 
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07-14-2009, 12:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Methanolic
I thought there were laws in place to prevent the mentaly challeged from having kids.
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Not anymore, but there used to be  :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_...Act_of_Alberta
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07-14-2009, 12:42 PM
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That truly is a miracle.
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07-14-2009, 12:43 PM
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I can only pray that in my moments of inattention, my children come out unscathed like this one.
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07-14-2009, 01:41 PM
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I saw this on the news ... they said he snuck out of the tent when everybody was still sleeping. I don't know, this sounds like something that could happen to a lot of people. The chances of that ever happening again with the same outcome would have to be minuscule.
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07-14-2009, 02:22 PM
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Seems not that long ago that our parents would let us play outside unsupervised for hours, time at the lake was treated with an "If you go close to the water, make sure you take your lifejacket" and things were generally more relaxed both for the parents and the kids.
These days if a kid falls down and scrapes his knee, the parent is looked at as neglecting their child.
When did all of this change?
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07-14-2009, 02:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankster
Seems not that long ago that our parents would let us play outside unsupervised for hours, time at the lake was treated with an "If you go close to the water, make sure you take your lifejacket" and things were generally more relaxed both for the parents and the kids.
These days if a kid falls down and scrapes his knee, the parent is looked at as neglecting their child.
When did all of this change?
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Its a self perpetuating loop. No one wants to be considered negligent, so they dote on their kids every second of every day and as such everyone else has to as well as the standard of negligence gets steadily raised.
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07-14-2009, 02:31 PM
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This kid may have a future driving the subs at West Ed.
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07-14-2009, 02:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Methanolic
Honestly, I have a hard time beleiving there is ANY excuse for this kind of neglect!
I thought there were laws in place to prevent the mentaly challeged from having kids.
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Seems like an innocent incident, unfortunate that it happened and very lucky the kid is okay but hardly the worst parents ever.
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07-14-2009, 04:05 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Methanolic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
I saw this on the news ... they said he snuck out of the tent when everybody was still sleeping. I don't know, this sounds like something that could happen to a lot of people. The chances of that ever happening again with the same outcome would have to be minuscule.
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It kind of puts the original poster's lash out at the parents in persepective eh? 
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07-14-2009, 04:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
I saw this on the news ... they said he snuck out of the tent when everybody was still sleeping. I don't know, this sounds like something that could happen to a lot of people. The chances of that ever happening again with the same outcome would have to be minuscule.
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Yeah, it happens. When I was younger (like 2 years old), I ventured off from my parents at the beach and followed my sister into the water... kept walking even when my head was below water (sister is older then me)... sister screamed, parents came rushing after me... I wouldn't call it neglect, these things happened.
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07-14-2009, 04:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankster
Seems not that long ago that our parents would let us play outside unsupervised for hours, time at the lake was treated with an "If you go close to the water, make sure you take your lifejacket" and things were generally more relaxed both for the parents and the kids.
These days if a kid falls down and scrapes his knee, the parent is looked at as neglecting their child.
When did all of this change?
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It happened when sexual predators started to grab our children.
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07-14-2009, 04:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
It happened when media discovered they could get better ratings by playing up the chance that sexual predators started to grab our children.
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Fixed.
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
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"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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07-14-2009, 04:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Fixed.
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Bobblehead, do you have children?
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07-14-2009, 04:42 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
It happened when sexual predators started to grab our children.
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Yeah, cause that never used to happen.
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