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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: No Hot Water!
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 22:24:26 GMT
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- jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
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- >>If the parent is responsible enough to worry about water temperature,
- >>s/he is responsible enough to keep the kid out of boiling water.
-
- >My 20-month-old figured out how to turn on the hot water faucet about
- >a week after she figured out how to climb on the toilet to reach it,
- >and that was over 8 months ago. We can't watch her every single second,
- >and I'd much rather she learned a lesson from uncomfortably hot water
- >than lost use of a hand from scalding water.
-
- You've pretty much defined irresponsible, haven't you? Letting
- a kid run unsupervised in such an environment meets that definition
- for me.
-
- John
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