Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if this same toddler is in a store and pulls down a display shelf of expensive items.... oopsie?

We are raising a generation of dipshits because we've abandoned all sense of accountability. And I'm not talking about the children... it's the parents more interested in their selfie with their pinot gris and the ahi tuna than the child across the table with a tablet pressed to their nose.

This is a good point, without the name calling and over dramatic scenario. If a 2 year old pushes a lamp or vase down in Target or tosses a ball in a store and breaks something, parent should be responsible.

Something being out and accessible doesn't give a child the right to touch it. The child may not know better, but that's how it goes. Parent has to take the heat.

This! This! This!

[Anonymous]

I can’t catch up on all 15 pages. Did OP ever come back with more details?

If not I’m calling troll on this one. Lively discussion though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all of you people who are saying the parent of the toddler is responsible to pay, but the owner of the phone should refuse to accept payment.

Aren't you admitting that it's the owner's fault? If someone does something to destroy my property and I legitimately believe it's their fault, I will accept their payment. If someone hits my car - I expect to be paid for that. I wouldn't graciously decline the offer.

I think you are tacitly admitting that it IS the phone owner's fault but you would offer to pay even though you aren't at fault, because you feel badly that the phone owner is in that situation.

I think the fault is somewhat shared and I also think it was an accident. I think the context of the situation matters. I had someone back into my car at the vet when they were driving away after putting their dog down. They did some damage to the front of my car but I decided to live with it instead of make their day worse. I think the same is true here - if I were the mom of the toddler I would offer to pay for the phone. If I were the mom whose phone it was, I'd decline the offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if this same toddler is in a store and pulls down a display shelf of expensive items.... oopsie?

We are raising a generation of dipshits because we've abandoned all sense of accountability. And I'm not talking about the children... it's the parents more interested in their selfie with their pinot gris and the ahi tuna than the child across the table with a tablet pressed to their nose.

This is a good point, without the name calling and over dramatic scenario. If a 2 year old pushes a lamp or vase down in Target or tosses a ball in a store and breaks something, parent should be responsible.

Something being out and accessible doesn't give a child the right to touch it. The child may not know better, but that's how it goes. Parent has to take the heat.

This! This! This!

Ha! This crowd would sue the store for having 'dangerous items' like vases and balls where their toddlers can access them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if this same toddler is in a store and pulls down a display shelf of expensive items.... oopsie?

We are raising a generation of dipshits because we've abandoned all sense of accountability. And I'm not talking about the children... it's the parents more interested in their selfie with their pinot gris and the ahi tuna than the child across the table with a tablet pressed to their nose.

This is a good point, without the name calling and over dramatic scenario. If a 2 year old pushes a lamp or vase down in Target or tosses a ball in a store and breaks something, parent should be responsible.

Something being out and accessible doesn't give a child the right to touch it. The child may not know better, but that's how it goes. Parent has to take the heat.

This! This! This!

But a vase in a store is supposed to not be touched. The child is in the wrong there.
A BABY pool is surrounded by water splashes, puddles, and toys everywhere. A child is conditioned and taught that items around the pool are waterproof, before they even know what that means or is. The mom who put her phone in this wet area full of toys and expected it to not get wet is in the wrong here, not the child doing as he has been conditioned to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^ you're serious? People have all sorts of things out at the pool. Your job is to make sure your 2 year old doesnt touch what isn't his. And if she does, it's your responsibility.

It’s like putting a sirloin out inside a dog park and being mad the owners didn’t control their dog and ate your expensive steak. Get some common sense and put your property in safe spots.

No, sorry. If I place a steak on a picnic bench at a park, I should not assume that someone will let their dog off a leash and that said dog will come grab my hamburger.

[Anonymous]

Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool

Anonymous wrote:Was at the baby pool with my youngest DD. A mom was sitting on the edge of the pool taking pictures of her child, when she sat the phone down and a 2/3 yr old boy, ran over and chucked it in the pool. The mom apologized and scolded the boy, and the mom grabbed her child and left. Whose fault is it? The mom for having her phone near water or the boy who threw it?

2/3 is a toddler, not a preschooler.

Also by re-reading the OP, either you mispoke or the majority of responses are misreading your text --> "the mom apologized and scolded the boy, and the mom grabbed her child and left" --> the person who left was NOT the mother and child who threw the phone, it was the other mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ you're serious? People have all sorts of things out at the pool. Your job is to make sure your 2 year old doesnt touch what isn't his. And if she does, it's your responsibility.

It’s like putting a sirloin out inside a dog park and being mad the owners didn’t control their dog and ate your expensive steak. Get some common sense and put your property in safe spots.

No, sorry. If I place a steak on a picnic bench at a park, I should not assume that someone will let their dog off a leash and that said dog will come grab my hamburger.

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They didn't say on a picnic bench at a park. They said INSIDE A DOG PARK. Reading is fundamental.

[Anonymous]

My summary of the thread:

People who would offer to pay are decent and responsible

People who would blame the other person for what their child did while they weren't supervising him/her are tacky and selfish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ you're serious? People have all sorts of things out at the pool. Your job is to make sure your 2 year old doesnt touch what isn't his. And if she does, it's your responsibility.

It’s like putting a sirloin out inside a dog park and being mad the owners didn’t control their dog and ate your expensive steak. Get some common sense and put your property in safe spots.

No, sorry. If I place a steak on a picnic bench at a park, I should not assume that someone will let their dog off a leash and that said dog will come grab my hamburger.

Dogs aren't on leashes at a dog park. If you leave your steak on a bench where there are unleashed dogs, then yes, it might get eaten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ you're serious? People have all sorts of things out at the pool. Your job is to make sure your 2 year old doesnt touch what isn't his. And if she does, it's your responsibility.

It’s like putting a sirloin out inside a dog park and being mad the owners didn’t control their dog and ate your expensive steak. Get some common sense and put your property in safe spots.

No, sorry. If I place a steak on a picnic bench at a park, I should not assume that someone will let their dog off a leash and that said dog will come grab my hamburger.

Even if no random dog or toddler ate your steak, you should probably throw it out after leaving it on a park bench. Food safety is important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My summary of the thread:

People who would offer to pay are decent and responsible

People who would blame the other person for what their child did while they weren't supervising him/her are tacky and selfish

Also, people who bring their phone to the pool seem to expect that it will stay dry, even if they take no precautions such as putting it in a purse or a waterproof cover. Because.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ you're serious? People have all sorts of things out at the pool. Your job is to make sure your 2 year old doesnt touch what isn't his. And if she does, it's your responsibility.

It’s like putting a sirloin out inside a dog park and being mad the owners didn’t control their dog and ate your expensive steak. Get some common sense and put your property in safe spots.

No, sorry. If I place a steak on a picnic bench at a park, I should not assume that someone will let their dog off a leash and that said dog will come grab my hamburger.

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They didn't say on a picnic bench at a park. They said INSIDE A DOG PARK. Reading is fundamental.

+1
A special place for dogs to run unleashed. Kind of like the baby area is a special place for toddlers to run unleashed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My summary of the thread:

People who would offer to pay are decent and responsible

People who would blame the other person for what their child did while they weren't supervising him/her are tacky and selfish

Also, people who bring their phone to the pool seem to expect that it will stay dry, even if they take no precautions such as putting it in a purse or a waterproof cover. Because.

Thank you for proving that posters point. You did it perfectly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of the boy who threw it.

No. The stupid mother who put her phone down at kiddie pool.

How about the parent not watching poolside a kid not old enough to know better?

Oh didn’t you hear? You don’t have to watch your kids at the kiddie pool. Drowning is nonexistent.

You should work on your reading comprehension. You are truly the only one saying that.

Really?! My mistake.

Guess I’m just confused when plenty of responses have said, it’s just the kiddie pool and they don’t need that much supervision. When drowning was brought up someone called that poster crazy. When asked why the child who threw the phone into the pool wasn’t being watched the responses were it’s a kiddie pool you don’t have to hover. Other responses were the kiddie pool is where children can run free.

Please quote exactly where people said you don’t need to supervise in the kiddie pool. Multiple people have tried to explain to you you can supervise your child without being within arms reach and that toddlers can quickly grab things. It’s like speaking to a rock.
You are a drama queen/king. How do you spend this time on DCUM without being six inches from your child? They must be unsupervised/drowning/choking/dieing because their parent let them run two feet away.

Look I get it. You’re that parent that thinks supervision is occasionally glancing over and then acting shocked when something happens. I get that you relate to the mother whose child tossed the phone bc your child would probably do that too. I’ll be a drama queen if that makes you feel better about your lackadaisical parenting.