How safe or unsafe is it to carry toddlers on your shoulders?
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Who is that? |
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| Elizabeth Hasselbeck from The View |
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| A few months ago in NYC I saw a man (father?) getting off a train with his toddler on his shoulders. He bumped the kids head on the subway car door. Hard. I wanted to smack him. I know mistakes are made, but good god, on the shoulders gettin off the subway? Unnecessary and irresponsible. |
Anonymous
Hilarious. I usually agree with my forgotten posts 
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I'll do you one better, last month at the jersey shore we saw a man in the water with a child still in diapers on his shoulders. It was a red flag day and the water was incredibly rough, and they kept wandering past all the boundaries the lifeguards had set up. Neither one of them had life jackets on, and waves took them down more than once. Im fine with putting a kid on your shoulders, but know the time and place. |
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I'm a father of a 17 month old who weighs 13kg - I think that's about 30 to 35lbs. He cannot sit in his pram for journies or be held by the hand to walk by our sides or able to use reigns. He is extremely headstrong and strong as well. I carry him on my shoulders everywhere as it's the only way I can ensure his safety and that the eardrums of passers by remain intact.
I hold him firmly by the ankles with both hands, never do I use one hand - not even for the shortest of moments as I will never know when he wants to start playing the 'jumping game' and bounce up and down like galloping a horse. Like most activities with my child, everything requires common sense and caution. There are a million and one things that could hurt a child but when taking care you minimise those risks. I haven't tripped over in the street or out hill walking in all my adult life (I'm now 30), but when I'm carrying my son on my shoulders I slow down and rarely look anywhere other than 5 feet in front of my shoes, just to glance up to check my route or traffic etc. If you are comfortable having a go, it took my son about 3 times before he took to it (he loves it now), go for it. But bear in mind the extra risk you are placing both on yourself and your child and minimise those risks. |
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| My husband prefers to carry our 2yo on his shoulders. He says it's easier on his back because the weight is evenly distributed straight down. I'm sure DS is safer being carried on my side/hips, but I can't do that all the time. |
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| I hold them in a manner that if they were to fling themselves anyhow, I would still be able to catch them. |
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| Ghetto, trash, child abusers, horrible parents, mentally challenged are the words that come to my mind when I see or hear parents doing this. I would never put my child in danger if there was a .00000001 percentage they could potentially fall and get a head injury. Humans trip by accident. I think these people should get their kids taken away and I 100% stand by what I said and people can talk shit all they want. I think there should be a law against this. |
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And the dads who do this need to get their ass
Kicked or better yet let their head fall ten feet onto cement as a preview of how their head would feel if they fell off someone’s shoulders that could have been avoided. Maybe you’ll learn the meaning of better to be safe than sorry you pieces of shit! |
Anonymous
| Everyone saying that you might trip and fall. Do you carry you children in any way? Isn’t there a risk that you trip and fall any time you carry your kid? While yes, they are up slightly higher in your shoulders than in your arms, I don’t think it is a significant difference. |
Anonymous
No, I don’t carry my children. If they are infants and non walking they are in a stroller. It’s too dangerous as fall risks are everywhere. All the people who baby wear are out of their minds. One misstep and you could crush your child. |
Anonymous
You need to get evaluated for anxiety. |