Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people don’t have $500-1000 to replace someone’s phone. I’m sure the mom was mortified. But it might be the difference between making rent that month or not. Sure, I’m an ideal world we all have enough and the mom of the kid offers to pay... but also the phone owner would be gracious and not accept.

Literally don’t care. Learn how to watch your kid.

Have fun with that. I’m sure you’ll never have a reason to eat your words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the mother had left the phone some distance from the edge of the pool and the kid had dug it out of her bag, walked over to the pool, and dropped it in, that would have been the fault of the boy's parent, because they should have been watching him better.

But if you leave your phone in a perilous place and it comes to harm, that's your fault.

Good answer

So if you walk down a dark alley, you deserve what you get, right?

The victim blaming here is gross.

It's not like something happened to her body.
If you leave your car unlocked and someone steals from it, the cops lecture you on locking your doors.

If you leave your wallet somewhere and it gets stolen, you shouldn't have left it.

If you drop $100 and someone else picks it up before you realize, that's your fault for dropping it.

If you leave your phone in the puddle next to the pool and a kid picks it up, it's YOUR FAULT

Agree with this. This thread is interesting and I used it as a starting point for a conversation with my kids to see what they thought. Parental responsibility vs personal responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

It is unrealistic to think you can get to your kid that fast to keep them from throwing something in the pool when it is sitting right next to the pool where the pool toys are placed. You could be holding your kid in your arms and not able to stop the phone from getting thrown in. It was a stupid place to put the phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

We’re not sure this is what happened. But the phone was definitely left somewhere where a little kid could grab it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

It is unrealistic to think you can get to your kid that fast to keep them from throwing something in the pool when it is sitting right next to the pool where the pool toys are placed. You could be holding your kid in your arms and not able to stop the phone from getting thrown in. It was a stupid place to put the phone.

You are making up a scenario that wasn’t stated by the OP. You have no idea where the phone actually was. Nice try though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

We’re not sure this is what happened. But the phone was definitely left somewhere where a little kid could grab it.

The phone could’ve been on a towel, on a table, on a chair. We don’t know. But we definitely know the parent of the child wasn’t around to stop them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a crazy idea:

If you go to the baby pool, you should expect babies to be there. And here’s the really crazy part - you should expect babies to act like babies and toddlers to act like toddlers. If you don’t want them playing with your phone, don’t put it where the pool toys are kept.

An even crazier idea:

Parents take responsibility for their baby and toddler. Parents learn to actively supervise, watch and parent their baby and toddler. If you don’t want to parent your child, stay home.

+1

I know it’s hard to be a parent but you signed up for this, cupcake. Pay up for your lack of supervision. Maybe take a parenting class?

I hate to break it to you, but you have to grow up at some point. Really. Now you want toddlers in a toddler pool to help you keep your stuff safe? That’s what your life has come to? You’re that entitled?

I understand that being an adult is super hard for you, but what’s next? Are you going to lay next to the pool and demand payment if a kid splashes water and your blowout is ruined?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a crazy idea:

If you go to the baby pool, you should expect babies to be there. And here’s the really crazy part - you should expect babies to act like babies and toddlers to act like toddlers. If you don’t want them playing with your phone, don’t put it where the pool toys are kept.

An even crazier idea:

Parents take responsibility for their baby and toddler. Parents learn to actively supervise, watch and parent their baby and toddler. If you don’t want to parent your child, stay home.

+1

I know it’s hard to be a parent but you signed up for this, cupcake. Pay up for your lack of supervision. Maybe take a parenting class?

I hate to break it to you, but you have to grow up at some point. Really. Now you want toddlers in a toddler pool to help you keep your stuff safe? That’s what your life has come to? You’re that entitled?

I understand that being an adult is super hard for you, but what’s next? Are you going to lay next to the pool and demand payment if a kid splashes water and your blowout is ruined?

l

So to be clear, you are calling someone entitled who is saying you need to parent your child? You are liking a toddler throwing a phone (bc their parent wasn’t watching them) into the pool to getting splashed at a pool? You are fine with your child taking things that don’t belong to them and destroying them bc it’s where they could possibly get it. And to add to that, when your child does destroy someone else’s property it’s not your child’s fault. Seriously, you are calling someone else entitled?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

It is unrealistic to think you can get to your kid that fast to keep them from throwing something in the pool when it is sitting right next to the pool where the pool toys are placed. You could be holding your kid in your arms and not able to stop the phone from getting thrown in. It was a stupid place to put the phone.

You are making up a scenario that wasn’t stated by the OP. You have no idea where the phone actually was. Nice try though.

From the OP:
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?

There is zero information to indicate it was not placed at the edge of the baby pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a crazy idea:

If you go to the baby pool, you should expect babies to be there. And here’s the really crazy part - you should expect babies to act like babies and toddlers to act like toddlers. If you don’t want them playing with your phone, don’t put it where the pool toys are kept.

An even crazier idea:

Parents take responsibility for their baby and toddler. Parents learn to actively supervise, watch and parent their baby and toddler. If you don’t want to parent your child, stay home.

+1

I know it’s hard to be a parent but you signed up for this, cupcake. Pay up for your lack of supervision. Maybe take a parenting class?

I hate to break it to you, but you have to grow up at some point. Really. Now you want toddlers in a toddler pool to help you keep your stuff safe? That’s what your life has come to? You’re that entitled?

I understand that being an adult is super hard for you, but what’s next? Are you going to lay next to the pool and demand payment if a kid splashes water and your blowout is ruined?

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving your phone on the side of a public pool is lacking common sense.

Not watching and supervising your child in the pool area is lacking common sense.

It is unrealistic to think you can get to your kid that fast to keep them from throwing something in the pool when it is sitting right next to the pool where the pool toys are placed. You could be holding your kid in your arms and not able to stop the phone from getting thrown in. It was a stupid place to put the phone.

You are making up a scenario that wasn’t stated by the OP. You have no idea where the phone actually was. Nice try though.

From the OP:
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?

There is zero information to indicate it was not placed at the edge of the baby pool.

There is zero information to indicate it was placed at the edge of the baby pool. She said the parent was at the edge of the pool but didn’t say she sat her phone down at the edge of the pool. The parent very well could’ve had her bag next to her or towel. She could’ve had a chair near the pool. See how that works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a crazy idea:

If you go to the baby pool, you should expect babies to be there. And here’s the really crazy part - you should expect babies to act like babies and toddlers to act like toddlers. If you don’t want them playing with your phone, don’t put it where the pool toys are kept.

An even crazier idea:

Parents take responsibility for their baby and toddler. Parents learn to actively supervise, watch and parent their baby and toddler. If you don’t want to parent your child, stay home.

+1

I know it’s hard to be a parent but you signed up for this, cupcake. Pay up for your lack of supervision. Maybe take a parenting class?

I hate to break it to you, but you have to grow up at some point. Really. Now you want toddlers in a toddler pool to help you keep your stuff safe? That’s what your life has come to? You’re that entitled?

I understand that being an adult is super hard for you, but what’s next? Are you going to lay next to the pool and demand payment if a kid splashes water and your blowout is ruined?

l

So to be clear, you are calling someone entitled who is saying you need to parent your child? You are liking a toddler throwing a phone (bc their parent wasn’t watching them) into the pool to getting splashed at a pool? You are fine with your child taking things that don’t belong to them and destroying them bc it’s where they could possibly get it. And to add to that, when your child does destroy someone else’s property it’s not your child’s fault. Seriously, you are calling someone else entitled?!

So you are saying it is 100% parental accountability and 0% personal accountability?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a crazy idea:

If you go to the baby pool, you should expect babies to be there. And here’s the really crazy part - you should expect babies to act like babies and toddlers to act like toddlers. If you don’t want them playing with your phone, don’t put it where the pool toys are kept.

An even crazier idea:

Parents take responsibility for their baby and toddler. Parents learn to actively supervise, watch and parent their baby and toddler. If you don’t want to parent your child, stay home.

+1

I know it’s hard to be a parent but you signed up for this, cupcake. Pay up for your lack of supervision. Maybe take a parenting class?

I hate to break it to you, but you have to grow up at some point. Really. Now you want toddlers in a toddler pool to help you keep your stuff safe? That’s what your life has come to? You’re that entitled?

I understand that being an adult is super hard for you, but what’s next? Are you going to lay next to the pool and demand payment if a kid splashes water and your blowout is ruined?

l

So to be clear, you are calling someone entitled who is saying you need to parent your child? You are liking a toddler throwing a phone (bc their parent wasn’t watching them) into the pool to getting splashed at a pool? You are fine with your child taking things that don’t belong to them and destroying them bc it’s where they could possibly get it. And to add to that, when your child does destroy someone else’s property it’s not your child’s fault. Seriously, you are calling someone else entitled?!

So you are saying it is 100% parental accountability and 0% personal accountability?

If that’s what you took from the post, then that’s what you took from the post.