Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool

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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?

Yes. I see how words have no meaning to you.

[Anonymous]

There are so many ways the phone could have been destroyed, intentionally or unintentionally, by being right next to the pool. Someone could have splashed water on it. A toddler could have accidentally knocked it in. When I bring my own phone to our neighborhood pool, I put it into a ziplock bag before putting it into my bag of stuff to protect it. I think the only thing here that makes it the toddler’s fault is that it was intentionally picked up and thrown. But really, toddlers are obnoxious and lacking in self control. So they can’t really be held responsible.

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24 pages to debate this ?

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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.

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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?

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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.

I guess that is what I took from the post.
It is the same that my 10 yr old thought too - he attributed it 100% to the parents. I however feel like if he leaves his cello bow in a dangerous - dog reachable- spot like on the floor or on the coffee table, then it would be his fault if the dog chews on the bow. If he left it on the dining room table, I would blame the dog. I feel like the location of the phone is the key here. Right next to a baby pool... I mean, come on. So I am 100% on personal responsibility.

It is such an interesting discussion though. I can see why it made it so many pages. Ha ha.