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[quote=Anonymous]To the people who say it's all the phone owner's fault - at what point do you take responsibility for your child's actions?  Like if your child took a pen and drew on someone's couch - would you offer to have it cleaned?  Or was it the couch owner's fault for having pens in the house?  What if your child dumped their entire cup of milk into the purse of someone at the table next to you?  Was is their fault for leaving the purse near your child?  What if the purse was hanging from the back of their chair?  Should they have gotten a separate chair for their bag or left it in their car?  I agree that the mom was stupid for leaving her phone near the pool's edge, where it could have just as easily been heavily splashed as thrown in, but I also don't understand how the parents of the toddler would not have offered to pay for it.  If it turns out it was a limited edition Louis Vuitton iPhone 32X that cost $10,000 I would have to explain that I can't afford to replace that but I would offer something as compensation.  I also do think they should graciously decline my offer, but I would nonetheless pay something.  I'm just curious for all the people who say a two-year old can't be responsible for their actions, in which case it was an accident, do you not think you should ever have to take responsibility for what your child does even if they didn't do it on purpose?  [/quote]

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