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I'm also completely baffled by those of you who think standing on a couch is so very dangerous. Are you all balanced challenged? Please, explain to me how you manage your life amongst stairs, step stools, and oh my goodness playground equipment. Don't you see how ironic your statement is, about the warning labels? If you're calling people imbeciles, what do you call people like yourself who think your own children are too fragile and incompetent that they can't possibly stand on something 24 inches off the ground?

And please spare me the drama, I've said it already, I let my son play on MY couch. Not yours. [/quote]

Nonsense. Do you really think the sister/BIL's sofa sits in an open space on a bed of bark mulch? Chances are it's next to a lamp and a table, maybe under a window. How well do you think your so-competent child would do if she fell through a window?[/quote]

And when your kid falls off the playground equipment, he will magically float to the soft ground without bumping his head or other body parts on any other part of the playground equipment.

And if he fell through a window, my son would backflip with a twist right out that window, and stick the landing. Then he'd wave to the neighbors with both hands, as he walked away.

This argument is ridiculous. My son stands on our couch all the time. He's never come anywhere near falling through a window. There's a lamp behind the couch, and one end table near by. I believe one hundred percent that the couch is no more dangerous than the stairs, or the step stool he uses to help in the kitchen, or the playground. Our couch has withstood his weight quite well. You won't change my mind.

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"100%" certainty;  "you won't change my mind".  These comments are indicative of someone who is dangerously stubborn in the face of contrary evidence and ignorant of how to properly evaluate risk.

People like this PP don't understand probability.   They keep taking foolish chances because "nothing bad happened yet so that means it must be safe."  This is despite the fact that they are using furniture contrary to its purpose and design and responsible for a child's safety.  Also failure to understand that there is no point in taking an unnecessary risk due to being a lazy parent.  It's just pure rationalization the same way drunks say "I only had a coupl so it's safe to drive."

PP, you use the step ladder not because it is perfectly safe, but because it is the safest practical way of doing a necessary task.  There is no reason at all for a small child to be jumping around on a couch arm except lazy parenting.  Therefore it is not a rational risk to willingly expose your child to.[/quote]

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