Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)

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Anonymous wrote:Me after reading this thread:

Right hand: High fives for all the responsible parents here. (and to you, the mother who thinks that me bringing my phone to a pool makes it my fault, these high fives are not for you)

Left hand: Not the thumb, not the pinky finger, not the ring finger, and not the pointer finger for everyone else.

This is an example of the polite, mature DCUM parent.

Lol

Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)

Anonymous wrote:I think there is a big difference between "phone was left at side of pool and little boy bumped into it and it fell in" and "little boy came over and threw it on purpose". That kid sounds like a nightmare with a mother who clearly doesnt know what she's doing. And she should have offered to pay.

Anonymous wrote:If the phone we're anywhere else in the world, would it be different? Let's say you're eating at a restaurant and leave your phone on the the table. A 2 year old walks by and throws it across the room, smashing it. I would wager you would say this is the kid's fault, c/o the parents. .

It doesn't matter if it is a pool or a table. Your in-the-oen belongings are not the domain of other people.

Accidents happen. This was not an accident.

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Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

If it were on the edge and you accidentally knocked it in, yes. Beyond stupid to put a phone near a pool.

You didn't answer my question. You avoided it. If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

Can you answer that question?

PP answered your question. If an adult purposefully throws your phone in the pool, then it is that adult's fault. A 3 year old throwing or accidentally knocking the phone is a different situation.

In either case, though, I'd take responsibility for my phone.

Can you just put in bold letters the part that backs up your statement of 'PP answered your question' ? The PP didn't say any of that. Please expound.

My question, and this is the third time I'm asking it, was If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

No. And it's not the kids fault either. The parent is the one responsible for the kid's action, period. That's just all there is to it.

This was not an accident. It was a deliberate act.

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Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

If it were on the edge and you accidentally knocked it in, yes. Beyond stupid to put a phone near a pool.

You didn't answer my question. You avoided it. If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

Can you answer that question?

PP answered your question. If an adult purposefully throws your phone in the pool, then it is that adult's fault. A 3 year old throwing or accidentally knocking the phone is a different situation.

In either case, though, I'd take responsibility for my phone.

Can you just put in bold letters the part that backs up your statement of 'PP answered your question' ? The PP didn't say any of that. Please expound.

My question, and this is the third time I'm asking it, was If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving expensive electronics next to water where it could easily be splashed/knocked is foolhardy.

yep, might as well leave it on the shoulder of the highway and then be shocked and blame the driver of the car who runs it over!

Yeah bc that’s the exact same thing

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Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

If it were on the edge and you accidentally knocked it in, yes. Beyond stupid to put a phone near a pool.

You didn't answer my question. You avoided it. If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

Can you answer that question?

PP answered your question. If an adult purposefully throws your phone in the pool, then it is that adult's fault. A 3 year old throwing or accidentally knocking the phone is a different situation.

In either case, though, I'd take responsibility for my phone.

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Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

If it were on the edge and you accidentally knocked it in, yes. Beyond stupid to put a phone near a pool.

You didn't answer my question. You avoided it. If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

Can you answer that question?

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Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?

If it were on the edge and you accidentally knocked it in, yes. Beyond stupid to put a phone near a pool.

Anonymous wrote:If I, as an adult, had walked up and thrown the phone in the pool is it still her fault?