BP Totty, you made some good points. I get furious, mamesh screamingly furious, when I hear of the situation you described with the child who gets injured. The only part with which I disagree, is that the mother at some point SHOULD be getting a LOT of mussar for putting her child in danger. Unfortuantely, I see this a great deal when moms who have way too many children (for themselves to properly supervise), delegate the responsibility to their younger children, who after all did not ask to be made into substitute mothers. Accidents happen under these circumstances, because kids have the judgment of…well.. kids, and they cannot always be relied upon to watch their baby siblings properly. They should be allowed to be children.
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