Also from the NYT times article:
"Children under age 12 don’t have the cognitive ability to recognize risk and, just as important, don’t have the cognitive maturity to react to the risk or accident once it happens,” said Alan Korn, the group’s director of public policy and general counsel.
Huh. I'll have to tell that to my friend (9? 10?) in fifth grade who covered my wound with tissue and took me to the teacher after a fall from the monkey bars during recess (spoiler font for the squeamish:
when I fell during a flip and my teeth went through my bottom lip
) and, when the teacher stupidly asked if I wanted to go to the nurse, insisted I be taken to the hospital for stitches.
I was totally babysitting by age 12. I had a regular gig babysitting a family with 3 boys in my neighborhood around then. And then soon after was babysitting my baby cousins on a regular basis.
Randomish question, would you rather be asked what you want for a birthday present (thus increasing the chances you'll get something you really want or need) or have the person figure it out on their own (potentially getting you something you don't want or need)?
I hate being asked what I want.
Children under age 12 don’t have the cognitive ability to recognize risk
Didn't Mac recently tell the tv that something didn't look safe?
I hate being asked what I want.
Me too. I also hate not knowing what to buy people.
I guess everybody should just be psychic.
ION, cool artwork "Spaceprt of the future" from 1957: [link]
So, is the guy wearing shorts also wearing a space helmet? Also, check out the tail fins of that car - pedestrians beware!
So, is the guy wearing shorts also wearing a space helmet?
I was more worried about how the guy was smoking, with what appear to be oxygen tanks on his back!
I guess everybody should just be psychic.
Totally.
Best O Henry style gift-giving I've ever been involved in: My boyfriend at the time and I basically told each other what we wanted for Xmas/Bday, but we each decided independently that we should also get one more small thing that we really chose. We got each other the exact same "one more small thing." Cute.
My funniest gift story is when I friend and I each bought the other Anne Rice's interview with a vampire-- and we BOTH read it before giving it!
I was totally babysitting by age 12. I had a regular gig babysitting a family with 3 boys in my neighborhood around then. And then soon after was babysitting my baby cousins on a regular basis.
I should add that I had babysitter training in 6th grade and knew exactly what I needed to do if the hemophiliac I was babysitting for had an accident.
I hate being asked what I want.
Me too. If you have to ask what someone wants it makes it seem like more of an obligation than a gift.
We got each other the exact same "one more small thing." Cute.
awww
See I figure with close friends or family they should know me well enough to be able to figure it out! I do for them! OR have the sense to get in touch with one of my best friends (they all know each other) and ask them.
It's not like I really NEED stuff anyway. And I'm grateful for any present!
Except for my nieces and nephew, I *never* ask for a present list. It makes shopping so much easier.
