I am heading into Toddlerdom: The Sequel so one would think I am fairly imperturbable by now, but not so much. Reading this story
from USA Today about the terrifying near-misses toddlers get themselves
into alternately made me laugh, screech in horror and knock every piece
of wood I could reach, lest I tempt fate by finding any of this the
least bit amusing.
We’re talking kids who unlock gates and
toddle into the street – at 18 months of age. When they had been sound
asleep in bed. Twins who boost each other over the baby gate.
This
makes my near misses sound mild (my daughter pulled her toy shelf onto
herself and a TV down on the floor, both of which still give me the
twitches when I think about how lucky we were things were not much,
much worse).
But there are some evolutionary
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