Baby gates and life lessons

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These “baby-proofing” products are real rip-offs, at least
in my view.  I put my foot down and
refused to pay the exorbitant prices they were asking for “baby gates” that are
supposedly necessary to keep the kiddies from falling down (or climbing up???)
the stairs.  I tried to explain that
about a bazillion generations of kids were successfully raised without such
items, but “grandma” would hear none of it and threatened to put her foot down
on top of mine.  So, to prove my point
(that they were rip-offs) I headed to the hardware store a few nights ago and
spent about $30 on materials to custom build TWO of the darned things.

And I did it, too, and they turned out quite nice.  Now I must admit that it took me three nights,
a total of about 15 hours, but any handyman who can work more than about 15
minutes without a long break could easily have done it in three hours or
less.  (I know that I could back when I
was young and healthy.) 

Of course that does not count the time required to remove
the barbed-wire from the top.  Dawn
insisted that I take that off.  I tried
to explain that it would toughen the kids up while at the same time teaching
them some valuable “life lessons”, but she wasn’t buying any of that.

No wonder today’s kids aren’t as tough as we were!!! 

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Mike_Presta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_Presta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Baby gates and life lessons Posted: Nov 21 2011 at 6:48am
	These “baby-proofing” products are real rip-offs, at least in my view. I put my foot down and refused to pay the exorbitant prices they were asking for “baby gates” that are supposedly necessary to keep the kiddies from falling down (or climbing up???) the stairs. I tried to explain that about a bazillion generations of kids were successfully raised without such items, but “grandma” would hear none of it and threatened to put her foot down on top of mine. So, to prove my point (that they were rip-offs) I headed to the hardware store a few nights ago and spent about $30 on materials to custom build TWO of the darned things. And I did it, too, and they turned out quite nice. Now I must admit that it took me three nights, a total of about 15 hours, but any handyman who can work more than about 15 minutes without a long break could easily have done it in three hours or less. (I know that I could back when I was young and healthy.) Of course that does not count the time required to remove the barbed-wire from the top. Dawn insisted that I take that off. I tried to explain that it would toughen the kids up while at the same time teaching them some valuable “life lessons”, but she wasn’t buying any of that. No wonder today’s kids aren’t as tough as we were!!!
	“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012

cooan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Outsider Joined: Jan 12 2012 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote cooan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 16 2012 at 1:21am
	I am not really sure why people still fall for this kinds of stuff. Babies could probably be hindered from doing such the first time out but they will find ways come time when they have figured out how it works. I am pretty sure that it will prove to be useful for some. But there are those babies which are just too smart for something like this, right?