Child Damage Mitigation

*LOL*  As a 'childless by choice' couple who builds playgrounds for residential and commercial sites for our business....

Y'all are Doomed. *L*

I get asked if we build our projects 'durable'.

"We build for nuclear war, but children....*shrug*...it's a toss up..."

millercarbons' hamster ball:  OK for awhile, until it's used as a battering ram.....

geoffk's electric dog fence:  Great until it's collapsed INTO the equipment....*POOF!*

Y'all might consider ceiling mountings....put the TT into a lockable closet....

With a new child (congrats, BTW), all bets are off....and you likely won't have the time or energy for 'sonic amusement'.....;)

One of our employees' has a new-ish son....it's just dawning on them what hath they've done.....

Enjoy your system.....in about 5~10 years.....no guarantee on that time-frame.....*evil G*

...and then there’s that old advice I heard that may be of use in extreme situations....

Seal the child into a 55 gal. wooden barrel with 2 ’bung holes’; 1 at the top, labeled Input and 1 at the bottom labeled Output.

After 18 years, plug the holes.....

Just kidding....likely related to the observation that Bach had so many children because his organ lacked stops....

@cd318, *L*  Yup, children and pets.....;)

Having had cats 'n dogs over the years, we were advised multiple times that the way that one treated and  'raised' the kitten/puppy new to ones' life would reflect the cat/dog you got to live with for its' lifetime.

This bit of advice is even more important...in fact, Critical....to the infant you've sired and created within your spouse.

The first years are the most important time you will Ever spend with that child.  They're dependent upon you for 'civilizing' them.

Self realized that the drive and energy required wasn't present for the task.  Spouse eventually came to the same conclusion due to her childhood traumas....:(   Not an easy choice, but ultimately the Right One.

We've all seen the outcomes of choices made.....both good ones, and the bad ones.

It's the hardest thing to do in ones' life.  When done well, I salute y'all.
Done 'not so well'....I'll commiserate, and hope time and experience will 'straighten things out...."

Meanwhile, 'we' will create 'places' for them to burn off energy. ;)

People like what we do.

I can't think of a better profession to be in. *S*

Playfully yours, J