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India. Land of the wild beasts. It was a half a km drive between my home and my cousin's. He was held on lap by one my other friends. He had little control over the kid. I regret driving this way. Never going to keep him in the front seat again.
Safety regulations are given least importance in India. No laws around this ever in force. 5 people go in two wheeler, and nobody is booked. Guess what? 99% of the small family cars fail the crash test. And they "refuse" to accept the trails results. It's a total weird world. More the population, lesser the values for human lives.
Marc Clifton wrote: A Jihadist in the making
lol, no. Never on those lines. But it's a foolish answer, kids parents might have given.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Don't they have child seat traffic laws where you live?
You just pinched paining nerve (couldn't find the right idiom / saying in English)...
We have laws, but enforcing it is a problem. People with right connection gets driving license without even visiting test center ! Traffic sense is so poor that driving in most Indian cities is like some kind of war-game (or road-rage kind of game) !
That reminds me of a story: Once there was an American who never believed in God visits India and on returning back, he was staunch believer of God.. When someone asked, why the change? He replied "Man, in India, people drive on roads and come back home at night." 
Thanks,
Milind
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MT_ wrote: We have laws, but enforcing it is a problem.
Laws (and their enforcement) exist in many cases because people are stupid. Now, that's not intended to insult anyone, it's just a general statement that if people took more responsibility for their own behavior, we wouldn't need all these "common sense" laws. Here in the US, we now have signs on the highways reminding us that texting while driving is illegal (at least here in New York) as well as signs telling us that there is a "text stop" 5 miles ahead. WTF. An amazing waste of money because people are idiots - myself included!
Marc
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It's very difficult to explain it in words. They'll have to travel once and see. lol!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I travelled to Bangalore last summer for a couple weeks. One morning in the rush hour to work we were stuck in traffic and an ambulance with sirens was stuck along with everyone else. No one moved, not that it would have been easy as drivers had filed into five traffic lanes on the three lane road. Felt very sorry for whoever was inside the ambulance needing medical attention. It was definitely an eye opener compared to the traffic in the USA.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Don't they have child seat laws where you live?
No there isn't, in India there are no child safety laws for drivers. You can seat a 1 year old baby in the passenger seat if you wanted to.
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In some places, you can seat the baby even in the driver seat. Nobody cares. lol.
It's jarringly strange if I compare this with other countries. Even if I go out for couple of weeks, everything feels so difficult & weird back in India. But in a week, I get settle as one among the crowd getting along with every BS. I think you'll have a very tough time whenever you are here as you frequent here less.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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4 words
Child seat, seat belts.
As for kids and questions, when they are about that age they ask non stop question, they're not really interested in the answer, but just learning the art of questioning and communicating. It's can be a pain 
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One word. India.
Did you know there are more laws here to protect the lives of cattle than of humans?
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One word - Word!
That's precisely right! 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Better handled thusly:
Quitly look the child in the eye and inform him in a calm firm voice that if he doesn't sit quietly and stop annoying you, you will drive him off to somewhere lonely and push him out of the care so the wolves can eat his hands.
Gone on, without pause, by noting that 'You might tell his parents where to pick him up after you've finished your dinner, although you expect they won't want to leave the house that late in the evening just to find him.'
In case that fail to settle him down, drop him off at a hospital and sell his body parts.
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Good plan!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Quitly look the child in the eye and inform him in a calm firm foreboding voice
Just a little improvement...
My Dad did something similar to me once, btw! ...
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When it comes to parenting I can strongly recommend the book Lets panic about babies! Got it when we were expecting our first.
If someone tried to do something like that in my car I'd pull over and let loose the biggest barrage ever.  Car safety is important to me. I even feel bad that we got out 4 year old facing forward because he is too tall to sit backwards for anything longer than 10min.
Anyway I live in an atheistic family where we do have our own spiritual inclinations.
When it comes to death I'd explain my view on how it is. It's unknown, most likely it's non-existence but nothing to be afraid of. You shouldn't look forward to it but you shouldn't be afraid. It's there, just accept it as part of the natural order. Death is required for life.
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Member 11683251 wrote: When it comes to death I'd explain my view on how it is. It's unknown, most likely it's non-existence but nothing to be afraid of. You shouldn't look forward to it but you shouldn't be afraid. It's there, just accept it as part of the natural order. Death is required for life.
I think this a bit much for a toddler. They wouldn't get this. I was thinking if I can say like, "It's an endless sleep, people can never wake up from. We must be careful never to fall into until we are alive" 
Thanks for the book suggestion! Will check that one up.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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My 4 year old has slowly started to discover the concept of death. Where are the dinosaurs? Dead. Did you kill that dinosaur? (in a game ofc). Bang! you are dead dad!
If he is old enough to play that he shoots and hunts he is old enough for some truths. Not that he is going to completely understand but it doesn't hurt and will in turn help him respect life. He knows that in order to eat meat something has to dies and its just the price to pay for bacon.
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That's why they invented the Audi RS4 family car and similar ones... when the children start making strange things you just need to press the acceleration pedal to get them fixed on the back seat. At much they make strange noises but nothing the motor sound can't hide.
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Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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There is no way the average Indian is buying that unless our lifespan suddenly increases to around 1000.
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It's called lack of discipline
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Where parenting got a huge role.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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You are absolutely right.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Next time, put him in the back seat with a seat belt 4 year olds are not the best suited people for the passenger seat.
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Chapter 1, Lesson learnt.  
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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