Crying Shame - adult failings harm our children

[1safedaddy]

For over three decades as a qualified specialist safety consultant I have become more that frustrated at the false economy and failings of adults who are responsible for the care and wellbeing of our children when we, their parents are not there to protect them.

When care of children is entrusted, there is a natural expectation of competent responsibility from parents and carers of those children. Children look up to us to look out for them. We don't! We excuse our neglgence as their accidents.

We allow children to suffer finger amputation and lost opportunity in life in schools, nurseries, business premises and in the home. Parents need to demand competent action for the sake of their children.

Institutional and corporate attitude and denial towards the rights of children is a massive problem that only parents can change. Am I the only parent who cares?

Are there others?

No. Just you. But do mansplain further 🙄

“We allow finger amputations…”??? Really?
If my kids amputate a finger we punish them for it

Come again

Why do you assume I am male? Is it because I care?

Statutory requirment dictates minimum standards. These are ignored! A bit like most insurers renage on cover because they can. Because they are bigger than you with deeper pockets.

Children have to rely on adults who are to often assumed competent and/or caring.

Because children learn through play and are imature they have inadvertant injuries for various reasons often based upon their age.

Beyond a genuine accident like such as a trip or fall, doors according to such schemes as Sure Start are shown to be the most significant cause of serious injury to children. The only difference is that by definition these forseeable injuries cannot be excused as accidental. But these events just end up as a mear accident book statistic.

Even local authority advice is most likely a qualified yet ignorant "no requirement" or an ageist maybe Primary school. But definately not for secondary school needs when the percentage or injury is similar at any age .

The closing hinge side of doors very simply amputate, or leave the surgeon to finish the job on delicate fingers. These injuries are reasonably foreseeable and with reasonablly practical effective shielding avoidable. Not all alleged shields are worth having and most risk assessment is flawed through incompetence. This is a can of worms that I specialise in that frustrates me when alleged competent persons mess up at the expense of children and for false economy.

Parents could drive a change of attitude from niaeve risk managers towards child safety.

I have had an amputated yet saved finger. it's no joke.

Still

@1safedaddy
I can’t understand you very well. Your writing style is long winded, and I can’t really get your point.
Are you saying that “doors” are a particular risk in childcare facilities or schools? Too many children lose fingers due to getting them trapped in doors?

So your saying all doors need finger guards on hinges to stop finger entrapment. Is that it?

Or just take all the doors off everything that has a door 😆

Maybe you can do bullet points. I’m am confused. Did you child trap a finger in a door, cause with the best will in the world accidents happen

Why do you assume I am male? Is it because I care?

No, it's because your username includes the word "daddy", you absolute pillock.

Also, women tend to write in a way that is actually comprehensible.

Anyway, I'm off to allow some more children to suffer finger amputations- I haven't yet reached my daily quota.

daddy (hmm, might be a fella?) - can you be brief and specific about your issue and what exactly you would like to be changed please?

Is child finger amputations really a major blot on the nation currently? I keep up with the news and haven’t noticed this

They need these;
https://www.finger-protection.co.uk/fingerkeeper-protect-rear?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17335595958&gbraid=0AAAAAD_uxfIT1GxeUl9DaRnGmiUi6wnWJ&gclid=CjwKCAjwmenCBhA4EiwAtVjzmjFvbXuEsAJZUiWvi5Ff2o_Shgv49kQjUtToKNRUqzRhFVugpKDPExoCVyoQAvD_BwE

1. parents don’t always protect their children
2. it is assumed you are male because of your username
3. you are an experienced safety consultant- tell someone who can action change, not Mumsnet.
4. I’ve never met any child whose had their finger amputated
5. you mention Surestart - sounds like you might be trying to gather information about them
6. Asking ‘am I the only parent who cares?’ Is one of the most ridiculous questions I have ever read on Mumsnet.

HTH

Well kudos to you for one of the most badly written, incomprehensible and just plain bonkers posts I've ever read in this forum😆

I think you'll find most parents care about their children.
Accidents do occasionally happen.
Put some safetly protectors on your doors if you are that worried.

How did I ever get four children and two grandchildren without them losing a single digit... must be a miracle!

Shush, ladies!
We haven't yet got to the point where The Man solves the problem that he has so clearly explained.

Maybe he has a bold new invention? Or a vision for how we can allow fewer finger amputations? Maybe he'll teach us the optimum number of finger amputations?