The 2 year old who lived alone for 19 days!

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Did you read this story ? Amazing how a 2 year old can have such resources....

didn't mean to be off with you or anyone sunchowder, just muuling over things.

It makes sence to teach kids 999. In this day of modern phones, though it's more complicated - I mean we have a cordless one, so 1st you'd have to find it, then often the keys are locked, not just to stop them playing, but also the keys are really sensitive. Then after overcoming these hurdles, you have to press the green receiver button to connect, like on a mobile. It's a lot for a little one to cope with, isn't it?
it does make you think though about what would happen, esp if dh is away, and no family close by.

monkey - on most mobile phones (and I'd have thought the cordless would be the same) 999 completely overrides the keylock, so it's still possible to dial it even with the keylock on.

(I found this out to my peril when I allowed my toddler to play with my mobile thinking the keylock made it safe!)

anyone read "how the dead live"?

yeah, georgina, i was just talking about cordless phones in the house, where you can lock the key pad in tha same way as a mobile - does the emergency number override the key lock on a house phone?

So any way - what happened? Did you have loads of emergency vehicles turn up/ get a stern telling off from the operator? It must be a real pain for them - kids dialling in, but what can you do? (My ds dialled 999 - home phone, ages ago & I realised & hung up. I picked up the phone a couple of minutes later & the operator was still there & gave me a right telling off. oops.) I also remember when I was young, my grandad was a policeman & I dialled 999 & fully expecting him to answer was saying 'hello, grandad' etc. I seem to remember my mum getting an ear bashing then too.

I'm not 100% sure, but it's worth checking - I've got a sneaky suspicion that 112 and 999 are keylock overrided due to law (although whether that law covers house phones as well, I couldn't say) - test it but remember to hit cancel bloomin' quick

I think I managed to hit cancel in time as soon as I saw what happened - at least they didn't ring me back or send a police car round to check I was okay

999 definitely overides any keylocks.

honestly, "how the dead live" by will self is relevant to this thread, i haven't made a mistake! i guess no-one has read it!

I haven't read it bossykate--I must admit, my reading has suffered much during the past 10 years.

Awful story. We had a child at school a while back who's mother took him and his younger brother to court, knowing she was going to make a custodial sentence. She made no arrangements for them at all and the court officials suddenly realised that the two children were still around and called social services. (Does beg the question why SS , who knew the family situation, didn't have a handle on this already!). Anyway, acouple of days later at the foster family, the two children kept going on and on about their dog - RSPCA went round and found the dog abandoned in the house. The point of this long tale is that; the mother was further prosecuted for failing to make arrangements for her dog, but NOT for failing to make arrangements for her children!!!! How crazy is this world??

bossykate, we have the book but I haven't read it. I've got a "Will Self" mental block for some reason. Is it worth reading?

thisis an awful awful story.
but i feel its not 100% the moms fault. after all, children are not bornin a vacuum. what about any aunts?? uncles? grandparents? neighbours? social workers? what about the phone? didnt anyone phone the flat? a two year old can answer the phone. and talk .
it breaks my heart, how can society forget, just overlook the existence of someone so little and soo vulnerable?