>>>I sometimes wonder how my generation managed to make it to adulthood without all the rules and regs.
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>>Just keep in mind that we didn't all make it to adulthood. That's the perspective you need whether you're talking about bike helmets, child car seats or child labor laws.
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>>Kids have always died in childhood, some from things we can't prevent, and some from things we can. As a society, we decide what our tolerance is for the latter.
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>>Tamar
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>We, as a society, have no effect on the whacky laws enacted by kooky do gooder legislators...
(tongue mostly in cheek)

And an unfortunate by-product of these laws is that we end up protecting stupid people from their own stupidity. Then they go find other stupid people and produce even stupider people - and costing all of us more money. I don't remember where I saw it, but it was a list of what it costs to put the warning labels, stickers, etc on products and the one thing I remember was it cost (at the time) about $2 for the "Do NOT Use in the Tub/Shower" sticker on a hair dryer. Do we really need to warn people about that? Or that hot coffee might be HOT?

But, then again, as a dear friend always used to say "Common sense isn't"