On Feb 19, 2008, at 21:34, Beth Schoenberg wrote:
My daughter,
however, was made in a different mould (she still is...!), and saw it
as
excessive authoritarianism, and fought the seat-belt from the day she
could squirm.
Reminds me of my grand-daughter (step)...
Everything was fine as long as she and her (older by 2 yrs) brother
both had to ride in child seats. But then, at 5, her brother reached
the magical age and weight limit, which allowed him to ride like an
adult -- with an ordinary seat belt. From then on, getting her into the
child seat was a constant fight.
So... One day, my stepdaughter gets a phone call at work. From the
police. Would she please come to the police station as soon as
possible; a problem needs to be solved, regarding her daughter. She
hightails it over there and sees her husband in handcuffs and her
daughter screaming.
Turns out... Jack (my stepdaughter's DH) was supposed to pick up their
son from kindergarten, some miles away. So, he tried to bundle Lily
into the car seat, to take her with him. But she wouldn't go and
screamed down the neighbourhood. One of the neighbours -- new and
unfamiliar with the family -- called the police, reporting an attemped
kidnapping. The cops came and duly arrested the kidnapper, who claimed
he was not only the father of the child but still married to my
stepdaughter and still allowed to take Lily out in a car, whether she
wanted to go or not. Mary (my stepdaughter) was called to confirm the
truth of his statements...
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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