Speaking of Mommy Government

The DFL has yet another "Mommy" bill pending.

"The bills instruct the state to adopt rules requiring safety screens, window guards or other devices on residential buildings, possibly including single-family houses. The details on how and where devices could be used would be worked out by the Department of Labor and Industry and become regulations in the state building code."

Now when I was first pregnant with the Junior Logician one of the first things I did was make sure that there was no way that a toddler could hurt him/herself on things such as cleaning supplies, falling books, falling down stairs, tipping televisions or other appliances and falls from windows. It is common sense not to put a bed or chair or anything else like that near a window if you have a toddler and if you DID have a chair or bed or whatever by a window, you had a lock or gate in front of the windown to keep the child from falling through.

These kinds of accidents are NOT NEW. They were not new when the Junior Logician was born over a decade ago, they were not new when I was a young child. Parents should be held responsible for keeping their children safe from harm - it is not the government's responsibility!

I know that there are many people who are lauding this "common sense" legislation. However, the common sense needs to be on the part of the parents. Government does not control (yet) where we live, so it has to be our responsibility to keep our homes safe for children!