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Timeline for Young kids and other people's dogs

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Oct 1, 2018 at 17:59 comment added anongoodnurse Yes. You just did in your comment, without using the words "screwed up", ["you don't know how to behave"], etc.
Oct 1, 2018 at 15:53 comment added Graham @anongoodnurse Is there a tactful way of saying that it's a parent's responsibility to keep their kids safe?
Oct 1, 2018 at 14:45 comment added anongoodnurse It's not just an emotional response. You can say the same thing without the hostility. I'm talking about you being nice, not the OP or the idiots who let their dogs run loose. Yes, the truth is the truth, and can be spoken with effective language or it can be stated tactlessly. There's no need to upvote the latter.
Oct 1, 2018 at 8:45 comment added Graham I'm cool with down votes if that's your emotional response. As a dog owner, father of a small-ish child, and a pretty keen outdoors person, I can't change my knowledge-based response though. Not nice doesn't mean not true. That said, you can also legitimately give dog owners a rocket if they aren't keeping their animals under control.
Oct 1, 2018 at 1:39 comment added user32571 Another example (real one) of things happening quick. I was in a city walking across a green open space in the dark with him, no lights (broken city lights), he had a torch. He was holding my hand. A small dog came up out of the dark, jumped on him; he pulled out of my hand and ran off screaming. The dog thought this great fun. I ran after him because he was running into darkness. The owner who eventually arrived told me off because screaming encouraged the dog. Other than being out in the dark (not late, we live at high lat.), I don't see what we were doing wrong, but I want to avoid it.
Oct 1, 2018 at 0:53 comment added anongoodnurse @Dannie - I suggest you down vote if this answer is upsetting enough to you. StackExchange has all kinds of people answering questions; the answers can be helpful or unhelpful, but they aren't meant to personally attack you (hence my request to tone it down.) If they are not helpful, that is a good reason to DV.
Oct 1, 2018 at 0:14 comment added user32571 This is really upsetting. I'm not "letting my child get hurt", I'm trying really hard to stop him getting hurt. I'm asking for advice, I'm trying out different things.
Oct 1, 2018 at 0:12 comment added user32571 Why can't people understand how quickly a dog can come bounding over a field from behind? By the time I realise there's a dog and it's heading in the direction of my kid it's too late. Of course I call him to me and get between him and the dog when wee see a dog is coming. I wish I never asked the question now but it won't let me delete it. I'm trying to keep my child safe, that's always what I do.
Sep 30, 2018 at 23:44 comment added Graham @anongoodnurse Minor edits made. No more edits possible without losing the primary point, which is that parents need to take responsibility for keeping their kids safe. And keeping kids safe is more important than being nice.
Sep 30, 2018 at 23:42 history edited Graham CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sep 30, 2018 at 23:19 comment added anongoodnurse Please read Stack Exchange's be nice policy. You might consider editing your answer accordingly. Your answer makes good points, but I believe they are somewhat obscured by your tone.
Sep 30, 2018 at 22:25 history answered Graham CC BY-SA 4.0