I'm not normally a worry-type person, but since we've had kids, just watching the news is enough for me to keep my eye on my two constantly. I freak out if I'm in the shower for five minutes. We live in a very small town, but the idea of some freak driving by, grabbing my kid & driving away absolutely terrifies me. That's when they play outside. As for inside, all those stories you read about kids dying in their homes probably were of parents who thought their house was kid proof. I found mine the other day doing his darndest to stick a fork (which he grabbed out of the sink) in an outlet (we have the plastic covers). He's a great kid, but curious. I'd probably do myself in if anything ever happened to either one of them, so I don't mind them playing in the other room, but I don't leave the premises except to get the mail when it's my turn to watch. Choking, toys that shouldn't sometimes break, making small choke-size peices, etc. Anything can happen.
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