<p>I agree about the car seat. But objecting to playing in leaves? That’s way over the top. Everything is dangerous if you try hard enough. </p>
<p>I agree about the car seat, might say something there. But I live in tick & Lyme’s country, and find your concern about that ridiculous. Ticks wander around for a while before latching on, a parent dressing the baby after the session would find it in a few seconds. And only certain kinds of ticks carry Lymes (the ones most common in our area don’t). Plus, ticks are much more of a spring to mid-summer issue, we rarely see them later in the year – so a fall leaves naked baby photo would be a very unlikely place to encounter a tick. But even in spring I wouldn’t worry at all.</p>
<p>When you mentioned the picture in artfully strewn leaves I thought your concern was going to be about posting something that could be taken and used as child porn, which is a very real issue. Not to give you anything else to worry about. </p>
<p>My older sister sees danger everywhere, and never hesitates to let us know her concerns. Drove me crazy when my kids were young, and she still sends me warnings via email. Now I realize that to be loved by her is to be worried over. OP, may your family come to the same conclusion!</p>
<p>Truth? We are no longer young parents… or we wouldn’t be here on CC. We have moved on to a different club–even if we aren’t grandparents yet. So we are not peers in the social structure and it’s more stigmatizing if we weigh in than if it’s another parent with young children. </p>
<p>So we save our breath for what’s truly important. Lack of a car seat would meet that threshold, but only if there’s a way to say something gently/without hysteria. For the rest, we all get to just be quiet and hit “like” or keep scrolling. </p>
<p>Forget mentioning the ticks, that’s a billion to one. But I think you have to mention the booster seat. Put a couple of comments about how cute the daughter is, find a nice way to say—uh oh, she needs a booster seat. I’m not even sure if it’s legal for her not to have one. You might save her life, I don’t think you should let it go. But there’s a way to say it, and I think others might join in.</p>
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<p>Yes, this is crazy. Good for you for holding your tongue.</p>
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<p>More borderline. A jocular comment about seatbelts would not be amiss.</p>
<p>I vote for biting your tongue.</p>
<p>My impression is kids are ridiculously over-protected nowadays. </p>
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<p>Let them be annoyed. It may put a bug in their ear.</p>
<p>When our kids were little, I went to the beach with a very good friend. She was allowing a 2 year old to walk on the sand (lumpy, bumpy, unstable) with a STEAK KNIFE. (not that any of us would ever let a 2 year old walk on flat ground with a STEAK KNIFE!!) When clearly she was allowing it, I had to say something. I literally jumped up and grabbed it and said, “Rita, I can’t just sit here and watch Katie walk around with a steak knife in her hand.” She didn’t get mad. She was probably a little bit embarrassed. I also had to tell her to hold her little ones’ hands while walking thru busy parking lots. She would readily admit that no one taught her anything about parenting…she needed some help. </p>
<p>If it’s truly a dangerous situation, you have to speak up. How could you live with yourself if something happened and you had said nothing? </p>
<p>I would just make a comment about my kid being better behaved in the car with the booster seat because they could see out the window, and btw- bonus- they were required anyway.</p>
<p>Wouldnt say anything about the posed infant pic other than to say " how cute".</p>
<p>“Why is an amber bead necklace dangerous? Are the beads a choking hazard (although I’d assume they’re too small)? Or are you thinking strangulation? Or is it the amber? What am I missing here?”</p>
<p>Both choking & strangulation hazard. Personally. I don’t understand how anyone with a lick of common sense would put a bead necklace on a baby! Parents will say they never take their eyes off baby but the reality is they do (every parent does even if only for a few seconds.) <a href=“Amber Teething Necklaces Pose Choking Hazard - The New York Times”>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/amber-teething-necklaces-pose-choking-hazard/</a></p>
<p>I am generally not a worrier and let my kid at at six ride his bike a mile to school and run around the neighborhood playing. But some things just are common sense - like putting a kid in car seat and wearing a helmet. My kid complained about helmet as he got older and I was pretty frank with him - telling him I did not want to spend my life wiping drool off his face. </p>
<p>Accident, of course, happen - but there are things to mitigate the outcome - like wearing a helmet or being in a car seat. Even adults should know better and wear a helmet and use seat belts. </p>
<p>I am well aware that I’m hyper-conscious of danger. I wish I weren’t the kind of person who sees a baby picture and thinks “ticks!” one second after “cute baby!” It’s not easy to be me. I’m especially sensitive to Lyme disease because I know two college-age kids whose lives have been seriously affected, for years, after contracting it. In one case, the effects have been life-shattering. </p>
<p>I’ve learned to get a second opinion before saying anything in these situations. Especially since I’m now the older generation. My brother happens to be much younger, as I’m the oldest of 10 and he’s the youngest. And he and my SIL are older parents because of the years it took to have their kids. I should probably just hope that one of their many fb friends who are parents of young children will say something. </p>
<p>I am well aware that I’m hyper-conscious of danger. I wish I weren’t the kind of person who sees a baby picture and thinks “ticks!” one second after “cute baby!” It’s not easy to be me. I’m especially sensitive to Lyme disease because I know two college-age kids whose lives have been seriously affected, for years, after contracting it. In one case, the effects have been life-shattering. </p>
<p>I’ve learned to get a second opinion before saying anything in these situations. Especially since I’m now the older generation. My brother happens to be much younger, as I’m the oldest of 10 and he’s the youngest. And he and my SIL are older parents because of the years it took to have their kids. I should probably just hope that one of their many fb friends who are parents of young children will say something. </p>
<p>I would not say a thing about the picture of a child sitting in the backseat of a car without a booster - unless I knew that this was a common situation. It may have been a one-off kind of thing. So, there may be a booster seat that is used regularly and this situation was the exception rather than the rule. And the kid looked cute at that moment, hence the photo. </p>