Control Locks on Appliances

[RepresentingCaution]

Control locks on appliances should be programmable so they can automatically trigger ten seconds after turning the appliance off . . . or immediately, or however much time you program it for. Parents are too tired after cooking to remember to manually trigger the control lock every time.

My cabinets lock every time I close them. Unlocking them with a magnet every time I need something is safer than remembering to lock them after I close them. Why can't my oven do that? It was new just a year ago.

Don't have kids/pets? That's OK. You don't have to lock it if you don't want to.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

 

[Jemini]

Well, I can tell you've never had a job in psyche or healthcare. Being diligent about safety locks and other safety measures are pretty much ingrained into anyone in these fields.

(That, or you don't last long at the job.)

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Well, I can tell you've never had a job in psyche or healthcare. Being diligent about safety locks and other safety measures are pretty much ingrained into anyone in these fields.

(That, or you don't last long at the job.)

Most people have never had a job in psyche or healthcare.

 

[Jemini]

Most people have never had a job in psyche or healthcare.

Oh I'm sure. I'm just making a statement that I thought was more or less equivalent to and on the opposite perspective of the complaint being brought up.

Essentially, I'm saying that while I can see where you're coming from, I have a hard time empathizing because the training I've been put through would make it almost impossible for me to forget to engage a lock like that.

 

[Sabruness]

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

I'm not sure how valuable something like a control lock on an oven would even be. Kids are kinda more clever than most grownups want to give them credit for, and would probably be able to unlock any appliance they really wanted to. I personally would emphasize teaching them to use such appliances safely and responsibly, rather than trying to seal them off. Declaring 'danger! do not touch!' might also be counterproductive, you don't want a 15 year old who is terrified to hold a knife or phone after a lesson from when they were three became the core of their identity. Putting it in writing like that, I was a ridiculous teenager.

 

[RavenRunes]

No locks here, oven door doesn't even click shut. No cupboard locks, no cleaning agents locked away, no stair gates. After he laughed at me for burning myself on a pan, I think any more lessons in safety at this point are moot.

 

[RepresentingSilence]

I'm not sure how valuable something like a control lock on an oven would even be. Kids are kinda more clever than most grownups want to give them credit for, and would probably be able to unlock any appliance they really wanted to. I personally would emphasize teaching them to use such appliances safely and responsibly, rather than trying to seal them off. Declaring 'danger! do not touch!' might also be counterproductive, you don't want a 15 year old who is terrified to hold a knife or phone after a lesson from when they were three became the core of their identity. Putting it in writing like that, I was a ridiculous teenager.

My niece was like that her mom is terrified of literally everything she even has minor panic attacks just going outside and had basically taught her to be just as terrified

me and my brother her stepdad have spent years trying to help her be brave now she shoots guns helps us clean deer climbs the roof to put Christmas lights up and drives trucks all at 13

 

[AliceShiki]

Well, I can tell you've never had a job in psyche or healthcare. Being diligent about safety locks and other safety measures are pretty much ingrained into anyone in these fields.

(That, or you don't last long at the job.)

You don't get job training to be a mom. You just learn on the spot.

And well, adults don't need safety locks for anything, so you yourself need to ingrain the habit of locking everything that is dangerous after you're done using them, while also being tired from your job, taking care of all of your young child needs (which is a wonderful thing, even if extremely taxing), a compromised sleep schedule because of the child and some other things that might be affecting you...

It's easier to forget those things at your own home on those circumstances than at a job.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Kids are kinda more clever than most grownups want to give them credit for, and would probably be able to unlock any appliance they really wanted to.

I'm worried about that, too. An unlock code for the oven would be great. It already has numbers, so why not? If he figures it out, I could always change the code.

You don't get job training to be a mom. You just learn on the spot.

And well, adults don't need safety locks for anything, so you yourself need to ingrain the habit of locking everything that is dangerous after you're done using them, while also being tired from your job, taking care of all of your young child needs (which is a wonderful thing, even if extremely taxing), a compromised sleep schedule because of the child and some other things that might be affecting you...

It's easier to forget those things at your own home on those circumstances than at a job.

We don't get training, but we should. My human development course was a huge help, though it certainly didn't cover everything. No course, no book, will cover everything, but the more I know, the more confident I feel.

Yes! Home is a place to relax!
I think that by 4, we can start leaving it unlocked and also teach him some cooking skills. If I have another kid by then, I could probably even ask him to help make sure it is locked when we're done cooking. He's just 15 months now, though.

My niece was like that her mom is terrified of literally everything she even has minor panic attacks just going outside and had basically taught her to be just as terrified

me and my brother her stepdad have spent years trying to help her be brave now she shoots guns helps us clean deer climbs the roof to put Christmas lights up and drives trucks all at 13

I'm not nearly that bad, but I am making sure he has age-appropriate toys. I have an alphabet learning thing with tiny round magnets that I haven't unwrapped yet because it says it's for age 3+. If the toy somehow breaks and the kid swallows those little magnets, it can destroy their intestines. Babies and toddlers put pretty much everything they can get their hands on in their mouths. I might bust out that toy a little early, but that depends on my observations of my kid and his level of self control.

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

You don't get job training to be a mom. You just learn on the spot.

Parenting such an important job though, it really should come with training.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Parenting such an important job though, it really should come with training.

And a certification test!