Originally Posted by
CBear
During your study, did you actually interact with almost 2 year olds? Do you know how many times my almost 2 year old climbed up and over and out of his crib? Kids that age aren't infants and trust me, they're agile and they have no fear. Exploring is the name of the game.
Have you ever been 8 months pregnant and had to have dealt with a 23 month old throwing a tantrum? Heck, I had a hard time comfortable carrying a complacent 6 month old.
There is no way in H E double hockey sticks that I would have been able to restrain a tantrum throwing almost 2 year old in a confined space at 8 months pregnant.
They're fast,they're strong, they're tiny and able to wriggle their way out of any hold. Plus they kick, they bite and they hit when they get super angry.
She should have bought a seat and secured her toddler in a car seat.
The study, not done by me but studdied by many, is about a drop off, a "visual cliff". Where the child can see the direct drop straight down. Climbing up and over a barrier such as a wall, that would obscure the direct drop off, or a cage like barrier, where they could see down, but the height from the actual drop point is higher., was not studdied and would complicate it. It's a study into evolutionary learning coded in our genes by natural selection vs learned fears.
I have never been pregnant, had a child, carried one in my lap while pregnant or otherwise. What she should have done and what the regulations allow her to do, may not be the same in our opinion, but regulatory wise, she can be bursting at the seams, 9 months pregnant with another child 1 day short of his 2nd birthday, and though some may advise against it, both the airlines and the fed allow it. The only valid question is "Was the child restrained, or did the child break free?" Both sides tell a different story.