>> Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Sometime during the early days within May 2006, I shall enter the order of fatherhood as our baby is due to be born. It was during my time cleaning the litter box that it occurred to question just what kind of father I will make. Unfortunately for our cats, I'm lax in cleaning boxes and it prompted me to wonder, would I be as forgetful when it came to cleaning the litter box of a child to be? I'm hoping not, because I suspect that such forgetfulness would not be tolerated as much as it would be by the cats, and I really do not need the baby to be holding and sort of grudge against me.I suspect that I know a few things about the dos and donts of child raising. For instance, I'm aware the children should not be given sharp, pointy toys until they are old enough to realize that sharp, point toys can and will scratch furniture if used improperly. Secondly, and this situation is very much present in our household, I do know that putting epoxy glue in the grounding pin of an electrical outlet will not accomplish much outside of disallowing one to plug in properly grounded electrical appliances. I would assume that the idea was that the child did not stick his her or its finger into this hole. While that is all well and good, it should be pointed out that this particular part of an outlet does not carry any electrical current, except wherein a fault in the appliance would cause a need to become grounded. If said appliance is not properly grounded, well, I don't have to spell it out for you gentle electrical minded reader. I also do not see any reason to fear that a child might be properly grounded
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