My 2.5 years old daughter was watching the Russian and Chinese gymnasts a while ago and she was very impressed. Only problem is that she now thinks she's one of those Chinese youngsters and is trying some of the moves out despite my protests! One move almost made my heart stop. What to do? I think I will have to sensor olympics!!!

Is your child related to the Chinese?

Good idea but that would only solve part of the problem. Take for example the move that almost made my heart almost stop. She decides to try a back flip which was obviously never going to work because it is being done from a stand still position. Inevitably, she falls and on her way down, the back of her head misses the corner of the table by millimeters. She doesn't get hurt that time round because she turns on her way down [which could actually make matters worse]. She figures out she knows what she did wrong, stands up and want to try the stunt again!

And to imagine we still have long jump, high jump, pole vault, boxing, javelin, discuss, shot put etc. still to come!!! What happens if she dicides to throw the flask in the telly's direction.

I think she should just watch athletics [minus field events], swimming (may be) and football [which she absolutely loves!]


As in seriously? Do you have kids? Ama it is on a lighter note?

I hope she will not demand to dress like the gymnasts!

This reminds me that we also lived dangerously during our times to the torment of our parents. When playing football one day, one of the boys was knocked down by a bicycle while running after the ball that had been kicked across the road. Shaken but only slightly injured, the fellow got up, apologized to the bicycle rider who had also fallen down, and then took off at an astonishing speed fearing that the rider was going to thwack him.

These things happen.... You can accident-proof for the olympics, but what are you gonna do when she sees the innocent Keringet Water advert and she accidentally comes across the container of jik and thinks it's keringet water and drinks it? It happened to me.... and trust me, am an accident-freak so i make sure everything is out of the way! That's when i realised, its God who protects these kids. Do what you can, leave the rest to God.

You are very right Wendz.One lunch time years back,my last born son followed his kitten to under the car and when he got hold of it,they lay there without a care.I walked to the car but somehow,i bent down to do my shoe lace and that's when my eyes caught the legs of the small boy right under the sump....That moment alone must have saved the boy.I shudder any time i remember this incidence and it taught me to always check under the car before zooming off anywhere.....Guardian angels do exist.

That's true, some of you would be shocked if you got to know the kind of stuff househelps let your kids get away with when you are not around.