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Ask Slashdot: Panic Button a Very Young Child Can Use

Posted by samzenpus on from the shiny-red-button dept.

First time accepted submitter Zotonian writes My wife is epileptic. Her seizures have been well controlled by medication until recently. My concern is that we have a toddler and infant at home. I've set up cameras so I can monitor the house, but I'm looking for a solution that my 2 year old daughter can hit a button to tell me to look at them if necessary. Most of the options I'm finding off the shelf notify first responders and I'm concerned of the number of false positives a toddler might initiate. Other solutions like cellphones or wearables for kids are too overloaded with unnecessary options like GPS, phone, games, etc. I'd rather have a simple 'push button' solution I can wire into my router that would send me a text or chat message that alerts me to check the cameras. Then if there is an actually emergency I can take the steps from there. I'm looking for cheap and simple. Any suggestions from the Slashdot community?

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  1. FU! by s.petry · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are plenty of agencies that can help! Reach out to one, or many, of those. Don't ask for bullshit solutions to a problem that puts a 2 year old into this type of situation.

    Why are YOU defending such shitty actions? Think really long and hard about that, because that make you just as big of an idiot as person who made the original post.

    I'm glad he wants to work for a living, society needs people to be responsible. His first responsibility as a parent is that 2 year old Daughter.

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    -The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.

  2. You don't need to! by s.petry · · Score: 0, Troll

    Epileptic people do not have the same seizure every time, severity ranges and is NOT PREDICTABLE!

    Read a couple of my other responses in the thread. Defending this person is lunacy.

    Your questions are absolutely not relevant! This is not a person that "may" have an accident, this is a person with a medical condition that causes seizures. The later is KNOWN, it is well documented, it is well researched. Pulling some bullshit out of your ass about "well someone could fall down" does not do away with facts.

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    -The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.