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Ask Slashdot: Panic Button a Very Young Child Can Use
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?
We're all glad you are flaunting your family situation here on Slashdot for all the world to see. We think it's fantastic how wonderfully unique your family situation is, your wife's epilepsy, your small child etc. etc. We are all certain you are a great father, and we're all pretty sure you are a great husband too -- sensitive, caring, participate in house chores, dish washing, and so on.
That said, we would like to advise you to sit down and think about what you are asking here. This isn't rocket science. We have things like the red "That was easy" buttons from Staples and Arduinos. You should be able to slap something together in a Saturday afternoon. You don't need to poll Slashdot. However, we understand that your primary goal was not to arrive at a solution to your purported "problem", but that rather it was to show off to all of us here what a wonderful man, father and husband you are.
Now that we're all finished sucking your dick, having become aware of what an exemplary modern man you are, can we please move on to something more useful?
Your epileptic wife is having attacks, and you want a TWO year old to be not only alone in that situation, but responsible for a panic button? Dude, you are sick and need to get a frickin clue. Fast! Someone should seriously turn you in for child endangerment bordering on abuse!
Yeah, I honestly had to consider whether or not this was an early April fools gag...
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.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
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.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Take your head out of your bum and picture the scene at home. It's not just a lady, it's a lady with an infant and a two year old next to her. The lady recently had a seizure which means her medication may no longer working, and at any moment she can have another seizure. Now, what happens to the infant mom is holding when she goes into a seizure? That is exactly why another person of age (depending on the State could be 13+) needs to be present until she is either stable or the kids are in school and out of harms way.
Now if you had not defended TFA's position on numerous occasions I could chalk this up as being pedantic due to the word "nurse". Perhaps that is the case, but without the clarification (and even given your follow up post) you are claiming that the children are fine being unsupervised given the situation. Which is absolutely wrong.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.