“One evening, when I was yet in my nurse’s arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said 'Let him touch it.' So I touched it -- and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.”

Smart mother. Nowadays CPS would be called, the child would be taken away, and the mother arrested.

Don't forget the SWAT team Jim.

jim and J Carlton, way too true, way too often !

Liberty today is restricted to what Obama thinks is right and he has no idea of right or wrong.

his awesome!!!!

I don't know, if I were the child I might have turned around and said, "Hey! Why did you let me touch that! What good are you?" ;-) I'm not sure I would have learned the same lesson. ;-)

That which nominally constitutes correction
sometimes constitutes the most heinous corruption.

Intention makes the defining difference.

A case of ignorance presented as liberty.This is too reckless, endangering, and too soon. The child must be more equipped with language and an explanation of consequences should be provided.