SnyperBunny

@MansNotHot check out a book called "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking". I'm somewhat extroverted and married to someone more on the introverted side of the scale. It gave me a lot of insight and compassion and understanding that I did not have before.

The danger with this imo is that it could set her up for many years of accidentally sleep-depriving herself. Humans can "adapt" to less sleep (not really, but we FEEL that we do) and we are notorious for under-estimating the negative effects of sleep deprivation. That is: we don't realize how much we suffer with even a little sleep deprivation.

@zugzwang I like what your answer focuses on as boundaries are something many people have trouble setting. What I couldn't see from your answer though was what the kid should be taught to DO (an action) once they established boundaries were crossed. I think the default of crying is an indicator the kiddo knows something is wrong even if not in the terms of "boundary crossed". I interpreted the OP as asking what to teach the kid to DO when he was hit/had toy stolen, and thats what I couldn't find in your post. Telling the OP to tell their kid to say "NO!" feels like a vital component ;)

@zugzwang - ahh, there we go. So THAT is your main point then. That makes perfect sense. You may want to add that to your answer~

but what does a 2yo enforcing their boundaries LOOK like? what should the kid DO to enforce them?

I see that you added more detail, but you still failed to say anything about how this can help prevent the kid from being hit or prevent his toys from being snatched.

@zugzwang Can you add something to your answer about HOW knowing boundaries will help the 2 year old to protect himself? Knowledge is not the same thing as knowing how to act to enforce them. Also, what does a 2yo enforcing their boundaries look like and how this should be taught? IMO without further information about what the 2yo should DO and how it should be taught, I don't really feel as if this answers the question at all...

The water on a lid covering a pan of sauteed spinach would be a good demonstration too.

totally forgot about the "kids are short therefore longer viewing distance" thing. But, yeah. I don't see why a 3yo couldn't be shown water being squeezed out of veggies and learn that "veggies have water in them" and "heat makes water come out of veggies". Then "water turns to steam". He may not understand completely but I think it would be a fun experiment for them anyways.

@Paparazzi in this case perhaps a further experiment could be done to demonstrate how much water there is in something like veggies. Maybe microwave some... spinach? celery? Then squish it when it cools and show him how much water comes out. THAT is what steams when you cook. The SMELL is also a very important factor to tell the difference.

Just a note: Even if fleas don't bite humans, I'd still be concerned about the ticks.

@Physics-Compute I phrase my sentence poorly. Let me try again: When "No" is interpreted as "Try harder" that is the same attitude that leads to rape. "Oh, she/he is saying no, that means 'yes', obviously she/he wants this". Your phrase "From a man's perspective, it is really a guessing game at how assertive a woman likes prospective men to be" implies that 'some women want men to continue chasing them even after a very clear "NO"'. Although, I think you may have edited this a bit as I can't find the other phrase I would have copied.

I could add more, but I'll just go with this: Everyone else commenting here is correct. This sounds like victim-blaming. Also, "From a man's perspective, it is really a guessing game at how assertive a woman likes prospective men to be" does NOT CHANGE the fact that "No" means "No". When "No" is interpreted to mean "try harder" that is basically rape/start of rape.

oh FFS. I guess people will nit-pick no matter how carefully you word something. My KETTLE has an enclosed element. Many KETTLES do not. I was talking about a GENERIC kettle. My intention was that this applies to ALL electric kettles. If a KETTLE was intended to boil soup and milk, surely the manufacturer would include this in large letters on the box as a selling feature and not leave it for guesswork. Furthermore, no soup that I've ever seen is intended to be boiled to precisely the temperature of white, green or black tea as my KETTLE with the CLOSED ELEMENT will do.

@Nofel - could you chime in here? The kettle you broke - did it have an exposed heating element or a hidden heating element?

@Fattie - Why is this? My kettle at home has a solid bottom with a hidden element. Are you saying that I could safely boil milk in it?

@Mehrdad This makes me so happy! I love when the internet does silly things. Brings a happy tear to my eye :')

@TavianBarnes this must be a very regional thing. I'm also a native English speaker from Canada and "zip" has always been the lazy way of saying "zipper" to me. Its also a verb to me "zip it up".

@Chad, maybe its just me but I feel as if being on good enough terms, such that saying something like this once in a while isn't a big deal is kinda important; and/or that it is obvious that the couple in question should have discussed responses to this question and know what some good answers are. This includes having discussed these responses.

@Chad, I feel as if you may be in some other percentage of the population where these responses would hurt feelings... I think they are pretty funny. Perhaps consider that you are closer to 50% correct than 99.9999%.

Will the iKitchen also need to be usable by humans? If so, that is a VERY different design than one that is ONLY automatic.