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Child Damage Mitigation

Last week the wife and I brought a new baby home - our first - and it's been fun introducing her to the music we love. It dawned on me this morning that this child will be crawling before I know it and my lovely pair of Magnepan 3.7's might be sitting ducks. They're less agile than the cat, closer to the ground than the house plants, and more fragile than the couch. As I've calculated I've got approximately 6 months to find a way to prevent any child-induced damage so your input is greatly appreciated. What can I learn from the grand wisdom of AG about how to keep the kid away from the speakers? 
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geof3
1,129 posts
 
@glubson,

Nope, as Mark said it just takes teaching kids their limits. It’s not perfect, but it’s good most of the time. Raising our daughter we never removed things just so she couldn’t get her hands on them, we taught her what she could touch, or not. Just like the grandkids. It’s not a matter of being heavy handed, it’s simply a matter of teaching the kids (god forbid) boundaries. 
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brockwired
53 posts
 
Watching a toddler is like nailing Jello to a tree. My daughter liked to "adjust" the settings on my subwoofer in my home theater system. I just made sure I wrote down what they were so I could put them back. Still have the same system now. She will be graduating from college soon. She is doing very well. My 25 year old ht system works just fine too.
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
My daughter had zero issues with my hifi rig as she wasn't crawling or later toddling around without an adult watching her as should be the case with any little kid...that's simply called parenting, and it's not that difficult.
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audioman58
4,134 posts
 
Correct the child ,if they do something wrong ,it’s not rocket science .
in mybaby boomer generation.
you are not taught any of this liberal BS 
about if it may hurt your feelings ,yes or no ,youjust have to be persistent if thst means raising your voice , or a talon the hand so be it get the message across.
i trained my kids,as well as cats and dogs none of them go behind the stereo ,all will sit on the couch and listen and enjoy the music .being consistent is the key ,
audiobill1
51 posts
 
Kids:
never wanted any
didn't have any

Regrets:
none
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