I’m going through our foster parent policy manual again, because hey! We might be getting more chaos in the form of another baby! Because we’re nuts! Heh.

Anyway, some of it is just ridiculous. I mean, really. Here’s is a sample, from the section on playpens:

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iv) The cut ends of metal tubing accessible to the child must be capped and the caps must remain in place when subjected to a force of 20.23lbs.  …

vi) No cord, strap or tape longer than 7.10 in. should be attached to a playpen.

vii) All support points of a playpen must remain in contact with a platform that is inclined 10 degrees after a 51.6lbs force is placed inside the playpen as close as possible to the edge.

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WTF.

I mean, how the hell are you supposed to test that?! Do YOU have a 51.6 lb weight lying around that you can magically apply at 10 degrees to whatever side of the playpen I AM ALREADY LOST HERE zomg a;lskdjf;askljf;asklf.

Wow. It’s amazing they let us be foster parents at all, really.