Causing concussions

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It's like being a parent. With the first child, you panic at the first sneeze and come running at the first wimper. By the time even your second child is a toddler, you learn which cries require attention and which ones are best ignored.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but your remark reminds me of the following definition from the Parents' Dictionary:

sterilize: vt. What one does to one's first baby's pacifier by boiling it, and one's last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.