This month has been a difficult one for parents to watch the news. We have had mass shootings, a kid falling into a zoo enclosure with a dangerous animal, and an alligator dragging and killing a two year-old boy at a lagoon in a Disney resort. It is enough to drive any parent insane. However, the real tragedy is the judgment of people on social media about these incidents. As if the parents are not going through hell already, they are being charged with neglect, incompetence, and lack of parenting skills.
First of all, those of us who have children know that it is so easy to lose sight of them no matter how hard you try. Kids can escape your view in a blink of an eye. Secondly, in both situations the parents were actually doing something fun and sacrificing their time and money to make fun happen for their child. Thirdly, how many of us can honestly say we have never made a mistake? Especially when on vacation?
I am sick and tired of parents who think they are perfect. There is no such thing as a perfect parent. All parents are just trying to do their best. These events are just tragic accidents and they should be treated as such. We need to stop being so critical of one another. There is no way we can say, "That would never happen to me." Fact is...you can very well wind up in the headline news over something tomorrow!
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Judge not, lest ye be judged
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