firehorsewoman
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As the media and the general public responds to the tragedy involving the four year old boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo we are hearing the predictable, "His parents should have been supervising him" rants.
When I first heard this horrible story, I thought, that could easily have been my kid. Did I leave him unsupervised at that age? Never! Did he get into all sorts of crazy unimaginable (prior to me having him) situations in the blink of an eye? Many, many, times. Too many stories to tell now the he is 12 yrs old and most of you have been there yourselves so know what I am talking about. Do I leave him unsupervised now? Nope. Does he still find ways to get into trouble? Yes, despite me doing everything humanly possible to avoid it.
Unless you have a kid like this you just don't get it.
I stay home with him as much as possible. Have had to most of his life. But every now and then you decide you want to do something "normal" like go to the zoo for instance. Having a child like mine means the stakes are higher. Always have been.
Perhaps the little four year old boy who got into the gorilla enclosure is like my son, like many of our children? Regardless, I feel for his parents, but if so, I especially ache for them. If so, they have been enduring the judgement for years. Yesterday might have been the day they decided to be brave and do something normal for a change.
Ugh
When I first heard this horrible story, I thought, that could easily have been my kid. Did I leave him unsupervised at that age? Never! Did he get into all sorts of crazy unimaginable (prior to me having him) situations in the blink of an eye? Many, many, times. Too many stories to tell now the he is 12 yrs old and most of you have been there yourselves so know what I am talking about. Do I leave him unsupervised now? Nope. Does he still find ways to get into trouble? Yes, despite me doing everything humanly possible to avoid it.
Unless you have a kid like this you just don't get it.
I stay home with him as much as possible. Have had to most of his life. But every now and then you decide you want to do something "normal" like go to the zoo for instance. Having a child like mine means the stakes are higher. Always have been.
Perhaps the little four year old boy who got into the gorilla enclosure is like my son, like many of our children? Regardless, I feel for his parents, but if so, I especially ache for them. If so, they have been enduring the judgement for years. Yesterday might have been the day they decided to be brave and do something normal for a change.
Ugh