Where the hell were the parents at? What were they doing?
Not sure I understand the "taking pictures" thing, but this is just awful.
I have a two year old and if this happened I think I would jump after her b/c I honestly do not think I could go on without her. I feel for these people.
that is awful. where were the parents, you ask? maybe they turned their backs for a moment. maybe they were trying to socialize. but you cannot turn your back on a toddler in that setting even for a second. in fact, you cannot even give them a lead of more than a foot, because they are quick and immediately find the most dangerous thing where they are. when I went for a few minutes to a baby shower with my daughter, who was about 15 months old, they had the balcony door open, six flights up, and there were chairs and a couch on the balcony. The couple who owned the place (and had just bought it) didn't seem to think it was a problem. I did and in fact when we went out there, she immediately started to climb up on the couch to get over the railing. She would have gotten over had I not been hyperconscious of everything she was doing and holding onto her with two hands. The couple (with the baby on the way) noticed what could have happened and immediately sold the place and found one without a balcony.
They may be tacky but I like those kid leashes...How surprised would you be to have a baby fall on you? Did it hit anyone because that could cause serious injury.
How awesome would it have been if someone would have caught the kid. At 50 feet, that would have to be a strong person to catch a 3 year old (~35 to 45 pounds).
That would have been an awesome hero clip for the news to run.
The way things turned out, I am sickened and distraught. I feel so bad for the parents. Blame them all you want, but these things happen, usually when you are somewhere new and foreign.
I am hyper aware when I take my kids somewhere. Kids just automatically try to find the most dangerous situation imaginable.
so terrible for the parents and family a reminder of how hyper-vigilant you have to be with toddlers as described above
reading some of the comments on the espn article sort of disgusts me though, our society has gotten to the point that the first reaction of many people is to condemn and ridicule the family while they are gong through something like this
sweffg wrote:
Where the hell were the parents at? What were they doing?
A number of years ago I witnessed a toddler hit by a car. There was a couple of families talking in front of the house about 10 feet from a narrow residential street lined with parked cars. I was about 50 yards away walking towards them with my gf. There was a toddler standing at the feet of several of the adults.
Suddenly the toddler just took off running toward the street. A car was approaching at about 15 mph, well within the speed limit. The driver never even saw the kid until he was thrown up onto his windshield and then off to the side like a rag doll. I yelled but it all happened so quickly no one even realized what happened until the kid was hit. I could see the whole series of events unfold but could do nothing to intervene. My gf walking right next to me did not even see the accident and only noticed when she heard the kid screaming. It all happened within a matter of a couple of seconds.
Fortunately, the kid was conscious and screaming and the parents put him into the car, presumably to drive to an emergency room. I've often wondered how the child turned out. But toddlers do need to be watched vigilantly at all times because it only takes a second for a tragedy to occur. It's easy to blame the parents, but we are all guilty of not being completely alert at all times.
areusure? wrote:
...I like those kid leashes
So instead of us being tragically shocked by this unfortunate event, we could have a laugh at the light-hearted fun of watching a baby hanging out of a sky box. A la Michael Jackson on the balcony. That would be funny to watch and the kid would have a great story to pick up chicks with in a dozen or so years. Instead, we have the hard reality.
exactly. that reminds me of another incident when our daughter was just about two and we were leaving a restaurant with a narrow door and my daughter was in front and I had to get the stroller out the door behind her, which was awkward and slow. So, she got out onto the sidewalk before me and immediately went running toward the street, got off the sidewalk in front of a parked car, a car was hurtling along the road and her mother screamed and she stopped just short of the moving car. that time she came very close to being hit. w/toddlers, you have to keep a hand on them whenever you're near traffic, or place yourself between them and traffic. There is a heavily trafficked block nearby where my daughter plays sometimes and the parents all let their toddlers run back and forth on the sidewalks between their houses. I do not let her but you have to be rude to other parents sometimes just to keep your children safe by following along with them, even if that sometimes means breaking off from conversations with the parents. Get them safely to age five, that is your mission.
Oh man this is awful. wrote:
How awesome would it have been if someone would have caught the kid. At 50 feet, that would have to be a strong person to catch a 3 year old (~35 to 45 pounds).
That would have been an awesome hero clip for the news to run.
The way things turned out, I am sickened and distraught. I feel so bad for the parents. Blame them all you want, but these things happen, usually when you are somewhere new and foreign.
I am hyper aware when I take my kids somewhere. Kids just automatically try to find the most dangerous situation imaginable.
your post shows just how sickened and distraught you are
Oh man this is awful. wrote:
How awesome would it have been if someone would have caught the kid. At 50 feet, that would have to be a strong person to catch a 3 year old (~35 to 45 pounds).
That would have been an awesome hero clip for the news to run.
The way things turned out, I am sickened and distraught. I feel so bad for the parents. Blame them all you want, but these things happen, usually when you are somewhere new and foreign.
I am hyper aware when I take my kids somewhere. Kids just automatically try to find the most dangerous situation imaginable.
Um, no. The child wouldn't have landed any softer and the person's arms probably would have been ripped right off.
You might want to check out reports of kids being dropped from windows during fires and being caught with no problems.
Recently a women jumped from a window and was caught by a couple of football players.
If there had just been a bit of warning I'm sure this kid could have been caught too.
See, we've been trying to tell you this. Guns don't kill people. The Lakers kill people!
jeez hector wrote:
your post shows just how sickened and distraught you are
In defense of the guy, sometimes when you write things online, they come out different than you think. I can kind of see what he means, even though the reality is that we do not have a great hero video, we have a very sad reality.
sweffg wrote:
Where the hell were the parents at? What were they doing?
for those who don't care to click on the link - the parents were apparently taking photos of the youngster with a digital camera and were reviewing the photos on the camera's screen when the kid climbed over a glass partition.
i also read that it was closer to 28 feet than 50 feet. i would think that from that height catching would be possible.
it really is a sad story. and the lakers players particularly qualified to sympathize - lamar odom lost a child to sudden infant death syndrome and derek fisher has a daughter who has battled cancer (i have the players right, i might have the specific ailments off).