Tragedy
I just read this tragic story of the accidental death of a 10 year old boy.
It seems he and his friends saw a cartoon where someone was buried head first in sand, and escaped… a cartoon!
He wasn’t as lucky as the cartoon character, and now his friends have to live their lives knowing they killed a friend.
His parents have to live their lives knowing they lost their son, because of a stupid cartoon.
How awful!
There have always been stunts that could seriously harm or kill real people on cartoons. But from what I remember, most of the things were so outrageous, that no kid could really try them,
successfully.
Being the parents, it is our responsibilty to know what they are watching, and explain things that may be hurt them or someone else.
Also, as parents, we can’t have our eyes on them every moment, so we need to constantly be holding them up in prayer.
We will never understand why some things happen, and we may not be able to prevent some of the things that may come our way- but we can be wise by keeping on top of what is going on in our kids lives. And we can be graceful and compassionate with others who are going through the pain of something such as this, without passing judgement.
Every parent who reads of this tragedy will feel the pain of these parents. And maybe someof us will take stock of our own family lives; making it a priority to hug our kids, pray for them, love them, and maybe make them stop waching such stupid things on television.
accidental death, caartoon behavior, compassion, death of children
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