Jeff Corwin: "Zoos are not your babysitter."

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61. I read in one account where a bystander supposedly said

that the boy kept saying he was going into the water and the mother said, "no you're not" and the boy said, "yes I am" and mom said, "no you're not", etc.

IF this account is true, and notice, I said, "if", - I wasn't there - then that's the crux of the matter. Why would any parent be arguing with their child over the child taking some action that could be life-threatening? There's hardly a week goes by that I don't encounter, in the grocery or somewhere, a child screaming his lungs out and bullying his/her parent because of wanting something the parent isn't prepared to provide.

I've come to the conclusion that Americans, these days, worship their children instead of parenting them. In addition, when my children were young, MANY years ago, I had a harness on the youngest when I was in large crowds. Nowadays, they even have cute little backpack harnesses that look like a teddy bear.

Of course there's always some "concern busybody" who'll say the little darlings shouldn't be treated like animals, or some other nonsense. Better they fall into a hole and tragedy ensues, I guess.

I blame the mother. Sue me.