UPDATE: Cincinnati Police Zero In On Parents in Zoo Incident

[avebury]

25. If the kid keeps telling you that he wants to go play with the gorillas

no sane parent would turn their back on that kid. That is asking for trouble, which she got in spades.

If you tell a 4 year old no do you really expect that we will listen? You can't count on that. A kid that young cannot be counted on to have impulse control.

You can say whatever you want but that will not change the facts.

1. The kid made is intentions well known not only to his mother but those around him.
2. She knew, she failed to take appropriate action.
3. And Mom says "Accidents happen." How can you claim it is an accident when you knew what the boy wanted to do?

I cannot get past the fact that she knew what the boy wanted to do and yet turned her back on the boy. A rational person wouldn't have done that. A tragedy occured that did not have to happen. There is reall nothing to discuss.