It was feeding time at the local Aquarium today, and in addition to the usual chum and lettuce, there was almost a new food item on the menu for the dozens of hungry fish in the giant tank below. Perhaps inspired by the now infamous images of the late Michael Jackson dangling his kid over a balcony, one aquarium visitor apparently thought it was a good idea to dangle her toddler over the edge of the tank. Thanks to the eagle-eyed host of the feeding time show, the brilliant woman was called out and told to pull her kid out of the danger zone… talk about public embarrassment. However, it was all but a slap on the wrist for a person silly enough to endanger her child by hovering him above a giant ocean tank that’s home to several sharks and moray eels, in addition to other creatures. One can only wonder as to how and why people would do such asinine things in the first place. For most, common sense would prevail, and it should be easy to conclude that baby over high-rise balcony = bad, or kid + sand tiger shark = very bad. Unfortunately, the best parenting courses may not be able to help these parents develop common sense, and let’s just hope, for the sake of the kids, that these parents will not have to learn things the hard way… if you know what I mean.
Tags: idiotic parenting, parents
