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Twin toddlers drown in rainwater, still holding hands :(
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I'm not usually one for starting threads or melodrama but I've just come across this and it's made me cry.
twin two-year-old girls found drowned in rain water - still holding hands
I don't even think anyone is necessarily to blame for it, tragedy is sometimes such an inadequate word.
twin two-year-old girls found drowned in rain water - still holding hands
I don't even think anyone is necessarily to blame for it, tragedy is sometimes such an inadequate word.
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Poor little things, so tragic but ultimately avoidable.
Their poor, poor family.
I think the grandmother should be charged with gross negligence.
Because see probably isn't beating herself up enough.
I am absolutely sure probably every parent has had their child disappear from their view for a short time, yet this time for this family it has ended in tragedy.
She was asked to keep an eye on the children while the mother went shopping.
She went into another room and fell asleep, having left a door open for the kids to get out.
She should feel awful, her abject neglect and choice to do the exact opposite of what was asked of her is why these two young children are both dead. Had she did as she was asked, this could have been avoided.
It's actually quite sad the oldest member of the family who apparently raised her own daughter successfully chose to be the most selfish and immature by not doing what she was told, costing the lives of the youngest members of the family who apparently always looked out for each other. That's some serious tragic irony.
For goodness sake.
You should feel awful, blaming the poor grandmother. She probably just sat down for a minute and nodded off. That's what older people do. But you are only in your twenties, you wouldn't have a clue.
Well here's hoping NOTHING like this EVER happens to you.
There is no blame here just pure tragedy for ALL concerned.
R. I. P. LITTLE ONES - SLEEP TIGHT.
Well seeing as how my grandmother didn't neglect me while I was in her care and I know better than to let children remain unsupervised, I don't think that is likely.
She fell asleep on the job and now two children are dead because their mother thought her own mother would be more responsible. Sadly she was wrong.
I also have to roll my eyes at the subtle digs suggesting I might suffer similar misfortune or should for having a view a grandmother should have the capabilities to keep an eye on two children for a couple of hours. Yes, because I am the bad person here falling asleep and leaving two children unsupervised, right?
No, sorry. Not going to work. She was asked to do something for the sake of her grandchildren by their mother, her own daughter, and she went in the other room and had a kip instead.
She should feel awful, why should I? Pointing out when people fail and the the damage they can do is not evil, it's just. Should judges apologise to criminals for sending them to jail because "I know you probably didn't intend to get caught doing something wrong, but you have been so now sadly we have to punish you, sorry about that."? Pointing out wrong doing does not make you wrong nor should it warrant a similar misfortune somehow being meted out to me unless you're seriously arguing in her favour.
"The poor old lady needed a rest, how can she be expected to take care of two toddlers? Their mother should have known better than to ask a grown woman who had raised her to take care of her own grandchildren for two hours rather than leave the back door unlocked and fall asleep." If you're seriously going to argue that, then I question your understanding of the ideas of doing what you are told, guardianship, common sense, personal responsibility and assigned responsibility over minors. This would be like arguing the parents of the children abused at that playgroup in Plymouth are to blame for letting their kids be left in the care of those monsters. Adults expect other adults, particularly those with greater experience with children, to take good care of them, not neglect or abuse them.
Whether she meant to or not, her actions led to her grandchildren losing their lives unnecessarily and she should be punished for it regardless of how she feels.
At least there is one other person not blinded to the truth.