Child Killed By Falling Mirror At Wal-Mart

The Indy Channel ^ | 7-23-2006

[Westlander]

'You never shopped with two kids?'
Sure have. And they are always at my side.

[auto power]

....that was my thinking also...how many articles have we read and how many times have we heard about how EVIL WalMart is towards their employees....we need to learn more about this story....

[Warren_Piece]

You're making an assumption - don't forget that in today's world, many 3 year olds are too "big" to fit in the cart.

Of course, that would mean, with the attitude of many here, the mom deserved to lose her kid becasue she let him get fat!

[Gabz]

You know, there are cases where businesses are to blame when people are injurred and/or killed.

You are of course correct. But there are also things such as freak accidents, where there really is no one at fault.

[DJ MacWoW]

The child was only 5 feet away. That is close enough.

Was her back to him? Was she looking at him or something else? If he had been in a cart, he'd have been with her where he belonged.

She had a reasonable expectation that heavy fixtures were not going to fall onto her child.

When you are out in a public venue there is no reasonable expectation. You have no control on the environment. Your kids should be controlled and in view at all times. Hold their hands or have them in a cart.

[doc30]

Yes, my comment was callous and it was meant to be. But it also should bring home the point that parents need to watch their kids, assuming, of course, that the kid was playing with, or on, the mirror. Sadly, some parents will not control, or monitor, their children's actions, and will quickly blame others when things go wrong. I sincerely do hope that is no the case here, but if it is, these parents need to take responsibility and not try to hit the lawsuit lottery. If the mirror was improperly or insufficiently secured, then Wal Mart needs to bear responsibility. However, I don't think Wal Mart should be responsible for designing and installing mirrors that will withstand being played with by children. It's common sense not to let your kids play with such things. And sadly, that is something becoming rarer and rarer in ths country.

[DJ MacWoW]

Every second of every day?

If we were out in a store yes.

[Warren_Piece]

You are of course correct. But there are also things such as freak accidents, where there really is no one at fault.

But some here won't leave it at that. They want to TOTALLY blame the mom!

[Westlander]

Attempt reading the replies. There's a lot of us 'jerks' out there who practice parenting.

[Shannon]

Now that's bizarre. Did that famous steakhouse pay for her dinner?

[Sue Perkick]

My thought exactly when I heard about this. What a terrible tragedy.

[Warren_Piece]

There is nothing in tis story that says the child was playing WITH the mirror - yet that is your working assumption.

Since you have the power of clairvoyance, could you tell me this week's upcoming Powerball drawing?

[DJ MacWoW]

You're making an assumption - don't forget that in today's world, many 3 year olds are too "big" to fit in the cart.

I'm assuming that most parents are smart enough to control their kids. When mine got too big for the carts, they were either in the basket or holding the pocket of my jeans. The MINUTE they let go I knew it and they were back by my side where they belonged. As they got older, when Hubby was along, he'd say, "where do your hands belong?". My boys put their hands in their pockets and stayed beside us.

[Skooz]

Oh, please.

They were shopping at WalMart, not patrolling the backstreets of Beirut.

And kids often get very ancy when they are in the cart for too long. Then, it's perfectly ok to let the kid out to walk around.

Nothing in the article suggests that the little guy was not "under control."
He was 5 feet away. That is about one and a half steps. Any closer and they would have been tripping over one another.

To suggest that the mother deserved to lose her 3 year old because they were walking together at WalMart is beyond callous. It borders on psychotic.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Damn you WalMart!

It wasn't enough when you were raping our pocket books with your every day low, low prices!

Now you are murdering our children!

WalMart must be destroyed!

Gather your pitchforks and torches as we go forth to slay Dragon of Capitalism!

Rabble! Rabble! Rabble!

[Gabz]

But some here won't leave it at that. They want to TOTALLY blame the mom!

Or totally blame WalMart.

Personally, there is not enough info for me to blame anyone.

[Warren_Piece]

Personally, there is not enough info for me to blame anyone.

DING!DING!DING!

[tioga]

I pray that our loving Father is holding this little one in His arms and comforting the grieving family.

[DJ MacWoW]

They were shopping at WalMart, not patrolling the backstreets of Beirut.

And that attitude is the problem. It's a store, not a playground.

And kids often get very ancy when they are in the cart for too long. Then, it's perfectly ok to let the kid out to walk around.

No. It's not.

Nothing in the article suggests that the little guy was not "under control." He was 5 feet away. That is about one and a half steps. Any closer and they would have been tripping over one another.

5 feet away is not under Moms control.

To suggest that the mother deserved to lose her 3 year old because they were walking together at WalMart is beyond callous. It borders on psychotic.

I said no such thing. You are using emotion to argue against common sense.

[Skooz]

Personally, there is not enough info for me to blame anyone.

Exactly.