Talk about severing ties. If that was my kid his ass would be walking the tight rope.
This didn’t happen in Florida :wow:
He’s 10, not a toddler.
You clearly don’t remember how stupid you were when you were ten.
Unless one of us was pre-med at ten, we all were.
Florida is a hot bed for stupid, China seems to be freakin bizarre.
A lot of the jokes in this thread are straight trash yo
Wow, cut us some slack, man…
What he did was out of malice, not stupidity.
You could say we’re in a bit of a bind. Get it? Bind? Rope?
Goddamn, MP. You’re lucky you’re more popular than the OP of the original thread or I’d have to report you. B)
But yeah, I don’t blame this on cartoons. I blame this on video games.
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And your point is, exactly? Children are inherently malicious creatures.
And that’s your argument for why there was parental negligence and that that was okay?
O…k… 
soap on a rope
Nevertheless, it’s rare to meet anyone who would take a knife and cut a worker’s safety rope.
Not denying that. Not even denying that it wasn’t out of malice. But that’s not a valid point for why there was no parent present.
When I was 10, if I wasn’t outside playing, I was under adult supervision. If not, my older cousin (4 years older) was with me.
Why? Because kids can do crazy stuff that harm themselves or others. But I don’t think me attempting to murder a construction worker was a possibility my family was entertaining.
Lets just say, nobody SAW it coming.
*not parental negligence.
Anyway, yes. Foreseeability is a crucial element of negligence alongside what a reasonable person would do. A reasonable person would expect and account for certain types of stupidity in children; however, few, if any, would expect and account for the degree of malice needed to attempt murder or serious injury.
Well, I agree with the bolded. But I am from the school of thought where if you leave a child home alone or unsupervised for a long enough period of time, then you’re asking for trouble.
I could think of a few instances off the top of my head where leaving a kid alone could be a recipe for disaster:
1: He tries to take care of something for his parents, breaks something/electrocutes self/sets house on fire in the process.
2: Checks out Daddy’s gun, someone made the mistake of leaving the safety off, shoots himself on accident or another person. (Yes, that could also be personal accountability for leaving firearms in the house without locks, safes present.)
3: Steals your car and goes for a joyride.
4: Just simply disappears.
5: Cuts the cord holding a dangling construction worker or scaffolding in place and kills a guy.
You’re right that you expect a certain amount of stupidity/ignorance from kids. But considering parents I know continually tell me how far their kids blow them away with the things they do, better to expect the unexpected.
Pffft, worried about falling from the 8th floor. You need to train more chump.
