Unless you've had your head in the sand over the last few days you've probably heard about Harambe - the Gorilla that was sadly killed to save a boy's life in Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday. A Justice for Harambe petition has been set up with almost 400,000 signatures. The petition states, " [T]he situation was caused by parental negligence and the zoo is not responsible for the child's injuries and possible trauma. We the undersigned want the parents to be held accountable for the lack of supervision and negligence that caused Harambe to lose his life... We believe that this negligence may be reflective of the child's home situation." These claims have been backed up by the angle within the mainstream media and numerous videos, like the one on the Harambe facebook page which essentially blames parents for using their cell phones too much. I get that everyone is upset about Harambe losing his life. It's sad, it truly is, but this is where my views diverge with the hatred being portrayed throughout mainstream media and social media (aka, the general public). This incident has become an opportunity to judge parents. This time it's about us not controlling our children enough. Other times the focus is that we are controlling them too much. It seems that we can never get it right. And perhaps that's the point - there is no right. As parents we make judgements calls in a split second, day in, day out. Thankfully on the whole they don't hav
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